ArcSaber 10
Model ARC-10 · Taufik Hidayat, Peter Gade
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ArcSaber 10: the 2008 control flagship Yonex kept bringing back
The flagship that kept coming back
Yonex dropped the ArcSaber 10 from its Japanese catalog in 2012 and replaced it with the ArcSaber 11 in February 2013. The frame did not stay retired. A red ArcSaber 10 bearing Taufik Hidayat’s name was on sale by October 2015, a white Legend Vision edition for Peter Gade followed by late 2016, and a Pearl White re-release followed by August 2018, listed in Yonex USA’s 2019 catalog as item ARC10PW. The red ArcSaber 10 N appeared in retail listings from about 2019. For a buyer, that history matters more than any specification. Two racquets sold as “ArcSaber 10” can be a decade apart in production, and every documented version is marked Made in Japan.
Built to hold the shuttle
Yonex introduced the ArcSaber line in 2007 with the ArcSaber 7, at what the company describes as a time when repulsion-based racquets were the standard. The ArcSaber idea ran the other way: a frame that flexes at impact and holds the shuttle on the strings a fraction longer, trading some rebound for placement. The ArcSaber 10 is sometimes dated to 2007 as well, but its first images and Japanese list price circulated in January 2008, and it went on sale that year as the line’s flagship. Specification sheets list a high-modulus graphite head with CS Carbon Nanotube at the sides and Super HMG, a graphite and Ultra PEF shaft, a built-in T-joint, an isometric head and a Control Support Cap. It was even-balanced and stiff, strung at 19–24 lb, and launched in 3U and 2U; retail listings for the frame give 76 grommet holes.
Taufik, Gade and what the record shows
Two players carry the ArcSaber 10’s reputation. Yonex’s player page listed the ArcSaber 10 as Taufik Hidayat’s racquet by December 2008, and a US retailer’s 2009 product copy named him as a user after he won that year’s US Open. He moved to the ArcSaber Z-Slash at the September 2009 Yonex Open Japan, and by summer 2010 Yonex had given him his own Z-Slash model. Peter Gade is commonly listed on the red ArcSaber 10 from 2008, on his own ArcSaber 10 Peter Gade edition from 2010 and, from May 2011, on the Voltric 80. Results in that window include Gade’s 2008 Denmark Open and French Open titles, his 2009 Korea Open final win over Lee Chong Wei and the 2010 European title in Manchester. Yonex’s 2013 retrospective of Taufik’s career attaches his March 2009 India Open title to the ArcSaber 10; no Yonex statement or match report ties Gade’s titles to the frame, so treat those links as widely reported rather than documented.
One frame, many colorways
The family is a tree of paint schemes on one frame. The original is red with a white outer rim. The ArcSaber 10 Peter Gade arrived in summer 2010, white with champagne-gold accents, one of three player models Yonex issued that season alongside a Taufik Hidayat ArcSaber Z-Slash and a Lee Chong Wei Armortec 900 Power. When an owner weighed a PG against a standard frame in late 2010, the difference fell within Yonex’s tolerance, and the forum consensus was that only the paint had changed. A mostly black ArcSaber 10 Premium, with gold lettering, reached Asian dealers in April 2012 alongside an Armortec 700 Premium; Yonex Japan never listed it. After the Japanese discontinuation came the Legend Vision pair (red for Taufik, white for Gade), the Pearl White re-release of 2018 (in Yonex USA’s 2019 catalog) and the red ArcSaber 10 N, in retail listings from about 2019. Two “ArcSaber 100” racquets turn up in searches, and neither is an ArcSaber 10: the ArcSaber 100 Limited of 2010 was, by a dealer’s listing and owners’ accounts, an ArcSaber 7 in a design for the 100th All England, and the “ArcSaber 100 Taufik” sold by Indian retailers is the ArcSaber 100 THL, an entry-level, China-made 4U frame. An “ArcSaber 10i” is the ArcSaber Light 10i, which retailers sell as a 5U, China-made lightweight under an “iSeries” label; no Yonex source for it is known. The similarly named ArcSaber Light 5i was on Yonex China’s ArcSaber list in 2020–2021; it has its own page.
Pricing the right ArcSaber 10
The verified sales in the price panel above are pre-owned frames from eBay and the Asian resale market, few enough that the value shown is an estimate. They count only sales that could be identified as the 2008 original, because knowing exactly which ArcSaber 10 changed hands is not straightforward with this model. Listing titles often say only “ArcSaber 10” whether the frame is a 2008 original, a 2010 Peter Gade edition, a Legend Vision piece, a Pearl White or an ArcSaber 10 N. A new-in-wrapper example is also less telling than usual, since Yonex was still producing the frame years after it left the Japanese catalog. Before comparing any listing with the figures on this page, confirm the colorway, the graphics and the edition. The player and Legend Vision editions each have their own page.
A long-running target for fakes
Counterfeit Yonex flagships were already a forum topic in 2008, when a BadmintonCentral member published a guide to spotting them, and the ArcSaber 10 drew its share. Coach Paul Stewart’s review of the racquet warns of “a lot of fake Arcsaber 10’s on ebay” and adds that no genuine “China version” exists. The frame’s long life helps counterfeiters. With an original, a player edition, a Premium repaint and several later runs in circulation, an unfamiliar colorway does not automatically look wrong, and a sealed example is plausible for a model Yonex was still making in 2019. Treat any unusual variant as something to check against photographs of known genuine examples, not as a find.
Reputation over scarcity
The ArcSaber 11 took over the flagship slot in 2013. Answering readers, Stewart calls it the closest thing to the ARC-10 and says it was a shame when Yonex withdrew the original. His review describes the 10 as considered by many the best in the ArcSaber range and used by a high percentage of pros, though it names none. That standing is what sustains interest in the model. Scarcity is a weaker argument. The red original was a regular-production flagship from 2008 to 2012, the frame was later reissued, and Yonex has never published a production figure for any version. The pieces with the clearest collector identity are the dated player and Legend Vision editions, complete and correctly identified.
Every documented ArcSaber 10 is marked Made in Japan. Retail specifications give 85–89g unstrung for 3U and 90–95g for 2U, with even balance, a stiff shaft and 76 grommet holes. The serial number should be laser-engraved into the frame, not only printed. The hologram should be hard to peel off, and the butt cap should be Yonex’s green with a clean, well-defined O in YONEX; fakes often make it wide and round. Coach Paul Stewart adds three checks: the quality of the graphics, the serial code on the ferrule and how little the head twists. Match the colorway and graphics to the edition the seller claims, and treat a “China version” explanation as a warning sign.
Because Yonex kept producing the frame after it left the catalog, playable examples come from several eras, and a player can choose on condition and grip. Collectors should decide which edition they want before they start looking, then ask for clear photographs of the graphics, serial codes and hologram. A dated original or player edition with that evidence is the piece to look for. A listing that cannot show it is best treated as a player’s racquet.
Verified prices last updated Mar 2026. All data based on tracked secondary market transactions.