Composition of Blades

[josh4209211]

Hey guys! Could anyone please tell me what is the composition of blade, I mean is there any fibers and something else added while formation in factory, I am just curious about that. Any information will be appreciated. Thanks

 

[markog99]

yes the are fibers i think.but a blade i made of wood layers(carbon and other)

 

[josh4209211]

Has anyone tried hand made wooden blade, because m gonna do some experiences on hand made wooden blade...?

 

[YosuaYosan]

At least 85% of the blade by thickness shall be of natural wood; an adhesive layer within the blade may be reinforced with fibrous material such as carbon fibre, glass fibre or compressed paper, but shall not be thicker than 7.5% of the total thickness or 0.35mm, whichever is the smaller.

(Quoted from ittf rules)

 

[josh4209211]

and what should be the thickness of blade....??

 

[YosuaYosan]

and what should be the thickness of blade....??

I don't know about that, my good man.
As far as I know, there is no restriction to the blade size.

 

[Matt Hetherington]

Each blade is in plys of wood, the more plys the heavier and faster the blade I have heard, I know someone with an 11 ply hinoki wood blade which is fast but it's so heavy I find it uncomfortable to play with. Other than that there are carbon fibres added and I think also they may have done some crystal fibre bats correct me if I'm mistaken.

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

This is a link to a thread from the Ooak Forums which lists the blade compositions of a great # of popular blades. This is hugely helpful in finding out what kind of blades work best for your style of play.

http://ooakforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=7194