Xiom ‘36.5’ series is a product line using the special material ‘Axylium Carbon (ALX = ALC)’ and consists of ‘36.5 ALX’ with an outer-fiber consturciton and ‘36.5 ALXi’ with an inner-fiber construction. ‘Axylium’ is Xiom’s unique name for LCP fiber (= polyarylate fiber). (Because Butterfly has registered ‘Arylate’ and ‘ALC’ as trademarks, other manufacturers’ products using these names cannot be sold in the international market. Therefore, to avoid trademark issues, other manufacturers use their own names. For example Crypto Carbon or Voltema Carbon.) The Axylium (= Arylate) fiber and Carbon fiber are woven together to become ‘Axylium Carbon (ALX)’. (Generally, it is the same as the material called ALC, but there may be differences between manufacturers in terms of bundle spacing, number of fibers in the bundle, etc., so it cannot be said to be 100% the same.) ‘36.5’ means that these blade are produced using the ‘cold press’ method. Xiom explains that it preserves the natural feel of wood by manufacturing it using the special production method. The two products in the ‘36.5’ series Xiom’s core products that play very important roles as standard outer ALC and standard inner ALC blades, respectively.

Identical design concpet is being applied to both of two models, and those two car distinguished by color. The theme color of ‘36.5 ALX’ is Dark Blue, and the theme color of ‘36.5 ALXi’ is Red.

Above is the outer-fiber construction of ‘36.5 ALX’, and the lower is the inner-fiber construction of ‘36.5 ALX’.

‘36.5 ALX’ is a standard outer-ALC (outer-ALX) blade, and it actually takes over the role of Xiom ‘Stradivarius’. The head size is 157mm x 151mm. (The catalog spec. is 157mm x 150mm.)

Axylium Carbon (= ALC) is placed directly under the top layer. The top layer is Koto, the middle layer is Limba and the center layer is Kiri. Overall thickness is around 5.8mm. This construction is similar to that of ‘Viscaria’ but a bit different.

The FL handle of ‘36.5 ALX’ is similar to that of Butterfly ‘Viscaria’. (However, the FL handle of ‘36.5 ALXi’ isn’t.) The width is around 25mm~28mm~26mm~34mm from top to end, and the thickness is around 23mm (at thumb) ~ 25mm (at the end). The size of ST handle (not shown in the picture) is around 28mm (width) x 23mm (thickness). Aluminum nameplate instead of transparent plastic lens is applied at both sides of handle.

An Aluminum panel with brand logo is applied at the end of handle. This one is the exclusive one only for ‘36.5 ALX’.

Some icons expressing the technologies for this blade are printed on the backside of head. The Aluminum panel at the backside of handle is the same one as that at foreside of handle. So it is difficult to distinguish two sides at a glance.

‘36.5 ALXi’ is a standard inner-ALC (inner-ALX) blade. The head size is 157mm x 150mm.

Axylium Carbon (= ALC) is placed between the middle layer and the center layer. The top layer is Limba, the middle layer is also Limba, and the center layer is also Ayous. Overall thickness is around 5.8mm. This construction is similar to that of ‘InnerForce Layer ALC’, but a bit different.

The FL handle of ‘36.5 ALXi’ is thicker and narrower than that of ‘36.5 ALX’. The width is around 26mm~27mm~25.6mm~34mm from top to end, and the thickness is around 24mm (at thumb) ~ 25mm (at the end). Especially the bulge is narrower than that of ‘36.5 ALX’ (27mm vs. 28mm). Aluminum nameplate instead of transparent plastic lens is applied at both sides of handle.

If we compare two models side by side, we can clearly see the difference between the shapes of two models.

The size of ST handle (not shown in the picture) is around 28mm (width) x 23mm (thickness). This handle is same as that of ‘36.5 ALX’ ST.

An Aluminum panel with brand logo is applied at the end of handle. This one is the exclusive one only for ‘36.5 ALXi’.

Some icons expressing the technologies for this blade are printed on the backside of head. The Aluminum panel at the backside of handle is the same one as that at foreside of handle. So it is difficult to distinguish two sides at a glance.


Following is the Performance Indices of ‘36.5 ALX’ (average weight = 86.2g) :

Ep = 1.92

Ec = 1.77 (Ec/Ep = 0.92)

Vp = 1.28

Vl = 1.39 (Vl/Vp = 1.08)

Following is the Performance Indices of ‘36.5 ALXi’ (average weight = 87.1g) :

Ep = 1.68

Ec = 1.42 (Ec/Ep = 0.85)

Vp = 1.18

Vl = 1.30 (Vl/Vp = 1.10)

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