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I came across this racquet by accident and loved the look of it. It looks almost like it's made of bampoo. I was surprised to find out that it's actually made of HyperCarbon and Graphite, with no Fibeglass like JK Staff.
I did some research and couldn't find much of the history on this limited edition issue. It looks like there were numbered batches of 2,000 produced in the US, Canada and Europe. Not sure about Asia and Australia but I heard there were even smaller batches like 300 (in Australia), 600 in Japan. Then I see some batches of 3,000 in the US (???). I thought since it's Y2K edition 2,000 would make more sense. Does anyone remember what year was that issue released? I hear years anywhere from 1995 to 2000.
Release summary, quantity:
USA 2,000
USA 3,000
Canada 2,000
Europe 2,000
Asia 600
Australia 300 (?)
I got one brand new #XX/2,000 from an earlier batch and a few barely used #XXX and XXXX/2,000 and will customize the latter to match a Pro Staff Classic 6.1 95 in playability (suggestions would be great).
So, here are the short history and specs. I will post more pictures shortly:
Wilson replicated the original wood Jack Kramer autograph tennis racket as a hypercarbon Limited Edition Jack Kramer Autograph tennis racket. The original wood Jack Kramer was first introduced in 1948 and had sales of 10 million units --the #1 selling Wilson racket of all time. These wood racket stopped selling in 1984. Each New Limited Edition racket is numbered and packaged in an exclusively designed box, which also includes a Certificate of Authenticity and a set of string.
The racket has similar cosmetics to the original wood model, and features Hyper Carbon technology. The Jack Kramer is ideal for players with a fast swing speed and long, loopy stroke style. It is designed with a 95" head size, traditional 27" length, 21 mm flat beam, and weighs 10 oz unstrung.
Specs: 95" , 27", 16 x 19,
Tension: 53-63 lbs
Balance: 1.0 pts. Head Light,
Weight (Strung/Unstrung): 10.6 oz./9.9,
Flex: Medium, Swing
Speed: Fast, Stroke Style: Long, loopy
SI: 6.5 prostaff hypercarbon
Cross Section: 21 mm flat beam
Construction: 10% Hyper Carbon/70% Graphite/20% Kevlar
Suggested Retail: $399.99
The case is truly amazing. It looks like leather but I'm sure it's just vynil but very high quality. The grip is Fairway, the butt cap is white and has a 3-letter code on the top of W and China on the bottom. I didn't get the string (was it supposed to be there?)but the matching string would look pretty cool.
NOTE: Pleasa, skip page 2 of this thread as it is a discussion of computer software issues that have nothing to do with the main topic discussion.
I did some research and couldn't find much of the history on this limited edition issue. It looks like there were numbered batches of 2,000 produced in the US, Canada and Europe. Not sure about Asia and Australia but I heard there were even smaller batches like 300 (in Australia), 600 in Japan. Then I see some batches of 3,000 in the US (???). I thought since it's Y2K edition 2,000 would make more sense. Does anyone remember what year was that issue released? I hear years anywhere from 1995 to 2000.
Release summary, quantity:
USA 2,000
USA 3,000
Canada 2,000
Europe 2,000
Asia 600
Australia 300 (?)
I got one brand new #XX/2,000 from an earlier batch and a few barely used #XXX and XXXX/2,000 and will customize the latter to match a Pro Staff Classic 6.1 95 in playability (suggestions would be great).
So, here are the short history and specs. I will post more pictures shortly:
Wilson replicated the original wood Jack Kramer autograph tennis racket as a hypercarbon Limited Edition Jack Kramer Autograph tennis racket. The original wood Jack Kramer was first introduced in 1948 and had sales of 10 million units --the #1 selling Wilson racket of all time. These wood racket stopped selling in 1984. Each New Limited Edition racket is numbered and packaged in an exclusively designed box, which also includes a Certificate of Authenticity and a set of string.
The racket has similar cosmetics to the original wood model, and features Hyper Carbon technology. The Jack Kramer is ideal for players with a fast swing speed and long, loopy stroke style. It is designed with a 95" head size, traditional 27" length, 21 mm flat beam, and weighs 10 oz unstrung.
Specs: 95" , 27", 16 x 19,
Tension: 53-63 lbs
Balance: 1.0 pts. Head Light,
Weight (Strung/Unstrung): 10.6 oz./9.9,
Flex: Medium, Swing
Speed: Fast, Stroke Style: Long, loopy
SI: 6.5 prostaff hypercarbon
Cross Section: 21 mm flat beam
Construction: 10% Hyper Carbon/70% Graphite/20% Kevlar
Suggested Retail: $399.99
The case is truly amazing. It looks like leather but I'm sure it's just vynil but very high quality. The grip is Fairway, the butt cap is white and has a 3-letter code on the top of W and China on the bottom. I didn't get the string (was it supposed to be there?)but the matching string would look pretty cool.
NOTE: Pleasa, skip page 2 of this thread as it is a discussion of computer software issues that have nothing to do with the main topic discussion.
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