Butterfly release Tomokazu Harimoto New Blade

[thomas.pong]

Decent view of the blade here too:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ittfworld/43424465640/in/album-72157696421320260/lightbox/

 

[I have 2 balls]

Lame handle design

 

[thomas.pong]

Here Harimoto's signature blade handle can be seen in great detail and we can make up the badge design:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ittfworld/31401868338/in/album-72157696490836200/

 

[Simas]

Classy!

Pretty indeed! Well done on the caption, thank you! We can see it clearly now including the badge, although we'll have to wait a bit longer for the details...

Agreed. I find it nice too

 

[dhyeymehta]

I think this blade looks badass.

 

[dhyeymehta]

Well harimoto will be thinking that this blade is not that good for him after his match with timo.

 

[romanzdk]

Well.. Do not change your blade before big tournaments like YOG or World Cup [emoji1][emoji1]


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[thomas.pong]

Butterfly Japan posted some new pics of the blade.
If I'm not mistaken it's supposed to come out on January 7th.

 

[zeio]

It says more product information to be published January 7th, 2019.

グリップは彼の好みである青色を基調とした。あるとき「グリップのどこかに金色を入れて欲しい」という本人からの最後のリクエストがあった。それは紛れもなく勝利への渇望であり、頂点を目指す決意の表れでもある。デザイン担当者は彼の気持ちに応えるべく試行錯誤を重ね、まずはレンズ部分に金色の円をレイアウトし、勝利の象徴とした。さらに、名字の「張」という漢字が"弓"から成ることを見いだし、張本家が一丸となって頂点を目指す様を"弓"で放つ「三本の矢」で表現して、この円の上に刻んだ。

He picked blue, his favorite color, as the base color for the grip. His last personal request was he wanted the color gold on the grip, to denote the desire for victory and his determination to reach the top. The bow comes from his last name 張, which consists of the radical 弓(bow). The 3 arrows in the circle denote "the Harimoto family to aim for the top as one".

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

It’s going to become a bestseller

 

[chintanmashroo]

Another ALC it seems

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[Mohammad Ahmed]

could anyone comment on the characteristics?

 

[romanzdk]

could anyone comment on the characteristics?

the most probable is rebranded Innerforce Layer ALC, which he played before.


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[lVegita]

He picked blue, his favorite color, as the base color for the grip.

He picked blue because of his idol, Hugo Calderano.

 

[yogi_bear]

Wow another rebranded blade perhaps???

 

[thomas.pong]

Wow another rebranded blade perhaps???

Yes, that's what most people think too. A potential rebrand of the very popular Innerforce ALC, one of the top 3 bestsellers in Japan.

 

[Brs]

Bty is going to sell millions of these. Ask some kids who their favorite player is.

 

[yoass]

Bty is going to sell millions of these. Ask some kids who their favorite player is.

Um, Xu Xin?

 

[Brs]

Um, Xu Xin?

Good luck with that.

 

[t95mwp]

Butterfly should rename it to Screamer.