STIGA New cybershape: CYBERSHAPE WAVY

[KY3333]

2025 new blade

Stiga's second outer type cybershape following CyberShape golden 45.

This blade is also available in a round type.

UltraFiber
6.5mm thickness
made in china

 

[andzejgolot]

Thick cnf on the photo.

 

[CallMeZaddy]

It’s available now. Just saw it at TTKokusai

 

[hipnotic]

Pretty sure it's not CNF. I'm 99% sure it's a UHMWPE fiber (Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene), like the Spectra I've been using for years...

 

[Lazer]

From Stigas homepage "Wavy Ultra Fibre is one of our fastest-ever blades".
Naaah, not for me....

Cheers
L-zr

 

[andzejgolot]

Pretty sure it's not CNF. I'm 99% sure it's a UHMWPE fiber (Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene), like the Spectra I've been using for years...

Yeah it doesnt look like cnf

 

[Lula]

A friend have used it for a couple of months. He likes it more than the other stiga blades.

 

[Tyce]

Pretty sure it's not CNF. I'm 99% sure it's a UHMWPE fiber (Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene), like the Spectra I've been using for years...

So if it's indeed Spectra, or Dyneema or something in that family, could you give a theoretical idea as to how it could play?

 

[MarekD]

Pretty sure it's not CNF. I'm 99% sure it's a UHMWPE fiber (Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene), like the Spectra I've been using for years...

Can you compare the Spectra fiber with the Diolen and Aramid fiber?
Please compare non-carbon fibers.

 

[rbtitco]

What does this company have against ALC?

 

[Wakkibatty]

What does this company have against ALC?

Nothing. It's just more baseless marketing spin from an industry that has become hopelessly addicted to it.

Most mass market blades are sold / marketed based largely around their composite layers, and the myth of high tech engineering.

This has very little to do with science, and everything to do with the perception of science.

ALC has been used in blades for so long now it has become ubiquitous, and in doing so, it has also lost it's 'high tech' positioning in people's minds.

As someone who worked as a professional branding consultant for over 20 years, I find the these sort of marketing practices by the TT equipment industry highly distasteful, and simply bad business practice. It lacks the necessary element of truth, which makes it simply bad communication, full stop. This whole 'high tech blade' proposition has become a rod for the back of blade makers everywhere.

If TT companies actually spent all the money on product development they collectively claim they do, the blades we use would be smart enough to swing themselves by now. 🙄

 

[rbtitco]

Nothing. It's just more baseless marketing spin from an industry that has become hopelessly addicted to it.

Most mass market blades are sold / marketed based largely around their composite layers, and the myth of high tech engineering.

This has very little to do with science, and everything to do with the perception of science.

ALC has been used in blades for so long now it has become ubiquitous, and in doing so, it has also lost it's 'high tech' positioning in people's minds.

As someone who worked as a professional branding consultant for over 20 years, I find the these sort of marketing practices by the TT equipment industry highly distasteful, and simply bad business practice. It lacks the necessary element of truth, which makes it simply bad communication, full stop. This whole 'high tech blade' proposition has become a rod for the back of blade makers everywhere.

If TT companies actually spent all the money on product development they collectively claim they do, the blades we use would be smart enough to swing themselves by now. 🙄

Yea, but ALC outsells textreme by a huge margin. Doee Stiga hate money?

 

[hipnotic]

So if it's indeed Spectra, or Dyneema or something in that family, could you give a theoretical idea as to how it could play?

Can you compare the Spectra fiber with the Diolen and Aramid fiber?
Please compare non-carbon fibers.

It depends on the density their using, the photo is not good enough for me to evaluate that, but I suspect it's close to what I'm using. The thing is that Spectra is very resistant to abrasion, so the edges on the blade are very hard to finish smoothly, it's that rugged look that makes it seem thicker. The main benefit of UHMWPE fibers is that they are very light, so you can have a very fine weave pattern, relatively thick, while still being light, this is the perfect medium for the resin. This also frees up some of the constraints that using other fibers usually give, and allows to go in other directions. The "secret" to this blade it's the thickness, not particularly the fiber. The thing is, if you made a 6.5mm blade with ALC, AC or plain carbon, it would be certainly faster, but it would also be too hard and stiff. You could use a plain non-carbon fabric such as Aramid or Diolen, but those are heavier, so the whole thing could get too heavy. UHMWPE strikes a nice balance of lightness/softness, for this particular structure. I believe it will still be a very stiff blade, with a long and low trajectory, but not too hard. The rest of their claims also lines up with my experience with Spectra, it makes a loud sound, and gives a clear feedback.