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The Butterfly Hadraw VK is a professional-level table tennis blade handcrafted in Japan, featuring excellent control and speed. This 5-ply blade offers a perfect balance between offensive power and defensive stability.
The Hadraw VK blade is constructed from carefully selected wood plies, including Hinoki, Kiri, Ayous, and Koto, resulting in an overall thickness of 5.7mm. The blade's unique composition provides exceptional consistency, allowing players to execute precise shots with confidence. The medium stiffness and hardness ratings of 4.7 and 6.3, respectively, contribute to the blade's outstanding control and responsiveness.
Players who have tried the Butterfly Hadraw VK appreciate its exceptional control and accuracy. They commend the blade's ability to deliver precise returns and sharp counterattacks, making it suitable for all-around playstyles. The blade's impressive speed rating of 8.3 ensures that players can generate ample power for attacking shots while maintaining control.
With an overall rating of 9.3, the Butterfly Hadraw VK is highly regarded among professional and recreational players alike. Its superior balance of control and speed makes it an excellent choice for a wide range of players, from beginners to experienced competitors. The blade's high consistency and feedback allow players to adapt to different playing conditions and strategies effortlessly.
Overall, the Butterfly Hadraw VK blade is a premium-quality table tennis blade that offers exceptional control, speed, and consistency. Its 5-ply construction and carefully selected wood plies combine to provide a balanced and responsive playing experience, making it a versatile choice for players seeking all-around performance.
Been using it for 2 months. It is as fast as Korbel, but has a lighter and smaller plate. It has great control. It has a bit more crisp feeling and is a bit harder than Korbel due to the koto outer layer. The ST handle is comfortable for my big hand, but I would have preferred it to be a little bit bigger. The blade gives great feeling on all strokes and is reasonably fast for attackers. If you feel outer ALC blades with koto are too fast, then the Hadraw VK would be a great alternative. I use it with Donic pro am 2.0 on fh and Donic M2 2.0 on bh. It is a great combo for power spin and control.
Compared to my Zhang Jike ALC, the Hadraw blade has the same outer ply of koto, the same thickness, size, and shape. However, the handle is slightly smaller. Both blades produce the same crisp sound when you hit hard. I used the same setup with my ZJ ALC, H3 Neo, and short pips. In terms of speed, the Hadraw blade is slightly slower compared to the ALC blade, but it provides the same level of control. Overall, both the BTY ZJ ALC and the BTY Hadraw blades are high-quality options, and I appreciate the qualities of both.
I’ve been playing with this (AN) blade for about a month. I’ve equipped it with MX-P rubbers on both sides. The Anatomic (AN) handle feels great and fits nicely into my larger hands. What I like about this product is the great feedback on every ball and its good consistency. It is also light, so even heavy MX-P rubbers don’t make the whole racket too heavy. It offers enough speed for a good first spin attack. It also has many gears so you can keep the ball in play and make a counterattack, which I believe, is quite essential with the new (ish) slower plastic ball. I can create wide angles and difficult balls for the opponent, so this blade is great for mixing up the game.
On the other hand, the blade could be too slow for ultimate attackers, and it may be a bit too light for executing an optimal serve.
Pros: — great control — lightweight — consistent — many gears — great for taller players (like me :)) who need a bit more time to set up a good shot — great for OFF-/ALL+ play
Cons: — Too slow for aggressive offensive play — lacks a bit of weight on serve
#####*After playing for 9 months *#####
I am still enjoying using this blade. All points from my review are still valid. I’ve played a whole season with it and I am planning to use it in the future. I’ve changed rubbers from MX-P to T05, because MX-Ps wore off. Both rubbers play great. T05 is still very fast, but not as explosive as MX-P. T05 offers more consistency and easier topspin game. Feedback from the blade is great. I’ve tried my teammates blade Korbel SK7/T05. I may be biased, but Hadraw VK felt much better than Korbel SK7. SK7 felt a bit heavy and a bit too fast for me, with less feedback (It’s an OFF blade so that was to be expected). So yeah, I’m still having fun playing with this blade.
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