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: 3
- Joined: July 6th, 2022, 5:09 pm
- Country: Australia
- City & State: Red Gale
- My blade: Friendship 729 V6
- Forehand Rubber: DHS Hurricane 9
- Backhand Rubber: Yinhe Mercury 3
- Playing Style: ..
- Grip: ..
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
- My blade: Butterfly French
- Forehand Rubber: Butterfly Sriver
- Backhand Rubber: Yasaka Mark V
- Playing Style: ..
- Grip: ..
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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- Posts: 3
- Joined: April 27th, 2023, 1:43 am
- Country: Australia
- City & State: Brisbane
- My blade: DHS Ma Long National
- Forehand Rubber: RITC 729 FX
- Backhand Rubber: Double Fish 1615
- Playing Style: ..
- Grip: ..
- Ping God
- Posts: 2
- Joined: September 1st, 2022, 2:15 am
- Country: United States of America (USA)
- City & State: Rice Univ. TT
- My blade:
- Forehand Rubber:
- Backhand Rubber:
- Playing Style: ..
- Grip: ..
Re: Cuatom blade makers for rackets
Here is another custom blade maker in USA
Blades By Charlie
Blades By Charlie