I've found that my TK-FE was made in china but on official Victor website they said that it made in taiwan. I think my racket isn't a fake racket because it still have freecore handle, 3 triformation frame and the shaft is smaller than 7mm. Does anyone like me? 20230507_015254 by MinhHa posted May 7, 2023 at 2:14 AM 20230507_015302 by MinhHa posted May 7, 2023 at 2:14 AM
I can see from the pic that your racquet is bought from Vietnam. Victor has production factories in both China and Taiwan. A lot of shops in SE Asia get their Victor stock from the Chinese Victor distributor. Most likely not a fake, unless there are other obvious signs on the racquet. It would be a stupid mistake for the fake producers to make, if they were trying to make their racquets look real but still put the wrong “Made in” on the racquet.
Some viet stores sell Made in Taiwan versions as well atleast from what I remember. And some stores had slightly cheaper versions for China market / made in china.
Oh, that really reasonable answer. I've asked the shop where I bought it and they said Victor is changing the factory to China.
I don't think this is a cheaper version because I bought it for less than ~2usd than other shops in my country.
I have a TKFE bought from the official Victor website in India and that is also "Made in China". So I think @ChickenSoup is right on this one. Though how does the racket feel to play with @MinhHa ? I wasn't happy with it and ended up getting an NF800 a few weeks later. P.S I used to use the AX100ZZ before this and only bought the TKFE because it was 'reviewed' to be more even balanced than head heavy. But mine is firmly head heavy and feels more like AX99P than an even balanced racket.
I feel happy with it. Im not using over grip so it feel head heavy but if u adding 1 overgrip tape it will feel like an even balance racket
Both my TKFEs are made in Taiwan. I reside in Canada. Could be because of which branch Victor imports into Canada. No idea.
My TKFE is made in Taiwan but Hendra limited edition with ID code. IDK about the normal ones. If Auraspeed 90k ii and Ryuga ini Made in China too. Recently new rackets from Victor made in china
These are some variation I saw here in Malaysia. MIT - solid black cone - white grip / semi transparent cone - white grip / semi transparent cone - ungrip - naked freecore MIC - semi transparent cone - white grip / semi transparent cone - ungrip - naked freecore Before I bought my TKFE, I thought MIC is fake/copy. Initially, when I asked the some seller/distributor, "why there is TKFE MIT and MIC", their answer was "it's the same racket". Yes, it's the same, but why there two different made. None of them even bother to use the word "production batch". Until I contacted official Victor page, they explained that current batch of TKFE is MIC.
