Pro Stock or not? Blade BLX 98/93

[monteswalls]

Hi guys,
this is my first post but I´ve been visiting this forum for years.
What are your thoughts on this racquet?
It´s supposed to be a Wilson Blade BLX 98, but look at the data in the throat:

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What do you think? Is this a retail version or a pro stock?

Thanks in advance!

 

[travlerajm]

I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s just a factory error and that’s why so many pink ones were unloaded by retailers so cheap.

 

[rlau]

Could be a factory error… or just a bad fake. For pro stocks, it seems unlikely that they'd put specs in the throat pertaining to a different model.

 

[Sasa11]

Hi guys,
this is my first post but I´ve been visiting this forum for years.
What are your thoughts on this racquet?
It´s supposed to be a Wilson Blade BLX 98, but look at the data in the throat:

d91f4a43-c750-462b-87b8-05cf9f27daa7 hosted at ImgBB

Image d91f4a43-c750-462b-87b8-05cf9f27daa7 hosted in ImgBB

ibb.co

cc0a7d5c-b2f8-4eee-bd46-747cc0a6359a hosted at ImgBB

Image cc0a7d5c-b2f8-4eee-bd46-747cc0a6359a hosted in ImgBB

ibb.co

d6cb0e30-dc4e-42de-82bd-ed5fac8d18f4 hosted at ImgBB

Image d6cb0e30-dc4e-42de-82bd-ed5fac8d18f4 hosted in ImgBB

ibb.co

What do you think? Is this a retail version or a pro stock?

Thanks in advance!

Very strange!! The paint quality is like the original...on a Blade 98 rim but there is a data error on the neck? very strange!!

 

[zaskar1]

i bought a couple of Blade BLX 98 a long time ago, because they were $59 each.
they played the same as my gold/black Blade BLX 98 .

all these racquets are long gone.
gave the two pink and black ones to my niece and boyfriend who started to play tennis.
gave the gold/black to one of my mixed partners, who used that racquet. we never lost a usta match.
its probably due to the fact shes a great player, and the opponents couldnt figure out the
weaker player was me.

z

 

[travlerajm]

i bought a couple of Blade BLX 98 a long time ago, because they were $59 each.
they played the same as my gold/black Blade BLX 98 .

all these racquets are long gone.
gave the two pink and black ones to my niece and boyfriend who started to play tennis.
gave the gold/black to one of my mixed partners, who used that racquet. we never lost a usta match.
its probably due to the fact shes a great player, and the opponents couldnt figure out the
weaker player was me.

z

Those are nice playing racquets, especially when you string up tight and skip the outer mains.

I have two pink/black ones. But one of them broke completely into two where the fork meets the handle after it flew out of my hand on a serve (a stress concentration there in the design).