Best items you found at thrift stores (Goodwill)?

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Looks like it might snap like all those rq yonexes did - the snapping point location is just crying out to snap.
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Wasn’t aware of that reputation. Maybe that was from people exceeding the relativly low (for the time) tension recommendation of 45-50lbs.
 
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Didn't Seles string hers at 80lbs+? I would think the RQ-380 with Kevlar and boron is just about unsnapable. Should also be very stiff being the thickest model in the range. Steve's RA is probably some measure of the effective string-bed stiffness.
 
Grafil Injection said:
Didn't Seles string hers at 80lbs+? I would think the RQ-380 with Kevlar and boron is just about unsnapable. Should also be very stiff being the thickest model in the range. Steve's RA is probably some measure of the effective string-bed stiffness.
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I have read that she did, always found that nuts. Still, seeing a widebody with a max tension of 50 is weird.
 
below that Yonex RQ, in the $2.99 bin, was this Donnay Supermid Equipe. My computer thinks none of those last three words are actual words. Take it up with the Belgians, Dell. Anyways, this one's not a museum piece, appears as if its spent most of its life being tossed around a bin with other tennis rackets, as basically all the surface scratches don't even chip the paint, just scuff the clear coat. The headguard isn't even that bad, just the flat box beam face. Beyond those scratches it’s in fine shape, has a very dense central portion of the 18x20 pattern, and the grommets are fine. It’s 364g strung and 95sq in. Might be the oldest frame I can think of that brags about its braided graphite layup, at least 15 years before Tiger Tim's Pro Braid Slaz. Anyone ever heard of this one before?

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I don't know that Donnay, but going by the head-size, paintjob and being made in Taiwan rather than Belgium, I would say it's mid-late 80s. Probably 1985-88, given some similarities to the Head Pro range too. Hence, probably more like 10 years before the Pro Braided (1997), and after most of the first popular braided rackets from the early 80s (Ultra, PS, Donnay midsize).

Anyway, an interesting range I see there were a few other models of too (Turbo, Touring, Ceramic). I wonder why they aren't more known? I guess Donnay still focused on midsize as the player size, and then the wide-bodies took over. Like the Wilson Pro Tour 95 and ST100 from 87-88, that are similar specs but never got promoted by Wilson.
 
Grafil Injection said:
I don't know that Donnay, but going by the head-size, paintjob and being made in Taiwan rather than Belgium, I would say it's mid-late 80s. Probably 1985-88, given some similarities to the Head Pro range too. Hence, probably more like 10 years before the Pro Braided (1997), and after most of the first popular braided rackets from the early 80s (Ultra, PS, Donnay midsize).

Anyway, an interesting range I see there were a few other models of too (Turbo, Touring, Ceramic). I wonder why they aren't more known? I guess Donnay still focused on midsize as the player size, and then the wide-bodies took over. Like the Wilson Pro Tour 95 and ST100 from 87-88, that are similar specs but never got promoted by Wilson.
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Oh, I didn’t know the Slaz PB was from ‘97, thought it was more recent than that.
 
This Phantom Silver Plus is proving difficult to find info about. Those angular bridges seem rather unique and the hoop is genuinely oversized at around 115sqi. Clearly larger than Prince 110s.

The beam is very thin at around 17mm, and the 18x21 pattern is still quite open in such a large head.

The design is quite like a Prince Graphite Pro with the semi Matt black, but it scuffs through to black suggesting more graphite, which the upper 50s flex does too. It feels similarly solid and comfortable (i.e. probably foam filled) to the Prince Comp.

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I haven't yet found a magazine listing, but it should be from the 1982-4 years given that the font is like that on the V-24, and the full length cover is similarly styled to the Phantom Gold.

Plays really nicely. Easy depth and power but lovely control too. The enormous hoop doesn't feel particularly clunky, despite being 363g, 32.5 balance. The SW must be about 340, but it swings confidently.

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So out on my usual rounds, I hit up St. Vincent du Paul which has been fairly barren this year, but came up big time today. For mr @Grafil Injection's pleasure I've included more pics than usual of a frame that needs no introduction. This 200G, aside from some overgrip stains on the Fairway leather, is basically 10/10. No warping, virtually no scuffs. Head rash? This racket doesn't know what head rash is. It's an utterly foreign concept for this pampered frame that maybe saw a court once or twice. On the collar, it appears the rackets are gripped prior to batch stamping, as a bit of the finishing tape caught the edge of the stamp, implying it was already there when was applied. It might be hard to see but the edge of the '2' is on the tape. Inside the basic half cover (now I have both the half, and full head cover, yay) was a pamphlet with some lovely paintings of the manufacture process. They could've just used photos, but this is much better. My last 200G came with two $1 bills from 1985 in it's case, so they always seem to come with some sort of gift for their new owners. I already got an offer for it but not sure I want to sell. I'm used to selling cheapo frames, stuff I buy for $5 and sell for $25 but this is new territory for me, not even sure what it's worth frankly.

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Also, I spend a dollar more to get this, a broken Head TXP Pro, just to save the cap grommets for my Prestige Pro. The head guard isn't in the greatest shape but none of the grommets are cracked so why not. Took some pics to memorialize this poor thing.

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That's a great condition 200G, and the strings look original too although the shop has strung it without the bottom cross. It could be quite HL being size 5, and so should work well without the Fairway and just an overgrip, if size 3.5 is more your normal.

Love that pamphlet's drawings! They were producing over 1,000 rackets a day at that time, from 3 or 4 'moulds'. Got to be worth at least $50.
 
Returning the favour, here's a titanium fusion stick I found for £5, which is also minty apart from the grip. All Court #2 Titanium is the name, and it has surprisingly serious specs of 344g, 32.5cm balance, 25mm straight beam, 107sqi, which the paint job hides quite well.

The string dampener appears unremovable and it even has a Titanium Viewbar, which many Pros insist upon.

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I always insist on seeing the titanium in all my tennis frames, even when it doesn’t exist.

Another member of the late 90’s Synergy line. I still love the React, which is basically that frame, but in Longbody form.
 
kevin qmto said:
I always insist on seeing the titanium in all my tennis frames, even when it doesn’t exist.

Another member of the late 90’s Synergy line. I still love the React, which is basically that frame, but in Longbody form.
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I was thinking it was about 10 years old!

So being labeled as a Titanium/Graphite fusion frame, it's actually mostly aluminium?
 
Grafil Injection said:
I was thinking it was about 10 years old!

So being labeled as a Titanium/Graphite fusion frame, it's actually mostly aluminium?
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Yeah, that series of Synergys dates to around 1996-99, anything that has that sort of atom swirl logo Synergy series badge. This line was replaced by the “Force 3” series, which debuted along side the Triple Threat lines in 99/00.

Im assuming they’re graphite up to the throat, then fusing to aluminum hoop.
 
@Grafil Injection Pro Kennex actually had a little graphic on their first fusion frames, explaining the process like it was a desired trait. I suppose in a world where pure graphite rackets didn’t exist, this would probably be superior to pure aluminum, provided its strong enough not to crack if one hits too hard (recalling my poor Wilson Pro Comp). But they say their model is fracture resistant, a claim Wilson never made, so I guess that one is on me.

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Passed on two Pro kennex silver ace racquets today should I regret it?

Probably not I see it sells for about 20 dollars on the auction market.
 
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Passed on two Pro kennex silver ace racquets today should I regret it?

Probably not I see it sells for about 20 dollars on the auction market.
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Yeah but they’re an excellent hit, and even have a degree of pro pedigree. Pretty cutting edge frames for 1982.
 
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A good haul this morning at a car boot sale-the U.K. equivilant of a U.S. yard sale I guess.
Six vintage woodies:
2x 1960`s Slazenger Demons
2x great condition McEnroe Maxplys
A Kawasaki Career and a Snauwaert Brian Gottfried Signature
The later two are really handsome looking rackets and I already had a couple of Mc Maxplys but they`re one of my fave woodies to hit with.
Included in the lot were 6 wooden presses for a total price of £18 :)

Photo links below:
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TjkJVb-cT2RInlS4dlKvg_xlpDaLzazN/view?usp=drive_link
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pZHUjBze-n1sY9fOfn7nEk-pE_EC8mUy/view?usp=drive_link
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OGZ4t4Ur4dEb8eElL4NXVdGinRyl_aaZ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GOzbj0FmON8-49BFrdcri82bhux1x8vK/view?usp=drive_link

I`ll probably have a hit with the Kawasaki and Snauwaert sometime this week.
I`ve read some good things about the BG so I`m hoping I like it .
 
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Thanks@Grafil,
Apparently the "Demon" name was used by Slazengers for even longer (60yrs +) than Dunlop used the name "Maxply"
I think Slazengers used it for crickets bats any many other of their sports goods lines .
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Indeed, the Demon name was used for about 90 years, sometime in the 1880s to the end of the 1970s. And that's just woods; there's probably a 2010s Sports--Direct aluminium version out there too!

Assuming Slazenger and Dunlop kept some sort of design consistency, your recent model suggests early-mid-1960s, because the position of the shoulder bindings are the same as the Maxply Laver used in 1962, rather than the one he used in 1969.
 
Excellent looking frame. Very wide beam, I’ll have to check my Revo tour to see if it’s a different mold. I’m sure Head is thrilled someone bought a pack of those Boom green grips. My local shop always has a full shelf of them, they said the Boom was a poor seller for them.
 
kevin qmto said:
Excellent looking frame. Very wide beam, I’ll have to check my Revo tour to see if it’s a different mold. I’m sure Head is thrilled someone bought a pack of those Boom green grips. My local shop always has a full shelf of them, they said the Boom was a poor seller for them.
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Yeah, the Head Prime Tour mint goes well with a few of my rackets, which are all much better looking than the toothpaste Boom.

The Revelation 95 is 32mm at its maximum, the same as the Profile 95. I don't think they went that crazy in any of the later Revelations, apart from perhaps some of the Superlongs. The Mid-Profile (not Midplus) version came out shortly afterwards, which had a more sensible beam.
 
I have about 70 photos to edit and get online. I uh, stopped by a garage sale that in their listing said they had 'several tennis rackets'. Turns out it was 10 of them, though only 5 are usable. and also got a box of about 50 old tennis magazines from the late 80s to early 00s. Which is nice since my own Tennis magazine collection only starts around 2007.

Also I splurged on two very-not Goodwill type racket purchases which I'll also need to get pictures of.
 
Backspin to the Future said:
A good haul this morning at a car boot sale-the U.K. equivilant of a U.S. yard sale I guess.
Six vintage woodies:
2x 1960`s Slazenger Demons
2x great condition McEnroe Maxplys
A Kawasaki Career and a Snauwaert Brian Gottfried Signature
The later two are really handsome looking rackets and I already had a couple of Mc Maxplys but they`re one of my fave woodies to hit with.
Included in the lot were 6 wooden presses for a total price of £18 :)

Photo links below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JZldY0oTPNvW8Whs5X2PAYMHxOJK7jtD/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TjkJVb-cT2RInlS4dlKvg_xlpDaLzazN/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E1a61Wfg8PoAqxrVPz1OzIIz9z54m4c0/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E1a61Wfg8PoAqxrVPz1OzIIz9z54m4c0/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BZ2LmcwT3XhqC7Km1Q2hWuSfXFZWS6wT/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FWR6JqCNGhLm2fyzpbVqfuiHTooNzF3_/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MZ0QknGOiJV6sNNPIprXcjNFMu7owRvc/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pZHUjBze-n1sY9fOfn7nEk-pE_EC8mUy/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q3ZRd4KxaCQNJ1w6DN1gv11TW_CpwU_G/view?usp=drive_link
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OGZ4t4Ur4dEb8eElL4NXVdGinRyl_aaZ/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GOzbj0FmON8-49BFrdcri82bhux1x8vK/view?usp=drive_link

I`ll probably have a hit with the Kawasaki and Snauwaert sometime this week.
I`ve read some good things about the BG so I`m hoping I like it .
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I played with the Snauwaert for 30 mins yesterday.
I was pretty impressed by how well it played..stiffer than I imagined- but not as good as the McEnroe Maxply or the Fort Graphite or Slazenger Challenge Graphite .
The frame lacked any graphite in the ply make up though.
The original strings still good and it`s a nice racket to serve with and has decent power level.
Because of the weight (382g with original leather grip and overgrip) it`s not so good in close quarters combat at the net.
Great feel though so I`ll be using it again from time to time .
It`s surprising how late the production of these ran considering the carbon fibre composites had already become pretty well establish by the mid 80`s
 
So anyways. Garage Sale. Met a nice older man, since I have a one track mind, I didn't even ask his name... I'm assuming he was in his early to mid 70's. He told me he's kept every adult racket he ever used during his playing years from the late 60's to the 90's. he continued playing on and off till about 15 years ago and said he's accepted his playing days are over. He only wanted 20 bucks for everything. Sadly the 4 wood rackets were beyond saving. warped, cracked etc. But I'll be posting a few pics from the haul. First off were the rackets he said he played his best tennis with. During the mid to late 80's he played club tennis and these were his weapon of choice. Bought three of them, all are well used and have chips and one is unstrung and the head guard is basically snapped off completely. Luckily that same head guard is still available on the bay for a reasonable price. When looking at them closely, there's subtle differences between all three frames, one can infer they weren't purchased at the same time. Font changes, copyright dates, buttcap's either have or don't have grip size info, and even the colored pinstripes are different thickness. As for how they play, I've heard very polarizing opinions on the Spectrum Comp 90, on Facebook, at least one person said this racket “ruined their arm”, I’m not sure how a thin box beam could be that detrimental like it’s a Wilson Profile on steroids lol. That being said, it seemed to be a popular frame back then. I’m still looking for a nice LE edition Spectrum Comp 90, all I ever see are 110’s. I'll give it a whirl one of these days, hell I got 3 of em after all. I usually like these Prince box beam frames with 14 mains, they can generate lots of spin even with old synthetic gut.

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Of the three high-end Princes at that time (POG, Response and Spectrum (let's ignore the Boron!)), I think the Spectrum 90 and 110 have the nicest feel. Being flexier they are more traditional feeling than the POG, but at the same time there's a sweet and lively sensation. The Response on the other hand is a bit dull feeling. Correspondingly, the Spectrum is fairly low power, but it is still more than adequate for anyone who is adept with a Copper Ace or Graphite Matrix, and the sweet-spot is plenty large enough. I believe they are also a touch lighter than the POG. My 3 are all around 348-354g strung. That said, the POG came down in weight at the end of the 80s too.

Your 1985 model is certainly early. I have not seen a 1985 advert for the Spectrum (but plenty in 1986), nor is it mentioned in 1985 group reviews, so I guess it came out 4th quarter 1985.
 
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Listed about 20 frames for sale on CL. Last time I did this, I managed to sell 2 frames in 45 days. Lets see if we can get it up to 3 this time. Pretty sure my prices are fair as well, nothing over $60 (most are 20-25, and the $60 one is a 2015 Pure Strike). Several of the frames I'd be losing money on, which pains me but sometimes you just gotta get the stuff gone. worst loss is if I manage to sell my Pro Staff 4.2 classic. As I put a new base grip, overgrip and natural gut strings in it. I'm in that frame about $110 all things considered. I'm asking $40...
 
kevin qmto said:
Listed about 20 frames for sale on CL. Last time I did this, I managed to sell 2 frames in 45 days. Lets see if we can get it up to 3 this time. Pretty sure my prices are fair as well, nothing over $60 (most are 20-25, and the $60 one is a 2015 Pure Strike). Several of the frames I'd be losing money on, which pains me but sometimes you just gotta get the stuff gone. worst loss is if I manage to sell my Pro Staff 4.2 classic. As I put a new base grip, overgrip and natural gut strings in it. I'm in that frame about $110 all things considered. I'm asking $40...
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Are you putting the full list on the sale forum too?
 
My best thrift store finds are, in no particular order,
1x Prince Graphite Oversize
2x Babolat Pure Drive + GT
2x Head Liquid metal Prestige MP
2x Babolat Pure Storm Tour (I'm using these)
 
kevin qmto said:
Listed about 20 frames for sale on CL. Last time I did this, I managed to sell 2 frames in 45 days. Lets see if we can get it up to 3 this time. Pretty sure my prices are fair as well, nothing over $60 (most are 20-25, and the $60 one is a 2015 Pure Strike). Several of the frames I'd be losing money on, which pains me but sometimes you just gotta get the stuff gone. worst loss is if I manage to sell my Pro Staff 4.2 classic. As I put a new base grip, overgrip and natural gut strings in it. I'm in that frame about $110 all things considered. I'm asking $40...
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Nice Frames!

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Prince Graphite 110 for $2.99. Cleaned up pretty well.
Left a Wilson Profile 2.7 110 and a Wilson Hammer 6.2 (Skunk) 110. Would’ve taken both if they were the 95 sq. inch. There was also a Dunlop Black Max Plus, a couple of Prince Pros, and Prince Thunder something or other in a TT Hornet case.
Happy with the Graphite. Anyone know how this version is appreciably different from the four stripes version?

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Prince Graphite 110 for $2.99. Cleaned up pretty well.
Left a Wilson Profile 2.7 110 and a Wilson Hammer 6.2 (Skunk) 110. Would’ve taken both if they were the 95 sq. inch. There was also a Dunlop Black Max Plus, a couple of Prince Pros, and Prince Thunder something or other in a TT Hornet case.
Happy with the Graphite. Anyone know how this version is appreciably different from the four stripes version?

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Nice find, clean it up, restring, and enjoy! It's an earlier model, though there shouldn't be any real playability difference between this version and the 4 stripe version of the later 80's. If it has individual grommets its a POG 2, and if it has a grommet strip, its a POG 3.
 
Found this Ti Heat Comfort Zone MP for £5. It looked 5-6 condition with a mummified grip and tar residue everywhere, but cleaned up to 9+ level.

Specs are 285g, 35.5cm balance (4pt HH), but it doesn't feel too clubby at all.

Interestingly, the 16x19 strings are very evenly distributed over the 102sqi head, meaning huge average cell size of 1.7cm2. That's more open than any racket I've measured.


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kevin qmto said:
Nice find, clean it up, restring, and enjoy! It's an earlier model, though there shouldn't be any real playability difference between this version and the 4 stripe version of the later 80's. If it has individual grommets its a POG 2, and if it has a grommet strip, its a POG 3.
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All cleaned up. New grip and overgrip. Just need to string it up.
 
Grafil Injection said:
Found this Ti Heat Comfort Zone MP for £5. It looked 5-6 condition with a mummified grip and tar residue everywhere, but cleaned up to 9+ level.

Specs are 285g, 35.5cm balance (4pt HH), but it doesn't feel too clubby at all.

Interestingly, the 16x19 strings are very evenly distributed over the 102sqi head, meaning huge average cell size of 1.7cm2. That's more open than any racket I've measured.


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Interesting, idk if we ever got the Comfort Zone edition of the Ti Heat over here. Going to assume it's a couple years newer than the standard issue one. I think I like that CZ paint job more than mine as well. Was it still made in Austria?

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Here's a lousy group photo from the old man garage sale. Tried to lay out his frames in chronological order, but I think a couple came out at more or less the same time, like the Head 'Red Head' Professional and the Donnay Allwood. He said he never much cared for that oversize Prince, just got it because he was curious about these jumbo frames. But he loved that white Spectrum (x3 but only put one in this timeline photo). His last racket was obviously that Pro Staff 6.6 95, used that for a decade and change before hanging tennis up for good. He only bought one because by then he wasn't playing league tennis anymore. I'm sure there's not much special about this story, but its still someone's story.

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studio pics of the Red Head. Circa 1975 if I'm not mistaken? I wonder, was that odd shaped nylon throat piece seen as something new or modern back in the day? The grip might be a bit discolored but it has wonderful bevels, some of the best I've felt, honestly. Wish I could find one just like it brand new. Weighs 368g strung, which is the same as my Yamaha Secret 04, so it's not super unwieldly. The cheaper Head Standard I have from the same era is heavier. Has those blue strings that I've encontered in a lot of old frames, weren't they called Blue Star or something? I think Head should have paid a nickle to whoever owns the AMF trademark these days to get the old AMF Head logo on that new Ashe Comp Boom frame they're selling. At least they had the taste to use an older Head logo, but not the one from the era Ashe actually played in. But now I'm just being 'that guy'.

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kevin qmto said:
Interesting, idk if we ever got the Comfort Zone edition of the Ti Heat over here. Going to assume it's a couple years newer than the standard issue one. I think I like that CZ paint job more than mine as well. Was it still made in Austria?

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Yes, I don't know if it's 00s or 10s but I would think the CZ version is later, and with no Austria label I guess it's China. The paint job is quite good.

Was you original also light and HH specs? Can't believe anyone would add more weight at the top.
 
kevin qmto said:
Here's a lousy group photo from the old man garage sale. Tried to lay out his frames in chronological order, but I think a couple came out at more or less the same time, like the Head 'Red Head' Professional and the Donnay Allwood. He said he never much cared for that oversize Prince, just got it because he was curious about these jumbo frames. But he loved that white Spectrum (x3 but only put one in this timeline photo). His last racket was obviously that Pro Staff 6.6 95, used that for a decade and change before hanging tennis up for good. He only bought one because by then he wasn't playing league tennis anymore. I'm sure there's not much special about this story, but its still someone's story.

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studio pics of the Red Head. Circa 1975 if I'm not mistaken? I wonder, was that odd shaped nylon throat piece seen as something new or modern back in the day? The grip might be a bit discolored but it has wonderful bevels, some of the best I've felt, honestly. Wish I could find one just like it brand new. Weighs 368g strung, which is the same as my Yamaha Secret 04, so it's not super unwieldly. The cheaper Head Standard I have from the same era is heavier. Has those blue strings that I've encontered in a lot of old frames, weren't they called Blue Star or something? I think Head should have paid a nickle to whoever owns the AMF trademark these days to get the old AMF Head logo on that new Ashe Comp Boom frame they're selling. At least they had the taste to use an older Head logo, but not the one from the era Ashe actually played in. But now I'm just being 'that guy'.

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That black coloured Prince (Graphite Pro?) looks oversize but seems to say 90 at the top. A rare misprint?

Those plastic bridges were seen on dozens of models from different companies, so I'd say they weren't impressive technology, but were excitingly colourful in the mid-70s next to the silver frames and compared to woods.
 
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Yes, I don't know if it's 00s or 10s but I would think the CZ version is later, and with no Austria label I guess it's China. The paint job is quite good.

Was you original also light and HH specs? Can't believe anyone would add more weight at the top.
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I think the previous owner just wanted to make it heavier and didn’t think about where the weight went.

Also on that Oversize graphite pro, it says 110, just my bad phone camera smudging it up.
 
kevin qmto said:
I think the previous owner just wanted to make it heavier and didn’t think about where the weight went.

Also on that Oversize graphite pro, it says 110, just my bad phone camera smudging it up.
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Ah yes, I can read 110 now on a bigger screen!

Crazy to add weight at the top of the Heat. Mine already has decent stability there for a 285g racket. In fact adding 40g to the handle gets it to 325g, 32.5cm balance, which could be quite interesting. Have you tried relocating the lead?
 
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