Yonex Vintage Rackets

I once used to play with the Kennex Boron racquets but do not remember the model. They were light and also head-light, was not able to adapt and changed to Winnex racquets with a heavier head.
 
Another addition to the Boron family. Just have to wait patiently for the lockdown to end so that I can restring it and give it a swing. Feels great in hand doing a few dry swing. It’s a shame the original leather grip had been stripped off. I’m a big fan of original leather grip for my rackets.
 

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Speaking of original leather grip, here is a fine example of a wet kept original leather grip, on the Carbonex 21, first version with silver lettering and stripes, and the iconic red band at 4 & 8 o’clock position.
 

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ahxiong said:
Speaking of original leather grip, here is a fine example of a wet kept original leather grip, on the Carbonex 21, first version with silver lettering and stripes, and the iconic red band at 4 & 8 o’clock position.
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This one is a classic. Too bad i broke mine. Very sad haha

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My prized collection would be a 2u Cab-20 witht the old Yonex gold logo and also a CN version (original grip still intact)
 
ahxiong said:
Another addition to the Boron family. Just have to wait patiently for the lockdown to end so that I can restring it and give it a swing. Feels great in hand doing a few dry swing. It’s a shame the original leather grip had been stripped off. I’m a big fan of original leather grip for my rackets.
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They still sell leather grip in that colour (in Japan at least). And iirc the 4 and 8 o'clock stripes are pink on the Cab21
 
Faure said:
Hi guys,

Do you collect any Yonex vintage rackets? Care to share some of your recollections/experiences about these rackets?


Woodies

B1000 Queen Heart
B2000 King Dia
B3000 Collegiate
B4000 Collogiate Deluxe
B5000 Five Ace
B6000 Five Ace Deluxe
B9000 Hy-Stainless (Introduced in 1976)
B9100 Slim Stainless (Introduced in 1976, has a slimer shaft which is as slim as the Blacken)
B9300 Carbonex 3 (Introduced in 1978, one of the very first Yonex rackets to have a carbon shaft)

Aluminium/Steel Frame

B4500 Alumina Spright
B5300 Alumina53
B5400 Alumina54
B5500 Alumina55
B7000 Alumina Ace
B8000 Alumina Hy-Power
B8100 Blacken (Introduced in 1976)
B8300 Carbonex 7 (Introduced in 1978, one of the very first Yonex rackets to have a carbon shaft)
B8500 Carbonex 8 (Introduced in 1979)


I wonder if some of you guys played with Blacken before. It was slimer and heavier than most rackets during the early 80s. It gives killer smashes.

And the Carbonex 8 of course. It was way too expensive for me back then but I had opportunites to borrow the use of these rackets from my friends.

Some pictures of the woodies can be found in the following website which is maintained by a Japanese sports teacher. The unidentified woodie with the pink paint job is the B9000.

http://www.mahoroba.ne.jp/~toshiaki/racket.html
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TANGO1961 said:
I have just start playing with my carbonex 10 again from 1984 , it's still feel better than the new racket I have in my back .
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I concur. The modern rackets are definitely lighter, faster, with higher tensions strung but somehow they don’t have or give the same ‘feel’.
 
Lukman N Hakim said:
I have YONEX B-8000 ALUMINA HY-POWER, I'm still using it today, and its awesome.
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Yours look to be a later version with a new colour scheme. The early generation had a light metallic green head and chromed shaft. The next had a slightly thicker shaft that is brass coloured but still retained the green colour of the head. I have all three versions. The oldest version did not have the plastic cone of the handle, rather the entire handle including the ‘cone’ is one wooden piece, with the ‘cone’ part painted in white.
 
I am still using the Yonex B8000, originally the green colored T joint broke and I get it replaced with another T joint. I am still using it now for my regular games. This racket was given to me by my school badminton master in 1974 and it was already a used racket which I had chosen. I love this racket. Must be more then 47 years old racket. I tied the string at 20 lbs
 
YY Fan said:
Dear Double,

Trust me ! Zhao definitely used Cab 7 (B-8300) to win the AE 1985. At that time, he used an orange towel grip and with a black YY logo (painted by stencil ink) on the string, all these were remarkable.

Cab 7 is in all brown, with a T-joint, joining the aluminium frame and the carbon coated shaft.

Motern Forst was using Cab 8 (B-8500) in orange to conquer the champion of AE 1982. He was not holding a Cab 9.

Besides, I am sure Cab 9 was available in the mid of 1985.

Double, do you have the video of Zhao vs Morten in the AE 1985 ? If you have, can you lend it to me ?


YY Fan
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If I remember correctly, the Cab7, here in Australia, was re- named the Blacken 2, and had what was called a hybrid Carbon shaft, which was a really thin sheet shaft with an outer layer of carbon, and was 7mm thick
 
I really miss the style of frames like the b8500 cab-8s.

My father used the Yamaha YB45 back I the late 80s and I'd grab it as a spare when I broke strings. I found it here the other week. Love to use it again, but all the tip of the frame in anodising, and the paint is coming away, do don't want to risk it.

Fyi the YB45 was basically the Yamaha version of the Cab9
 
ozshuttler said:
If I remember correctly, the Cab7, here in Australia, was re- named the Blacken 2, and had what was called a hybrid Carbon shaft, which was a really thin sheet shaft with an outer layer of carbon, and was 7mm thick
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Hi there from across the ditch! I have both the Blacken 2 as well as the Cab 7. I can tell you that they’re v. different, so it’s not a case of one racket with two different names for different markets.
 
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