This week was I was very lucky to find a 1981-85 Head String Lock Edge. Having never seen one before, I thought what an interesting stringing system. Each string is independent, allowing an owner to simply replace the one string which had broken. I jumped on the phone to my stringer and he recalled the system as being quite a good idea. I realise that many players hold the view that when one string goes they all should, but that was never the way. In the 1900’s they used to replace strings when they looked like breaking but never did the full restrings like they do today. One can’t imagine Norman Brookes explaining he needed 7 racquets strung on match day to whatever exact requirements and this included yesterdays unused racquets which had to have their strings cut out and replaced. I kid you not this standard practice today. Anyway the Head String Lock is a very rare example of an unusual stringing system which may well have been ahead of its time.
Head String-Lock Edge
