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whatever the string, pull it tight The tighter the better on those. Go loose, it will hit the fence on the fly faster...

I remember those... Wery kewl. B-)

never use a racket you haven't thrown 10 characters:twisted:

when will the unwashed be able to get it via TW?

officially envious :)

officially a sheep joke... that's baaa-aaa-aaad.

Joe's right... And he usually is... :) Due to nearly everyone using it or the Dunlop Maxply when we were swinging wood racquets (uphill... both ways... in a snowstorm...), Flea bay has them used for about $10. Regarding dating the one you have, if the crown has 3 points, it's likely ca...

Ok, tapered, but... When you said tapered, I thought you were talking more along the lines of the "dual tapered beam" of the Prostaff 4.5 (early widebody - came out shortly after the Profile - "from the side" wide in the middle, narrower at the top/bottom of the head) and/or the Head Genesis...

Yamaha had a couple that were just beautiful - I think Yuth had 'em. I'm a wood racquet fanatic - Maxply McEnroe was a nice piece of workmanship, and I've got stuff all the way back to about ca. 1900 - workmanship that went into these frames was something... :)

ease of manufacture... That'd be my guess... one piece of graphite braided tubing, bent into racket shape. In the case of the newer models, the tubing needs to be fused. Harder manufacturing process...

Classics? Where's the wood, man?!?!?!? Impressive nonetheless :)

lecoste equijet I think that's the one you're talking about - wish I had one... Guy Forget used it for awhile... one of Plasma's favorite sticks...

unless... The earliest of early ultra largeheads (first ones had the moniker "Galaxy") were narrow-beam. I believe the Ultra II were the same - narrow beam. Only when they went to FPK, ceramic, etc. did they have any taper to them. So... it depends...

Old School Steel Daytons - ca. 1930... Even the strings were metal!

I think the one I was thinking of was Gutex... had a multi-filament "wanting real hard to be black gut" texture... good stuff (at least in comparison with Blue Star [appropriately abbreviated BS... ;-) ), which lost tension after about 2 weeks...).

it's still in at least one of my Kramer auto's on the wall... String I can't remember was black and supposedly had graphite it it - switched from blue star to it before eventually going hybrid... any ideas out there on the black stuff?

thaaat's a blast from the past...

That, and Tretorn balls... Presureless... things felt like a baseball. Later... Dunlop had presureless balls we played with in Europe on the dirt - boxes of 4 (made so much more sense than 3-ball cans...). Guar-on-tee the reason they weren't released stateside was the 3-ball can market...

Most of the guys I play with (ranked juniors and college players "back in the day") are all playing with 90 or 95's. I'm currently playing with a 106, but will probably "go smaller" when I wear the current sticks out (which is taking awhile... old guys know how to throw rackets without 'em...

I wouldn't pull it tighter than 60. Most rackets in that era recommended 55... Johnny Mac switched from that general range (52-60) down to the mid-30's - Lendl was the first "top 10" guy to string that low. Endgame recommendation: 55 will give you a "realistic" feel for the era.

I remember that frame... We called it the "Super Wiener..." Doh!!!:twisted:

more to add... Shoe Goo Tericloth hats Stan Smith auto shoes. Gave way to Rod Laver Auto in the 80's 3 stripes... gotta have the 3 stripes...

Rorsach is our resident Snauwaert expert... Ask Rorsach... http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/member.php?u=38852

Holy Inverted Bridges, Batman! What a collection of Rossignols! :)

I used one for awhile - switched to it from the Wilson PS 4.5 wide beam. I couldn't keep a low volley in the court with the Wilson (although I *loved* how it vaporized high volleys). A little less umph than the Wilson, but very forgiving. They came out with a Trysys 720 that was the next...

Overgrips/Surgical tape a must for Wooden Racket tourneys... Make sure and either bring overgrips, or tape for your hands. Leather grips are wonderfully efficient at chewing up our "used-to-cushy grip" hands.:twisted: Interesting post regarding diagonal strings though... :)

Bancroft Teardrop... Bancroft Teardrop was one frame that was bamboo... I've got one - I'll see if I can post a picture.

see posts.... These may provide *some* help... http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showpost.php?p=1701319&postcount=8 http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=297099&highlight=wilson+ultra+3-letter+code...

No strings broken - just blisters... Surprisingly, no strings were broken on 3 courts through 4 hours of play (indoors here... at least 'till March... most of us even hit the strings once in awhile... ;-)). I would have thought more would break (25 year old nylon in wood frames... gotta be...

Appropriate dress for 4 7/8 racket... Just a thought... ;-)