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NOVUS Strato
A hinoki carbon attacking blade strong on fast counters, balancing a sharp feel with steady reaction speed.
Performance
XIOM NOVUS official, 1-5About this product
Same construction as Axelo, 0.5mm thinner at 7.1mm, and the same ₩140,000.
Half a millimetre sounds trivial but it is 7% of the blade. The thinner build flexes more, and more flex means the ball stays on the face fractionally longer. If Axelo pushes the ball away, this has shifted a small step toward holding it.
At 85g it is the lightest of the three — the natural consequence of removing thickness. If you want to buy back a little swing speed within the hinoki three-ply family, that difference is real.
None of the three is the better blade. Price and construction are identical, so thickness is the whole decision: the faster your swing, the thicker you can go; the more you brush the ball up, the thinner you should.
What the numbers say
Outer 3-ply Hinoki + 2 Energy-Carbon plies 7.1mm. Its rigidity of 10.0 ranks 1 of 8 blades, among the very highest. Its sharpness, by contrast, is 3.0 — on the low side. Based on the manufacturer’s published figures.
This paragraph is not a copied review — it is generated from the figures and rankings collected on this site, and changes when they do.
Full specifications
| Playing style | Offensive |
| Grip type | Shakehand |
| Construction | 3-ply Hinoki + 2 Energy-Carbon plies |
| Carbon position | Outer |
| Plies | 5 |
| Blade size | 158 × 150mm |
| Thickness | 7.1 mm |
| Weight | 87 g |
| Handle types | FL, ST |
| Made in | China |
Rubbers that pair with this blade
Real player setups and level-based recommendations come first.
The Tenergy built for spinTenergy 05
A fast blade — matched with high-power rubbers
Glayzer 09C
A fast blade — matched with high-power rubbers
Tenergy 19
A fast blade — matched with high-power rubbers
Hammond CR
A fast blade — matched with high-power rubbers