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[tim2000s]

Picked this up recently, cheaply, and I'm not sure what it is! Surprisingly traditional shape for a GN, but I reckon it's about 5-10 years old, and I'm suspicious that it may be a Millennium. It's pretty reasonable off the mallet, but has clearly had an amateur refresh, and therefore has lost a lot of stickers...

What do you think?

[jonpinson]

Millennium had scoops, although off the top of my head I can remember how many or how they were positioned.

I reckon it could be an optimum which was of the same era as the Ultimate.

[gabbers]

looks like a saber but that had 2 scoops?

[Perkins17]

Gladius ?

[Buzz]

are you sure it is a gn?

[jonpinson]

Actually a good point Buzz, the 'shadow' on the back doesnt look like a GN sticker...

[pacman75cricket]

If not reflex/insignia ?

[ajm90]

it looks kind of like an older slazenger shape

[Alvaro]

excalibur?

[19reading87]

That's a grays shaped handle...

[tim2000s]

are you sure it is a gn?

Pretty sure. The handle rubber is a GN handle rubber and the stickers are obviously GN, but it might not be.

The shape is definitely not Hunts County as pacman suggested as I have one of each of those and it is neither.

On really close inspection, I can just about make out sticker shadow on the back, and it appears to line up with the GN checkers on the front.

The top of the shoulders each has a small round stamp on it. Z on one side and F on the other.There is also a tiny amount of writing on the top of the handle in ball pen with the two numbers "19" and "750". Finally, the inside grip is also a GN.

I thought the Optimum had a rounded back Jon? Any of the additional detail any use?

[jonpinson]

I could well be wrong but I thought both Ultimate and optimum were trad shapes, but the Optimum was a little more hard-lined...but more like a mjolnir if that makes any sense.

750 backs up that it is a GN, as it was the 2nd top grade, after the 1000 Megastrike, the 750 was the superstrike.

[pacman75cricket]

Can't remember what the elite shape was like

[tim2000s]

I could well be wrong but I thought both Ultimate and optimum were trad shapes, but the Optimum was a little more hard-lined...but more like a mjolnir if that makes any sense.

750 backs up that it is a GN, as it was the 2nd top grade, after the 1000 Megastrike, the 750 was the superstrike.

That was why I thought it was a GN, going on the 750. I could be completely wrong about the Optimum shape.

Can't remember what the elite shape was like

I remember the Elite shape, it was quite similar to this, but I don't think they were still doing them with the chequered stickers.

This image of Robin Smith shows an Optimum, and similar colours!

[toby176]

I figure i may aswell throw my two cents worth in! Could it be a Rapier? I have one and it is the exact same shape! Except mine has scoops up near the splice.. But i read somewere on here that someone on here had one without the scoops...