For anyone in search of an old relic... http://cgi.ebay.ca/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1053107319 Ebay had these battledore paddles/racquets dated back to 1890!!!
i want it! i want it! i wonder how they'd stand up with a smash. we should collect all these and open a badminton museum.