We have a wonderful selection of wooden rackets. Historically, the first tennis rackets were produced in the 1500s according to the earliest books found! The the sport of lawn tennis began to emerge in 1874 and, by 1920 the sport saw a surge in patent applications for racket designs, construction techniques, stringing, presses and balls. During this time, thick handles with no grips transformed into the thinner handles with leather grips. The 1940s through the 1980s marked the modern era of the wood racket with some very well-designed and well-constructed rackets produced, not to mention the volume of rackets produced during the tennis boom of the 1970s.These rackets are still in a good condition for there age.