Carbonex 17
Model CAB-17
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Carbonex 17: the slightly stiff, student-durable Carbonex Yonex Japan retired in 2002
Slightly stiff, for intermediate swings
Yonex Japan’s copy for the Carbonex 17 (item code CAB17) has two lines: a slightly stiff shaft design (やや硬めのシャフト設計) right for an intermediate player’s swing speed, and outstanding durability for students who practice a lot. At ¥12,000 it sat between the Carbonex 13 (¥9,500) and the 23 (¥17,000) in the prices Yonex Japan printed.
All carbon, two string choices
The pages list an all-carbon frame and an all-carbon shaft (オールカーボン), where the 13 has a high-modulus frame and the 23 high-modulus carbon in both. Yonex suggested BG70PRO for hard hitters and BG65 for control players, with 14–16 lb mains and 16–18 lb crosses in 3U (2U: 16–18 and 18–20 lb), and sold the frame with a full racket case in 3U and 2U, grips 4 and 5. The pages give no flex word in English, no balance and no country of manufacture, so Yonex’s Japanese phrase is the whole stiffness record.
No named user
No player is documented using the Carbonex 17. Yonex’s copy addresses students and intermediate players as groups, and the 2000 Asian catalog, which has no Carbonex 17, adds no export-market user.
One color, no editions
Every page shows one color, Navy Blue (019), and Yonex documents no edition or colorway of the 17. Its only color is tagged as a new color on the 2000 page, so the model may be older than 2000.
On the list for three years, off in 2002
The Carbonex 17’s first Yonex page is Yonex Japan’s Products ’00 page, which is why 2000 is its first documented year, not a launch date. Yonex Japan’s racket list still named it on 2 October 2002 and 7 February 2003 but not on 2 April 2003, and the old-model index files it with the 2002 models, which sets its end at 2002. No Yonex export source lists it: the 1999 Asian spec chart and the 2000 Asian catalog have no Carbonex 17. No verified sales are recorded yet.
Identity
No counterfeit of the Carbonex 17 is documented. The name is easy to confuse with the export Carbonex-15 Long and Carbonex-21; the Japanese 17 carries the item code CAB17 and the code 019 for its Navy Blue. Yonex’s pages show no frame print.
A short record
The 17 is documented for about three years and one color, between the entry-level 13 and the Muscle Power Frame 23. Its last clear Yonex record is the 2002 old-model page.
Yonex Japan’s pages document only these checks for the Carbonex 17: item code CAB17, the name カーボネックス17, Navy Blue (019), weight classes 3U and 2U in grips 4 and 5, an all-carbon frame and shaft, and a full racket case. They print no flex word in English, no balance and no country of manufacture, so a seller’s “made in Japan” or stiffness claim is not Yonex’s. Check that the code is 17, not 13, 15 Long or 21.
The 17 is a Japan-market frame from 2000–2002 with one color and no player story, so the item code and the color code are the useful checks. Ask for the weight class (3U or 2U) and look at the grommets, throat and hoop for cracks on a frame about 25 years old. Do not rely on a listing’s flex word, balance or origin: Yonex’s pages give none of them for the 17.