Thanks for the input/replies. The Forten hunch was prompted by this
post (by Spinaway) but the linked pics are no longer visible.
Background:
My vintage racquet with the strings in question is a poor man's copy by Kneissl of the Pro Staff 85. It played backup to my Dunlop Black Max that got the bulk of the use.
My new Yonex SV Team came pre-strung nylon with factory strings that have been about 5 times for about two hours(each time) over the course of a month. These strings, now, are barely notched but creaked and stick when moved back to their original positions. At first, they would slide back in place when displaced sideways with my fingers.
In contrast, the old black nylon strings in the Kneissl
still slide easily despite the deep notches more than halfway on the mains. The lack of notches on the crosses allows the mains to easily slide back in place and their is little string movement. I hit fairly flat with moderate spin and am not a string breaker.
Has anyone else experienced a nylon or synthetic gut with this lack of string movement over this length of time ? A micrometer indicates the diameter to range between 1.35mm to 1.39 mm (15L). I tried hunting down the stringer (Louis Nagy,
Forum Racquet Clinic) who ran a regular ad in the Varsity(A Student run newspaper printed on the campus of the
University of Toronto). At the time (late eighties), it was a inexpensive recommendation to constant string breakers of stanbys like Leoina 66 and Hy-O-Sheep. The strings were wound on blue plastic spools. When the strings go on the Yonex, I'm leaning towards one of either
Gosen Proform Tuff 16,
Head Synthetic Gut PPS or Gosen. I was hoping a version of
Forten Competition Nylon was the OEM for my mystery string....I may try it, yet.
Test for mention:
@RayPS97 [user]RayPS97[/user]
P.S. The pic was taken with an Olympus Tough TG-620 with a "Super Macro LED" lighting feature that makes pics of stamps, coins and tennis strings a breeze
