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Pipsy

Post subject: Butterfly Tempest FL

Posted: 18 Nov 2011, 23:51

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I have an old Butterfly Tempest blade I've played with until I stopped playing for three years, Sriver FX on forehand and Curl P3 Alpha on backhand. It has very small dimenstions (146 x 155) and plays pretty well: fast but controlled.

Does anybody know how old the blade is and what are the exact characteristics? As I judge it correctly, it's an OFF- blade and I think it's from the eighties.

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Post subject: Re: Butterfly Tempest FL

Posted: 12 Mar 2013, 05:34

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This was my first post here at OOAK

I pulled off the rubbers and took some pictures. Anybody knows what are the outer plies? It seems to be an allround-counter blade, but it feels very speedy, maybe because of its maneuverbility due to the small size. I forgot to weigh it before sticking a new rubber on it. The blade + light FH rubber Dawei Inspirit Quattro UL 35° = 115g.

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One side reveils the blade share (43%) of Butterfly blades at WTTC in Sweden in '85. The blade must be made in 1985-86. I wonder what this share would be today???

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dsidechops

Post subject: Re: Butterfly Tempest FL

Posted: 12 Mar 2013, 11:52

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the plies look Willow-like wood..

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Post subject: Re: Butterfly Tempest FL

Posted: 12 Mar 2013, 20:23

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Thanks for your suggestion dsidechops, but I don't think it's willow. Willow is more striped as in example below

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Poplar maybe?

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ilikepie

Post subject: Re: Butterfly Tempest FL

Posted: 13 Mar 2013, 08:22

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Most likely Basswood... Basswood was used in many blades at the time.

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Post subject: Re: Butterfly Tempest FL

Posted: 14 Mar 2013, 07:01

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ilikepie wrote:

Most likely Basswood... Basswood was used in many blades at the time.

Thanks, I think indeed it's probably basswood...

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