Prince Oversize
The large aluminium racket that gave tennis players a bigger hitting area.
Howard Head, who had made the aluminium ski, took up tennis and found it hard to hit the ball. He patented a racket with a much larger head.
Many laughed at it, but it made the game easier for ordinary players. Within a few years most rackets had larger heads, and the size has stayed with them ever since.
Materials: Aluminium, nylon strings
Manufacture: Made by Prince in New Jersey from 1976.
The large head, half as large again as a wooden racket.
The dense string bed.
The open throat.