5ply or 7ply wooden blade

Anton Chua said:

whats the difference between a 5 ply and 7 ply wooden blade and why is the 7ply preferred more? (also, why do pros prefer the 5+2 type of blade?)

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Two plies, usually with layers mounted on top of one another in perpendicular fashion. Generally, that makes blades somewhat stiffer, less flexible - and a bit more powerful. Playing them requires a bit more touch, but the reward of putting in sufficient skill is a higher power envelope. "Preferred", if true at all in general, is probably a Dunning-Kruger related mistake in many cases.

That's in general. Wood being wood and there being many types of wood, there are bound to be 5-plies that are stiffer and faster than some 7-plies.

yoass said:

Two plies, usually with layers mounted on top of one another in perpendicular fashion. Generally, that makes blades somewhat stiffer, less flexible - and a bit more powerful. Playing them requires a bit more touch, but the reward of putting in sufficient skill is a higher power envelope. "Preferred", if true at all in general, is probably a Dunning-Kruger related mistake in many cases.

That's in general. Wood being wood and there being many types of wood, there are bound to be 5-plies that are stiffer and faster than some 7-plies.

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That's in general. Wood being wood and there being many types of wood, there are bound to be 5-plies that are stiffer and faster than some 7-plies.
Yep, but then there are 7 pllies blades that are softer and less stiff than most 5 plies 😁
Sanwei J7 is an example