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I wish, I’m leaving state for who knows how long, but I don’t expect people to find that tiny corner of the store. I also saw some old speed’s, a couple of old radicals(graphene) but he had sold his two pure drive lites(2015) and a pure drive play.
Go back and get those Pure Storms, and the YT and MG prestiges !
Like d-quik said, IMGUR is easy to use.
What state? I have had no luck at thrift stores recently
That's a super deal. Especially if the grommets are good since they are virtually impossible to find nowadays!
Yes it is in almost new condition, barely used it. The leather grip is a fairway too!
wow. That humblebrag
Humblebrag?
It's pretty much a collector's item. You don't see many for sale in great condition... especially not that cheap!
but how though?
Thanks for the info!
For some reason i really like those wood racquets...a lot of character i guess!
Go back and get those Pure Storms, and the YT and MG prestiges !
Like d-quik said, IMGUR is easy to use.
bro you made some mundane trip to a pawn shop into a... a TALE almost. are you a writer? i thought I was reading an adventure not a TT post
Haha! Thanks man. I will take it as a compliment [emoji106]
yes yes it was complimentary!! normally i would not care about the fluff and jsut want the pictures but the way you wrote it i appreciated all the details despite them being irrelavent to which racquets you found.
Was wondering too. Not sure they exist under that name / form.
I believe “Emmaus” is a common name for the closest thing in Europe. In the Netherlands we have “kringloop”. These examples are more charity/idealistic, less commercial, but the general idea seems similar.
what a beauty. looks like its in really good condition tooI always keep my eyes open in the sporting goods area of Goodwill. So I saw this today with a $3.25 price tag:
And I assumed it was either empty or had some crap warped wood racquet inside. Why set myself up for disappointment? Glad I looked:
I never expected it. I've never even seen one in person before. It's probably an 8.5. Super nice.
I’d guess that one might go for $300. 15 years ago you might’ve gotten close to $1000.
Wow !! For $3 !! Now you can start playing like Pete Sampras.I always keep my eyes open in the sporting goods area of Goodwill. So I saw this today with a $3.25 price tag:
And I assumed it was either empty or had some crap warped wood racquet inside. Why set myself up for disappointment? Glad I looked:
I never expected it. I've never even seen one in person before. It's probably an 8.5. Super nice.
Just put a bit of lead up at the 3 & 9 o'clock positions, a nice overgrip and some quality strings and you'll be surprised how well this racket holds up, even against modern rackets. My St. Vincent PS85 still remains one of the best rackets I have. You just have to have the strokes which compliment it [emoji106]
I always keep my eyes open in the sporting goods area of Goodwill. So I saw this today with a $3.25 price tag:
And I assumed it was either empty or had some crap warped wood racquet inside. Why set myself up for disappointment? Glad I looked:
I never expected it. I've never even seen one in person before. It's probably an 8.5. Super nice.
it still has the handle which is used to bonk the skulls of leprechauns, which still existed at the time this racquet was made. leprechauns had a bad habit of interrupting tennis matches.
No worries on the "humblebrag'ing"I have been lucky enough to pick up an old Wright & Ditson, a Birmal, an old Slazenger convex frame and a Streamline over the past few months. Humblebrag, humblebrag, yay yay look at me etc. Unfortunately I have got a little carried away since then with wooden rackets more generally and have been scouring about for other interesting frames. In this endeavour, as with so many other activities, my expertise has been far outpaced by my enthusiasm. Which is another way of saying I have picked up a boat load of wooden rackets of dubious provenance for peanuts and have since been trying to find creative ways of hiding them from my wife.
I think there are a few gems in there though - maybe @joe sch, @treblings and @rodracquet could advise.
A fishtail from an unknown manufacturer, model “The Club”. At a guess, I’d say 1910s or 1920s. Unfortunately it shows some signs of warping and I’m guessing it’s a cheaper frame, as the wedge is unlaminated.
Dunlop Maxplys are obviously ten a penny, particularly in the UK, but I think this may be one of the early/possibly original early 1930s versions of the Maxply Fort (ref p.122 of the 2010 update to Kuebler’s book: https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/63274227/update-2010-for-the-book-of-tennis-rackets ). It has the distinctive font and spacing below the triple banded collar which is consistent with the c.1935 version in the book.
Finally , there’s this lovely, presumably early 1960s, Maxply Fort with a Rod Laver photo decal. It took a good while to wipe off the grot left behind once I stripped off the head tape but it was well worth the work.
idk but thats how the velvet paint wilson uses is likeI stopped frequenting my local GWs because their crap-to-gem ratio had risen exponentially over the past few years, and because I ran out of storage room at home. However, when these stores began to open again after our pseudo lock-down was lifted, I decided to go back to have a look, because I was curious to see whether there was a 'COVID effect' of sorts on the inventory, whereby donors who were forced to stay home might have taken the opportunity to clean out their closets and attics, flooding the showrooms with interesting items that would not have been there otherwise.
As it turned out, the inventories I saw were surprisingly sparse, and as crappy as ever when it came to racquet selection. One of the stores near me that used to be well-stocked is now permanently shuttered (presumably a victim of the extended lock-down). It certainly doesn't look like there was much of a surge in closet-cleaning during our SIP period; and if there was, almost none of the closets in question appeared to have contained anything of interest, save for one:
The RF97 has a 2017 date code, while the Ki Q+5 is a 2019 model. Both show signs of having belonged to the same donor. Would this person have donated these almost-new frames if there were no pandemic? I rather doubt it.
I must say, I had no idea the RF97 was painted in such a strange way - The entire frame was given a glossy paint first, after which the rubbery matte paint was applied to the top and the bottom of the racquet. How did they expect the matte paint to stick to a glossy undercoat with no primer in between?! Given that the glossy sections are so small relative to the matte parts, wouldn't it have made more sense to reverse the order in which the paint was applied?
One of the worst handle designs ever. Not really a butt cap per se. Lot's of folks trying epoxy for the first time. Did I mention the really bad design???
That’s awesome! You’re very lucky!I went to buy a gamma progression 2 602 drop weight machine for 80€, and the owner gave me his old racquets for free. A PC600 in mint condition with head finest calf leather and a pair of I Prestige Mp almost new (already have 3 haha). Another great surprise was the TK52 grommets to fit the PC600 (the one on the racquet is almost new).
I’m quite lucky I must say.
I’ll probably end up selling it because I don’t see myself playing with it on the long term but I’d like to hit with it to channel my innermost Marat haha
