The BC chamber of stringing horrors

That makes sense. I never even thought the crosses needing to go through the same holes. Then again you could put the crosses in before tying the knot, and then tension them afterwards. That would probably completely eliminate knots slipping into the grommet, but it would also probably make tensioning the crosses almost impossible since I doubt the cross string could be pulled through that now blocked hole very easily.

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Found this in the media section and LMFAO: So much untensioned string running around a frame. Why?

 

Looks like somebody has tried to do a one-piece 50/50.

Can't believe I just had to type "one-piece 50/50"...

 

Maybe it's the new BG E-tune, to make the head a bit head heavier.

 

Just been given this to restring:
Missing top cross (also a missing bottom cross but that's fairly common on brave swords), knots in different places on each side of the frame which I find really annoying to look at, and finally it might be hard to see due to the bad photo quality (sorry) but the racket head is quite a bit thinner and longer than when unstrung.

 

I'd let the "missing" bottom cross slide on a Bravesword - doesn't look right to me with three at the bottom.

(And it makes life easier when you're trying to bang them out at a tournament.)

 

Hence why I put it inside parentheses

 

Giving this a revival.

This is Ashaway factory strung, and oh boy, it's colourful.

 

Every factory strung Ashaway in the UK I've had to restring comes to me like that.

 

I know the purpose of that knot but it's so ugly.

 

What's it for? And why is the tail like 8 grommets long?

 

It's a very secure starting knot

 

But it's a one piece job...

 

I wouldn't call a crossover a "horror", but that dogturd knot and especially that knot... that isn't a knot? Yup.

 

that's batshit crazy

 

It was more the length of it, the crossover isn't such a huge deal, but good lord it's a long tie.

 

I recently received this racket for a restring. All strings have been cut and what's left are pieces of string for where a knot was made.

Was quite shocking to see there were 6 knots altogether, A5, A6, A14, B5, C14 and C6. The knot at A5 has completely sunk into the grommet.

 

Looks like classic patch work that I used to see done to low tension strung rackets.

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A guy at my club strings all the rackets given to him like this...

 

People willing give him rackets when he strings like that?