Most Flared Buttcap?

I love my Donnay rackets but the buttcap is nonexistent and I wanted to replace the Donnay cap with another. Does anyone know who makes the most flared buttcap?
 

Chipnkick

Rookie
cut a piece of an old overgrip, cut that piece in half hot dog style, wrap around buttcap, either under or over base grip is fine and secure it with a piece of tape. make it wrap about 2-3 times around the buttcap and you should get a good flare on it while keeping your original buttcap. this is what i do to all my yonexs.

otherwise just buy some wilson buttcaps, they're probably the most flared
 

da

Rookie
Unique Sports, the makers of Tournagrip, make a product called the Tourna Power Cap that you should explore.
 

kcmiser

Rookie
I prefer a more flared buttcap and always build it up to my preferences using athletic tape. I guess it's something I picked up from when I was playing hockey. Unlike tennis racquets, sticks come retail with more length than most players want, and are then cut to the player's preference, so there is no end cap. The knob is built up with athletic tape to whatever size the player prefers.

I've found that using a hairdryer or heat gun, I can get the grip off and keep most of the adhesive tape on the grip, so that I can reinstall the old grip securely. I've even stopped bothering to staple the grip when I put it back on. The rough surface of the athletic tape gives the underside of the grip a lot to grab onto, and I've never had a problem with them moving.

It's obviously a cheap fix and is easy to un-do or re-do if you don't care for the initial results.
 

kvan

Semi-Pro
I know old Wilson Juice buttcaps were really flared. Not sure if it carried over to the Ultras but you could start there.
 

Lukhas

Legend
Wilson Blades have a big buttcap. Or just wrap your overgrip one or twice around the cap, works well too.
 

Irvin

Talk Tennis Guru
I love my Donnay rackets but ... Does anyone know who makes the most flared buttcap?
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Irvin

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@WYK He used to wrap his leather grip the same and that built up the butt cap. Now his leather grip goes up to the end of the handle. So his cap is built up before puttng the leather grip or he is using a longer leather grip.
 
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Lance L

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I like a larger buttcap as well. I simply built it up with strips of gaffers tape, but I think hockey tape would work, or something similar. As far as I can tell this is a simple fix.
Referring to some earlier posts, I just picked up an old Yonex RX-32, my first Yonex, and it is the least flared buttcap I've ever seen.
 
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