Blake Back to Blacked Out Frame?

[slice bh compliment]

Originally Posted by Courtcheck

...JB is a sponsorship nightmare.....

True. Nike shoes, mystery stick....hmmm...looks bad. Probably grabbing for what makes him play the best. I respect that. Hopefully he has been up front with FILA, et al. And at least he's not cheating on the clothing deal w/ FILA.

In the Dunlop offices, I'm sure he is regarded as a saint compared to Haas or Safin, though.

The TR thing is really touching. Tribute to his dad and all. I got one of the blue shirts and I like it. But, I think it confuses the average tennis consumer/fan and non-tennis fan.

Well, I'll always admire him. Mensch. Streaky player, but a mensch nonetheless.

I'll buy FILA and Dunlop over Nike and Wilson...not because of him but because of my own preferences.

That's probably what he's doing with the Nike shoes and whatever frame that is (Dunlop, custom or otherwise).

Go James. One more good year?!

[rovex]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gusta**...cs/4369005922/

Hmm, that's ain't a Wilson.

[coloskier]

Originally Posted by little_e

Don't know what frame it is but it is a Wilson.

I don't see a PWS on that frame.

[samster]

I don't see PWS on the black frame either.

[slice bh compliment]

No pws, so we can rule out Wilson.

Is anyone familiar with Tyger frames? I remember hearing through a guy I used to play with...who played with Thomas Blake ... that James used some custom Tyger frame w/ various pjs over it.

[PlayforIt]

Since no pws then it might be the blx blade

[blaby]

i still dont get why fila doesnt drop blake
hes not really helping them much

[little_e]

Wilson prototype.

[samster]

Blake from Memphis:





Looks like 18 mains.

[vsbabolat]

Sure looks just like Blake's old Dunlop to me.....

[SuperFly]

Originally Posted by kingdaddy41788

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It's depressing to see Blake like this, no racket sponsor and he has to DUCT TAPE his Nikes so they don't interfere with the Fila deal.

[BDAZ]

Originally Posted by andfor

It's either a Kennex Black Ace or Redondo. He was encouraged to try it and switch by Jay Berger.

not sure if this is supposed to be funny or a joke, but to me, that's exactly what it looks like. doesn't look like his dunlop. obviously not any type of wilson. tight 18x20 pattern, slight curve to the throat. i don't know.

[JoelDali]

Originally Posted by SuperFly

It's depressing to see Blake like this, no racket sponsor and he has to DUCT TAPE his Nikes so they don't interfere with the Fila deal.

Friggin' trainwreck.

[little_e]

Go to GSS, Wilson prototype.

[slice bh compliment]

Originally Posted by SuperFly

It's depressing to see Blake like this, no racket sponsor and he has to DUCT TAPE his Nikes so they don't interfere with the Fila deal.

You're right. That is one seriously thick anti-swooshtastic black tape job.
I just assumed it was yet another heinous Nike design.

[vsbabolat]

Originally Posted by little_e

Go to GSS, Wilson prototype.

I went to GSS and went to the Memphis 2010 stringing log. It does not identify Blake as the one with the Wilson Prototype. "Wilson sent a blacked out racquet for a player that Bob customized and I strung. It took an hour to string. Individual grommets at 9 and 3 that kept on falling out. Quite a challenge!"
Check this photo out:
www.flickr.com/photos/gustaf -a -g- raphics/4369005922/ *for some reason the filter wont let the full link show. Take out the - to go to the link

Looks like a grommet strip is in there to me and not individual grommets.

Also the last post on Memphis said this:
As mentioned, there have been a few "Blackout" frames come through which is not uncommon since many players get new contracts at the beginning of the year and some are either negotiating are still looking for their perfect frame. Some of the frames are quite easy to identify and some are a mystery. As a matter of policy we don't disclose the info. We stencil the racquets with the logo requested by the player and the racquets are logged as BLACK PROTOTYPE on our records.

[teto29]

hahahahaha the whited out nike's!!

[kingdaddy41788]

Originally Posted by vsbabolat

I went to GSS and went to the Memphis 2010 stringing log. It does not identify Blake as the one with the Wilson Prototype. "Wilson sent a blacked out racquet for a player that Bob customized and I strung. It took an hour to string. Individual grommets at 9 and 3 that kept on falling out. Quite a challenge!"
Check this photo out:
www.flickr.com/photos/gustaf -a -g- raphics/4369005922/ *for some reason the filter wont let the full link show. Take out the - to go to the link

Looks like a grommet strip is in there to me and not individual grommets.

Also the last post on Memphis said this:
As mentioned, there have been a few "Blackout" frames come through which is not uncommon since many players get new contracts at the beginning of the year and some are either negotiating are still looking for their perfect frame. Some of the frames are quite easy to identify and some are a mystery. As a matter of policy we don't disclose the info. We stencil the racquets with the logo requested by the player and the racquets are logged as BLACK PROTOTYPE on our records.

Very interesting...

[JoelDali]

Definitely looks like a Dunlop throat.

[LafayetteHitter]

Originally Posted by slice bh compliment

Likely to be the same WIlson 90 he used in Oz. No contract. No stencil there.

So, maybe Blake's agent advised a very common move: to black it out until Wilson kicks in a deal for him.

LOL...or maybe he likes the stick but cannot stnd the sight of the red, black and zebra stripe cosmetics, hahah.

I'm not photo expert but that is NOT a 90" frame by any stretch of the imagination.