Traditional is good

Our rackets will remain as they are

Posted Sunday, November 23, 2025

By Stephen Murphy

From time-to-time we are asked whether we have brought out, or intend to bring out, or would consider bringing out, a wood racket with a larger head and/or open throat design.

All are reasonable questions and we understand where they are coming from. However, such rackets are not what this project is about.

We have picked up the production of rackets exactly where it left off when the wood era ended in the late 70’s and early 80’s. These models were the product of a century of innovation. By design, we produce new rackets with very similar specs and characteristics.

Our models demonstrate and prove that traditional rackets always were and today still are perfectly capable of creating high quality tennis. (Some even believe, better tennis.)

This includes the proposition that our 69 square inch heads are not “too small”. With practice, almost any player can successfully adjust.

In short, with full respect to other designs, we are asserting that traditional wood rackets are fine just the way they are. Our rackets are hand-crafted, championship quality, and… traditional, and will remain such, for the foreseeable future.

The 69 square inch head of a Grays ‘Slam’.