Just a quick post for Dunlop Silk strings. These are the stock squash strings in many Dunlop rackets. They’re meant for control. Personally I usually have trouble generating enough power with them.
17-Gauge
Reel
Single
Natural / White:
Black color:
18-Gauge
Single
Natural color:
Black color:
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Reel
Black:
Rob says
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Hey Tjeerd! Really nice information that is, so thank you kindly.
I think I will give it a go and see as it not the most expensive string in the world and it’s always nice when you find some bang for the buck!
Thanks once again!
Rob
Rob says
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Anyone using this string?
Tjeerd says
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Hi Rob. I do, on and off. 🙂 I left a review on this site a couple of years ago, but it seems that it disappeared over time. The review was like this:
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Dunlop Silk 1.18mm (black)
Dunlop does not have a great name for the quality of their squash strings, but this is a string I would highly recommend. It’s a multi filament string, with the filaments twisted and bonded with PU. It will give you fantastic power, with great comfort and touch. The ball really “pops” of the strings and meanwhile is easy on the arm. Although the coating is quite smooth and Dunlop rates the “ball grip” for this string 7/10, you’ll be able to really cut the ball and go for those flaming nick shots. Very lively string with little string movement. The durability for a string of this gauge, is just fine. Have strung several rackets at the club with this string and got only positive feedback. I’ve seen 200m reels for just about 100 EURO, so if you are searching for a somewhat affordable top quality string, this one is definitely worth trying.
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I still think it’s a very good string. Very lively and responsive. However, I can imagine that people have trouble with the advertised “comfort” and have to get used to the responsiveness of this string. Furthermore, I believe Ali Farag uses this string, so can’t be bad, can it? 🙂
Pierre says
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Thanks Tjeerd, I think your earlier notes were here
Tjeerd says
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Hahaha, oh boy…I totally missed the “Older Comments” on that page, thanks Pierre! 😀
Pierre says
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Yeah I had to break it up a little bit because there were so many comments (which is great!)
Tor Schjølberg says
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Would you say it’s similar to TF (305) or Ashaway?
Tjeerd says
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Hi Tor,
It depends. Both Tecnifibre and Ashaway have a nice selection of squash strings in different gauges, all with their own characteristics.
But lets say that we want to compare the Dunlop Silk between the TF 305 1.10 mm and the Ashaway Powernick 18 1.15 mm. I think – but that’s only my opinion – that the Dunlop Silk 1.18 – in feel and characteristics – leans more towards the Tecnifibre 305.
Tor Schjølberg says
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Phew… Good to hear. I’m definitely a 305 1.10 guy over a powernick. I can’t feel anything with that string but must admit was a fun string to put in my Prince Vortex and just hit damn hard! 😁
From the minimal info about this string online and lack of player reviews I concluded that it must lean more towards 305, so bought it (a reel!!) on impulse.
I also got a respons from Jon Sharpe (string doctor) and he said it resemble Rab razor fibre and Unsquashable (natural) which I’ve only heard positives about.
Thank you Tjeerd