A blade (also known as frame or baseboard in some counties) is the internal non rubber part of the racket that can be made of all wood layers or a combination of wood layers & composite layer materials
1. The composite material cannot be more than 15% of the total blade
2. The composite material cannot be the outermost layer where the rubber sheet gets glued onto.
Most recreational players buy the the racket as whole & rubber comes already factory glued to the blade.
However almost all tournament players, even the lowest leve, buy the blade & rubbers separately & glue the rubbers to the blade themselves. This is done because you can customize yoru blade to match it to your personal playing style which can be very different for almost all players.
Almost all players buy factory made blades but there are a few players (usually at the amateur level) who have a custom blade maker design a blade for them.
This thread will provide links to various custome blade makers.
Below is the hyperlink for website of such custome blade makers
DAB Studio
Feel free to post the links of other blade makers here
You may want to check which country the blademaker is located because the international shipping charges for small businesses may be quite high.
You may also want to check on return policies
Cuatom blade makers for rackets
- Betsy
- Posts: 4
- Joined: July 6th, 2022, 5:09 pm
- Country: Australia
- City & State: Red Gale
- Playing Style: All round
- Grip: Shakehand
- Cohort: .
- My blade: Friendship 729 V6
- Blade Type: .
- Side F rubber brand: DHS Hurricane 9
- Side F rubber type: .
- Side B rubber brand: Yinhe Mercury 3
- Side B rubber type: .
- Orientation: .
- Agneta
- Posts: 1
- Joined: September 1st, 2022, 7:18 am
- Country: Portugal
- City & State: Reguengos de Monsaraz
- Playing Style: ..
- Grip: ..
- Cohort: .
- My blade: Custom
- Blade Type: .
- Side F rubber brand: Palio CJ8000
- Side F rubber type: .
- Side B rubber brand: Double Fish 1615
- Side B rubber type: .
- Orientation: .
- Betsy
- Posts: 4
- Joined: July 6th, 2022, 5:09 pm
- Country: Australia
- City & State: Red Gale
- Playing Style: All round
- Grip: Shakehand
- Cohort: .
- My blade: Friendship 729 V6
- Blade Type: .
- Side F rubber brand: DHS Hurricane 9
- Side F rubber type: .
- Side B rubber brand: Yinhe Mercury 3
- Side B rubber type: .
- Orientation: .
Re: Cuatom blade makers for rackets
This one seems to be located in Hungary
Their website does not have any Contact Us link or forum but it is located on their Facebook Page
I do not know if this is by design
OSP Blades
Their website does not have any Contact Us link or forum but it is located on their Facebook Page
I do not know if this is by design
OSP Blades
- Blockist
- Posts: 5
- Joined: June 28th, 2022, 2:58 am
- Country: United States of America (USA)
- City & State: Lexington, Kentucky
- Playing Style: ..
- Grip: ..
- Cohort: .
- My blade: Butterfly French
- Blade Type: .
- Side F rubber brand: Butterfly Sriver
- Side F rubber type: .
- Side B rubber brand: Yasaka Mark V
- Side B rubber type: .
- Orientation: .
Re: Cuatom blade makers for rackets
I saw a company called Re-impact blades but I am not sure if they make custom blades
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Derekson Joesephs
- Posts: 3
- Joined: April 27th, 2023, 1:43 am
- Country: Australia
- City & State: Brisbane
- Playing Style: ..
- Grip: ..
- Cohort: .
- My blade: DHS Ma Long National
- Blade Type: .
- Side F rubber brand: RITC 729 FX
- Side F rubber type: .
- Side B rubber brand: Double Fish 1615
- Side B rubber type: .
- Orientation: .
- Ping God
- Posts: 2
- Joined: September 1st, 2022, 2:15 am
- Country: United States of America (USA)
- City & State: Rice Univ. TT
- Playing Style: ..
- Grip: ..
- Cohort: .
- My blade:
- Blade Type: .
- Side F rubber brand:
- Side F rubber type: .
- Side B rubber brand:
- Side B rubber type: .
- Orientation: .
Re: Cuatom blade makers for rackets
Here is another custom blade maker in USA
Blades By Charlie
Blades By Charlie
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