Roger Federer racket (85 & 90sq) circa 2002-03

[Equijet]

Shot with Canon EOS 5D at 2008-09-19

Shot with Canon EOS 5D at 2008-09-19

[crazylevity]

Wow. Great finds.

[jorel]

where the heck did u get those?

[Equijet]

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Recently, I strung one of those 90sq in RF rackets with the babolat team gut at 60lbs and I felt its specs really similar to K90.

[jorel]

Originally Posted by Equijet

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Recently, I strung one of those 90sq in RF rackets with the babolat team gut at 60lbs and I felt its specs really similar to K90.

for your next trick... set them up like dominos...(rub it in some more why dontcha?

[roundiesee]

Originally Posted by jorel

for your next trick... set them up like dominos...(rub it in some more why dontcha?

LOL, jorel, don't be too upset!
Now if only the OP would tell us how he managed to get hold of this stash from Roger...... I really doubt he will sell though...

[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by ericsson

Now that's a rare find, where is Breakpoint?

Here I am.

Originally Posted by Equijet

Recently, I strung one of those 90sq in RF rackets with the babolat team gut at 60lbs and I felt its specs really similar to K90.

The 90 sq. in. one should be a PS Tour 90 with the HPS 6.0 paintjob on it so it should theoretically play just like a retail PS Tour 90 or at least close to it.

[AlpineCadet]

Originally Posted by BreakPoint

The K90 is not double braided anywhere just like the PS 6.0 85 Federer used before the K90. The retail PS Tour 90 and nCode 90 were however both double braided because they both contain HyperCarbon and they only use double braiding to incorporate the HyperCarbon (one braid of graphite with one braid of HyperCarbon). Neither the PS 6.0 85 nor the K90 contain HyperCarbon so they don't need double braiding. I feel like I've explained this over and over for the past couple of years already.

Anyway, I'm not sure why you find the K90 not being double braided "funny" since the PS 6.0 85 that Federer used just prior to the K90 also wasn't double braided so that's why they feel much closer to each other than the nCode 90 did.

Are we in the same thread? The thread title reads "Roger Federer racket (85 & 90sq) circa 2002-03" so they should be the real deal. Check out the throat areas in the pictures again.

Originally Posted by Equijet

Shot with Canon EOS 5D at 2008-09-19

Shot with Canon EOS 5D at 2008-09-19

Originally Posted by Equijet

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[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by AlpineCadet

Are we in the same thread? The thread title reads "Roger Federer racket (85 & 90sq) circa 2002-03" so they should be the real deal. Check out the throat areas in the pictures again.

Huh? You do realize that ALL of those 85 & 90 racquets in those pics are paintjobs, don't you? The only one that is not is the 95, which is a retail HPS 6.0 95 Tour for comparison purposes.

The 85 pictured are PS 6.0 85's with the HPS 6.0 95 Tour paintjob and the 90 pictured are K90's with the same HPS 6.0 95 Tour paintjob. You do realize that the purpose of paintjobs it to make people think it's a racquet that it's not, don't you? So just because it has a "HyperCarbon" decal on it does not mean that the racquet contains HyperCarbon. Why? Because it's a paintjob!

Courier's PS 6.0 85 paintjobs used to look like nCode 90's and they had the nCode 95 spec stickers on them.

[AlpineCadet]

Originally Posted by BreakPoint

Huh? You do realize that ALL of those 85 & 90 racquets in those pics are paintjobs, don't you? The only one that is not is the 95, which is a retail HPS 6.0 95 Tour for comparison purposes.

The 85 pictured are PS 6.0 85's with the HPS 6.0 95 Tour paintjob and the 90 pictured are K90's with the same HPS 6.0 95 Tour paintjob. You do realize that the purpose of paintjobs it to make people think it's a racquet that it's not, don't you? So just because it has a "HyperCarbon" decal on it does not mean that the racquet contains HyperCarbon. Why? Because it's a paintjob!

Courier's PS 6.0 85 paintjobs used to look like nCode 90's and they had the nCode 95 spec stickers on them.

The OP is saying that the PJ's he has are that of RF's collection, and that they are identical to the retail k90 but with lead customizations. The frames in his pictures also show that they are double braided. Is the k90 double braided?

[BreakPoint]

Originally Posted by AlpineCadet

The OP is saying that the PJ's he has are that of RF's collection, and that they are identical to the retail k90 but with lead customizations. The frames in his pictures also show that they are double braided. Is the k90 double braided?

Where in the pics do they show that the frames are double braided? Do you know what double braiding means? That cross-hatch pattern DOES NOT show double braiding. That shows single braiding. That's what braiding is - it's the cross weaving of the graphite layers, just like braiding a girl's long hair. What you are seeing is the single braiding. You cannot SEE double braiding from the outside of a frame because the second braided layer in beneath the outer braided layer. In a double braided frame, there are TWO layers of crisscross braiding - a layer of braided graphite and HyperCarbon on top and a layer of braided graphite and Kevlar beneath it which you cannot see unless you break open the frame to see all the layers underneath the outer layer. So it's called "Double Braided" because it has TWO LAYERS of (single) braiding, not because it's braided twice or anything. In any case, I'm not even sure if the cross-hatch graphite pattern that you see through the paintjob of a HPS 6.0 or HPS 6.1 is really the outer braided graphite layer or just painted to look that way.

[skyman1700]

Originally Posted by AlpineCadet

Are we in the same thread? The thread title reads "Roger Federer racket (85 & 90sq) circa 2002-03" so they should be the real deal. Check out the throat areas in the pictures again.

Are these his old racquet or current racquet because I don't see them on TV plus there are no K Factors on them...

[PeterFig]

Originally Posted by skyman1700

Are these his old racquet or current racquet because I don't see them on TV plus there are no K Factors on them...

read the thread title my friend

hint: 2002-2003

[servelikesampras]

Do we know the balance and swingweight?

[Nanshiki]

Well you haven't explained how you got them...

[VGP]

Does he (I assume he's a he) have to explain?

If you wanna know, it wouldn't hurt to ask nicely.....

[Nanshiki]

Getting one racquet means you're lucky. Getting 10 usually means they're stolen (or very, very, very, very connected)

[Equijet]

Originally Posted by Equijet

What do you mean someone else? I can take any pictures in different angles or with other objects as you like, believe it?
How about take those rackets with a writen paper says "Nanshiki"?

Originally Posted by Nanshiki

Getting one racquet means you're lucky. Getting 10 usually means they're stolen (or very, very, very, very connected)

Nanshiki, please don't call 911. I didn't steal them from Roger! Also, I didn't spend any cent to buy them.

[mozzer]

You must be one of Rogers freinds, work for wilson, or be his stringer or something to get them for free :/

[Equijet]

Originally Posted by mozzer

You must be one of Rogers freinds, work for wilson, or be his stringer or something to get them for free :/

Of course I'm a good friend of Roger. I should not such stupid to tell everybody else that my boss is a liar! Therefore, I don't work for Wilson but among those pros instead. I'm not a stringer or sports photographer either.