One of my Blade 98 BLX is extended. What is it?

[Tan Tennis]

Hi. I have 3 of Wilson Blade BLX 98 18x20. But one of them (the left one in gold, forth from the left) is a bit extended, and the end of the grommet is longer than other old Blades. You can see in the photo that the paint on the left gold BLX one also doesn’t align with other 2 BLX. The beam on the throat (when look from the front view) is also slightly thinner. Do you guys know what it is?

 

[Bottle Rocket]

Hi. I have 3 of Wilson Blade BLX 98 18x20. But one of them (the left one in gold, forth from the left) is a bit extended, and the end of the grommet is longer than other old Blades. You can see in the photo that the paint on the left gold BLX one also doesn’t align with other 2 BLX. The beam on the throat (when look from the front view) is also slightly thinner. Do you guys know what it is?

What is a BLX 98?

 

[Automatix]

What is a BLX 98?

Blade. The OP wrote that in the title and in the text. Look at the lower right corner of the picture and start reading...

 

[oldmanyellingatcloud]

the grommet ending is also different. how does it play compared to the other BLX ones?

just want to point out without derailing that going away from gold was such a misstep. turquoise is the first inspired Blade paintjob in quite a while

 

[bobeeto]

Could it be a pro stock steam somehow slipped in? Any oddities in how you acquired it?

 

[mpournaras]

A few more pics might help

 

[Chairman3]

Djoko frame

He loves those extended grommet channels, they stir his loins.