*LOOK* Do I have a FAKE K90?!!

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[Lefty78]

Yes, but you are in the wrong forum.

This should be posted under Racquets, not Strings & Stringing.

One of several clues is that it says [K]arbon Black where it should say [K]arophite Black.

 

[game set match 46 TIMES!!]

And the control but that are on some real k 90s i think. And the bumpergaurd doesnt have wilsontennis i thought.

 

[SOY78]

Open the buttcap and take a pic of it

 

[VGP]

Yes, but you are in the wrong forum.

This should be posted under Racquets, not Strings & Stringing.

One of several clues is that it says [K]arbon Black where it should say [K]arophite Black.

The earliest k90s say Karbon Black. They changed it due to copyright infringement.

As for fake.....I'm not sure.

 

[zeratul90]

maybe its an AK90?

 

[OnyxZ28]

320g -- looks like an AK90; open up the buttcap trapdoor.

 

[dr_punk]

I agree, could be a very early K90. Do as the people say and open the buttcap

 

[dktracer]

Everything on there looks legit, except for the weight. I have both k90's that say "Karbon Black" and "Karophite Black", and a head guard that has the Wilsontennis.com too. I believe the weight should be 12.0 or 12.3 strung, my k90's are in the garage so I don't have access to them currently.

 

[diehard6.0]

That looks like an Asian K90.
I cannot see any evidence of counterfeit.

 

[Mdubb23]

That is an Asian K90 manufactured between December 2006-February 2007. I have 4 US K95 18x20s just like that (say [K]arbon Black and the Wilson website on the headguard). Like people have been saying, open up the trapdoor, and see if the traditional Wilson "foam" is there.

 

[PrinceMoron]

Yes, but you are in the wrong forum.

This should be posted under Racquets, not Strings & Stringing.

One of several clues is that it says [K]arbon Black where it should say [K]arophite Black.

have to disagree - early models had Karbon Black, tradename dispute meant Wilson had to change name. So very early rackets and fakes may have Karbon Black, but it only tells you the frame is old.

 

[tennis005]

^^^ How long were the Karbon Black versions manufactured?