Longest grip?

vbranis

Professional

• Oct 20, 2008

• #1

What is the longest replacement grip on the market? My friend had his N-Six-One lengthened to 29", and his current grip is way too short now. Thanks in advance.

 

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some6uy008

Semi-Pro

• Oct 21, 2008

• #2

I am not sure what the longest one is, but the Yonex Supergrab is long enough for me to wrap all the way up to the top throat of my Kblade Tour.

 

vbranis

Professional

• Oct 21, 2008

• #3

some6uy008 said:

I am not sure what the longest one is, but the Yonex Supergrab is long enough for me to wrap all the way up to the top throat of my Kblade Tour.

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Yeah, but I'm looking for a replacement grip, not an overgrip.

 

mozzer

Hall of Fame

• Oct 21, 2008

• #4

How big are his hands?!

 

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psp2

Banned

• Oct 21, 2008

• #5

vbranis said:

What is the longest replacement grip on the market? My friend had his N-Six-One lengthened to 29", and his current grip is way too short now. Thanks in advance.

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In addition the length of the handle, you have to consider the grip size. A 4 1/8 grip would require a much shorter grip vs. a 4 5/8.

With that said, there shouldn't be a real need to cover the entire grip handle.

 

vbranis

Professional

• Oct 21, 2008

• #6

He uses a 4 5/8 grip, and the 2" he added to his racquet were all in the handle, so it makes for a lot of real estate to cover.

 

ls206

Hall of Fame

• Oct 21, 2008

• #7

he must have beastly hands.

Best plan would be to get a roll of grip (I guess overgrip only) with replacement grip, he may have to just "join" 2 grips for the length, then use an overgrip to prevent the replacement grip messing up in the middle.

 

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Nanshiki

Hall of Fame

• Oct 21, 2008

• #8

A new replacement grip has to be cut to length... I've got mine about an inch higher than the stock grip and I still had room to go.

 

Kenny022593

Professional

• Oct 21, 2008

• #9

yonex synthetic is pretty long

 

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Prince-of-Lies

New User

• Oct 22, 2008

• #10

you could pretty much wrap to the throat with yonex super grap

 

mozzer

Hall of Fame

• Oct 23, 2008

• #11

Why does the grip have to cover all the handle? Just so it doesnt look bad? :S

 

vbranis

Professional

• Oct 23, 2008

• #12

mozzer said:

Why does the grip have to cover all the handle? Just so it doesnt look bad? :S

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Yeah, personally, I wouldn't care, but he doesn't want the handle exposed at the top because it looks ugly. Anyway, what I did was wrap a complete Wilson leather grip, and then used part of another one to finish covering the entire handle. I had to use 2 grips, but it worked out all right.

 

shoesandko

Rookie

• Oct 24, 2008

• #13

Bjorn Borg had the longest grip he used two fairways, they were started on opposite sides and could be wrapped all the way to the throat if needed, this way he didn't need to piece two together, I tried and on an old Donnay Borg pro and it works great. There was a thread on a hybrid overwrap that could use this method as well.