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and no i am not the one who is selling this..:)

Wow... u sure this is not a tennis racket??? ;)

Also, don't understand why the seller states something like "since the string is broken, adding more unique characters..." :D

I can imagine it now...bringing it to a gym...striking fear in my opponents!!! RAH!!!

haha..i could imagine preparing for the embarassment of my life if i used such a racket

notice there's 0 bids made

Don't be surprised if you were told that the current crop of MP and Ti series from Yonex evolved from those such as the one you see there. The old Yoneyama was something like that and I do remember seeing five times AE champion Rudy Hartono and former ace Punch Gunalan using such racquets during their playing career.

Better still, I think the likes of Hou and Tang used racquets like these as well. So, does the racquet maketh the man? ;)

Better make sure when you use that thing doing a smash, the head of the racket won't fly along with the shuttle and hit your opponet(s):D :D :D :D :D :D

Originally posted by bluejeff
Better make sure when you use that thing doing a smash, the head of the racket won't fly along with the shuttle and hit your opponet(s):D :D :D :D :D :D

I had some of these wooden rackets, mainly manufactured by Dunlop with the brandname "Maxply". The squarish wooden press is meant to keep the racket in good shape as wood can warp quite easily in "unfriendly" atmosphere, especially in hot tropical climate, with plenty of moisture, like what we have here in Southeast Asia. You need to be rather patient when you screw them tight and ensure some form of evenness throughout.

The great Wong Peng Soon had his own signature wooden frame racket which carried the name "Silver Gray". The entire wooden racket soon graduated to one with a steel shaft, but the hitting frame was still made of wood. You can imagine how much heavier it weighed!

Coincidentaly, last Sunday, an ex-National Junior player from Malaysia, visited us with different samples of an all-graphite badminton racket which Dunlop hopes to market as a comeback competitor. The 'badminton specialist', as show in his business card, hopes to gather useful feedback before Dunlop makes a final decision to market them in the new year. Looks like the price will be competitive and it comes with a Dunlop bag and T-shirt during the promotion period.

If they can actually make money selling such racquets, I'll be glad to make racquets like that to sell off. ;) Just give me a few pieces of wood, nails and a screw driver. And I'll make it look newer, no worry. The wood will be polished, nails shiny, and the strings won't be broken. Come to think of it, I can paint the wood bright colours too.

Yeah right... dream on.

Originally posted by Joanne
If they can actually make money selling such racquets, I'll be glad to make racquets like that to sell off.
Yeah right... dream on.

If only there is a badminton museum that collects antiques like the one posted, then it can fetch a very high price!

It's alot of history behind it but I dont think my friends will be impressed by this antique piece. Matter of fact i think they will make fun of me...i know i forgetting something, now i remembered....must cancel the order. ;)

Originally posted by wilfredlgf
Don't be surprised if you were told that the current crop of MP and Ti series from Yonex evolved from those such as the one you see there. The old Yoneyama was something like that and I do remember seeing five times AE champion Rudy Hartono and former ace Punch Gunalan using such racquets during their playing career.

Better still, I think the likes of Hou and Tang used racquets like these as well. So, does the racquet maketh the man? ;)

Yup, people won with the old wooden rackets but the wooden rackets were not as old as that in the picture. The wooden rackets used by Punch and Rudy had steel stafts and were under 5 ounces.

Also, Rudy was an 8 time All-England champion, 7 times in a row (probably a record that will not be broken given the modern power game).

Ron