A few members have asked me to take photos of my entire racquet collection but I've not really had the time to do so until now. I've tried to gather all my racquets but there are still about 10 racquets missing from these photos as I didn't have time to pick them up from my parents’ house. These include two MP99's, a few Carbonex's/Graphlexes and some lesser known old racquets. As some of you know, I collect racquets not as an investment, but purely out of interest in racquet design and learning about the different technologies they possess which was an obsession that started when I was a young kid who didn't have the money to buy the latest gear. So whilst most of the racquets I have are in decent condition, it probably wouldn't be on par with those collectors who like to buy and keep their racquets in the same condition they left the factory in as I like to try out the racquets and learn about how they feel/play. So here's my collection from left to right. Enjoy! 1. Yonex Arcsaber Z Slash Taufik Hidayat (SP) 2. Yonex Arcsaber Z Slash Taufik Hidayat (SP) 3. Yonex Arcsaber Z Slash (UK) 4. Yonex Arcsaber 8DX (SP) 5. Yonex Arcsaber 8DX (SP) 6. Yonex Arcsaber 10 Peter Gade (SP) 7. Yonex Arcsaber 10 (UK) 8. Yonex Nanospeed 9900 (SP) 9. Yonex Armortec 900 Power (JP) 10. Yonex Isometric Power 300 (UK) 11. Yonex Muscle Power 100 (SP) 12. Yonex Muscle Power 100 (CH) 13. Yonex Muscle Power 88 (UK) 14. Yonex Muscle Power 88 (UK) 15. Yonex Muscle Power 77 (UK) 16. Yonex Ti-10 Long Gen 1 (SP) 17. Yonex Ti-10 Long Gen 1 (SP) 18. Yonex Ti-10 Long Gen 1 (UK) 19. Yonex Ti-10 Long Gen 1 (UK) 20. Yonex Ti-10 Long Gen 3 (SP) 21. Yonex Ti-8 Long (SP) 22. Yonex Aerotus 80 (UK) 23. Yonex Aerotus 80 (UK) 24. Yonex Aerotus 65 (UK) 25. Yonex Widebody 30 (UK) 26. Yonex Widebody 30 (UK) 27. Yonex Boron 2 (??) 28. Yonex Boron 200 (UK) 29. Yonex Carbonex 21 Pink (UK) 30. Yonex Carbonex 21 Blue (SP) 31. Yonex Carbonex 21 Blue (SP) 32. Yonex Carbonex 20 Muscle (SP) 33. Yonex Carbonex 20 Tour (SP) 34. Yonex Carbonex 20 Original Blue (UK) 35. Yonex Carbonex 20 Original Blue (SP) 36. Yonex Carbonex 20 Original Red (UK) 37. Yonex Carbonex 20 Original Blue (UK) 38. Yonex Carbonex 20 Original Blue (UK) 39. Yonex Carbonex 16 (UK) 40. Yonex Carbonex 15 Green (SP) 41. Yonex Carbonex 15 Pink (UK) 42. Yonex Carbonex 15 Re-release (UK) 43. Yonex Carbonex 15 Original (UK) 44. Yonex Carbonex 14 (UK) 45. Yonex Carbonex 13 (UK) 46. Yonex Carbonex 11P (UK) 47. Yonex Carbonex 9 Tour (UK) 48. Yonex Carbonex 9 Tour (UK) 49. Yonex Carbonex 8DX (UK) 50. Yonex Carbonex 8 (UK) 51. Yonex Carbonex 7 (CD) 52. Yonex Carbonex 3 (UK) 53. Yonex Graphlex 120 (UK) 54. Yonex BE-110 (UK) 55. Yonex B-1000 (UK) 56. Yonex B-650 (UK) 57. Yonex Muscle Power 2Jr (SP) 58. Victor Jetspeed S10 (SP) 59. Victor MeteorX JJS (TW) 60. Victor MeteorX JJS (TW) 61. Victor Bravesword 12 Grey (KRP) 62. Victor Bravesword 12 Blue (KRP) 63. Victor Bravesword 12 Blue (KRP) 64. Victor Bravesword 12 Blue (KRP) 65. Victor Bravesword 12 Blue (TW) 66. Victor Bravesword 12 Blue (TW) 67. Victor Bravesword 12 Blue (DE) 68. Victor Bravesword 12 Blue (DE) 69. Victor Bravesword LYD (DE) 70. Victor Bravesword LHI (DE) 71. Victor Bravesword LHI (DE) 72. Victor Bravesword LHI (HK) 73. Victor Bravesword LHI (TW) 74. Victor Bravesword LHI (TW) 75. Victor Bravesword LHI (TW) 76. Victor Bravesword LHI (DE) 77. Victor Bravesword 11 (HK) 78. Victor Bravesword 11 (SG) 79. Victor Bravesword 11 (SG) 80. Victor Bravesword 11 (VN) 81. Victor Bravesword 11 (DE) 82. Victor Bravesword 11 (CH) 83. Victor Bravesword 10 (TW) 84. Victor Bravesword 09 (DE) 85. Victor Bravesword 1800-O (HK) https://ibb.co/eggy3b][/url] https://ibb.co/kkyvib][/url] https://ibb.co/nR8Hww][/url] https://ibb.co/chXXUG][/url] https://ibb.co/dyAaib][/url] https://ibb.co/inWgOb][/url] https://ibb.co/dtJNUG][/url] https://ibb.co/cMCz9G][/url] https://ibb.co/fkGy3b][/url] https://ibb.co/hVE7ww][/url] https://ibb.co/nObnww][/url] https://ibb.co/mgRLGw][/url] https://ibb.co/gBJ0Gw][/url] https://ibb.co/cxbbpG][/url] https://ibb.co/bvnGpG][/url] https://ibb.co/g9qrOb][/url] https://ibb.co/jw7ubw][/url] https://ibb.co/fKD0Gw][/url]
It's a beautiful looking racquet, simple in it's design yet so iconic. I bought it because of my idol Zhao Jian Hua who was one of the players who inspired me to play. At the time I could not find any information on what the mysterious black racquet he used was, there were no adverts and it wasn't even in the yonex catalogue, well not the one I had anyway. So it wasn't until many years after his retirement that I found out it was a Boron-2. I've not played with it on court myself, but I've had a few dry swings. It's seems a little heavy overall, but that could be because I'm used to using lighter weight racquets. The weight is distributed quite evenly across the shaft and head - a bit like the Cab 20 but perhaps a touch stiffer than the Cab 20.
It's one of my favourite racquets to play with, along with the 11 and 12. It's such a shame that the LHI and 11 varied quite a bit in terms of balance and feel due to quality control otherwise it would be right up there as one of the best racquets of all time.
Haha... I haven't actually played with a lot of them as I play only with Victor now. Some of them like the Boron-2, Cab 20/21, Boron 200, Original Cab 15 etc are quite rare, partifcularly in good condition and to be honest, I'm too used to playing with the newer racquets it would be difficult to get back to using the old shorter, heavier, oval framed racquets. Although I might bring out my Cab 21 and 20 one day for a bit of nostalgia.
It just occurred to me that if I were to sell all my racquets on BC, it would take up the first 5 pages of the "Buy & Sell" section! LOL
You should switch back to Yonex, much less variation between different copies of the same racket. But crap, that's a lot of rackets! Too bad you're not close by me or else I'll be borrowing one to try every week...
