I got a Slazenger Challenge no.1 out of the folks attic recently.
My Dunlop Maxply Fort was apparently sold on at some point in my absence!!
The strings were original - it was never restrung.
They were down to a very low tension indeed and dry / stiff.
Racquet tune (android app) that seems accurate enough on my other modern sticks said 12lbs!
So nothing for but to restring.
I watched a couple of Youtube vids on woodies and went for it.
Here it is before the off
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I had a nat gut half set, so that went on the mains
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And some Dunlop S-gut Multi filament on the crosses (all I had left that was sympathetic in softness if not colour!)
Sacrilege perhap but a string is a string and I quite like the retro with the hybrid look
Not sure this racquet will get serious use but if it outshines my Volkl C10 Pro or Pro Kennex Ki Q Tour I will put gut in the crosses as well!
18M, 20C and as you see skipping 9t and no skips on the hoop, gives the wide mains that Slazenger C inward slope.
I did double check that this was right and all the pics I can find show them like this.
No real issues stringing up and I put some leather powerpads under the 4 innermost mains.
I went for 47lbs all round as I like em a little softer than some...
Today I will give it a hit and see how I get on.
I think the last time I hit with a woodie was 1982 or around then.
Gonna be fun - my arm might think otherwise.
Remember Steve - nice early prep, big looping swing, watch the ball on right on to the minuscule sweet spot...