Which of the 4 Innerforce ALC blades is the best?

[FZD999]

A) Innerforce Layer ALC
B) Innerforce Layer ALC.S
C) Harimoto Innerforce ALC
D) Dimitrij Innerforce ALC

If you have to stick with 1 of these for life, which would you pick? Setup would be something like Forehand: Dignics 80 or Dignics 09c. Backhand: Dignics 05 or Tenergy 19.

 

[Wrighty67]

Franciska ZLC would be my choice

 

[mcfly]

MaLong 6 innerforce SZLC

currently on sale on Venmo

 

[Scarfed Garchomp]

If I'm using light rubbers like Dignics, then definitely a blade with larger headsize like Harimoto or Ovtcharov, but thats just me.

 

[Louiewwewee]

Ovtcharov, probably suitable for most people

 

[waros]

I love Innerforce Layer ALC. Wang Yang use Butterfly Harimoto for chopping.
https://ttgearlab.com/2024/05/01/butterflys-inner-alc-blades-comparison-by-performance-indices/

 

[zeio]

A) Innerforce Layer ALC
B) Innerforce Layer ALC.S
C) Harimoto Innerforce ALC
D) Dimitrij Innerforce ALC

If you have to stick with 1 of these for life, which would you pick? Setup would be something like Forehand: Dignics 80 or Dignics 09c. Backhand: Dignics 05 or Tenergy 19.

In order of preference:
A, C, D, B

 

[h3llary]

D or C. If I have to stick for life it means that over time I will improve, as I improve and get older I won't have to rely on my physiques but rather than on the speed of the blade, therefore Ovtcharov is the best bet. It is just slightly slower than viscaria

the other ones are just way too slow

 

[_ak]

Define the best?
ALC.S is the slowest of the pack
Ovcharov is the stiffest and thickest
Regular innerforce and Harimoto are quite similar, the latter is with oversized head

 

[John_]

Harimoto is higher quality than normal innerforce, and I think a touch faster, dima is a bit harder.

All are good blades. Except the alc.s it doesn't have a reason to exist.

 

[Chr75]

The outer layer of the two blades, ALC and ALC.S, seems to have a different grain. Is it possible that the one on the ALC.S is anigre?

 

[\_Kairos_/]

The outer layer of the two blades, ALC and ALC.S, seems to have a different grain. Is it possible that the one on the ALC.S is anigre?

Anegre or ayous would be my guess. Personally I think it's ayous, and ttgearlab thinks that it's neither anegre nor akazie for that matter. (https://ttgearlab.com/2024/01/22/butterfly-innerforce-layer-alc-s-photos-information/)
If it's ayous, then the ALC.S would (coincedentally) have the same ply construction as my Paramid.