Can anyone identify this old Stiga blade?

the name of the blade is Stiga 2000

It's a Stiga Allround wood with a solid wood anatomical handle, fitted with Yasaka Mark V rubbers

This is the original version of the Stiga Allround, produced between 1967 to 1976 if memory serves me right.

They had solid wood handles with no insert on the handle. Yes there probably would have been a sticker on the handle.

The current Stiga handle shapes came later and the blade name was changed from Stiga Allround wood to the Stiga Allround Classic, by which it is known to this present day.

It teams up well with classic rubbers like Mark V, Sriver L and a multitude of other rubbers.

It's a collector's piece you've got and my advice is keep it in the family. Hopefully your daughter will pass it onto your grandchildren in time..

I agree with PLLsystem about looking for hairline cracks in the neck, around where the words "wood" and "allround" are written, as a lot of old Stiga allround's have suffered from that problem.

It is one of the thinner blades on the market and therefore less robust if you accidentally hit the table when playing close to it.

A friend who plays close to the table left his old Stiga 2000; serial no. C17 with me and it has a hairline crack around where it says wood. It has been stabilised with epoxy, but I don't use.

p.s. My blade of choice back in the late 70's was a Stiga Offensive Wood, with a Hans Alser handle.

That's the model I had.

A Stiga Offensive wood with Mark V rubbers, it was a very good bat. That's what i learnt to play with.

Excellent for looping from mid distance and smashing.

One bat I have in my TT bag that reminds me of the Offensive Wood with mark V, is a Butterfly Petr Korbel with Max Sriver EL.

Ah...yes older Petr Korbel reminds me old Stigas as well.. with the metal butterfly logo is it?

PLLsystem wrote: Ah...yes older Petr Korbel reminds me old Stigas as well.. with the metal butterfly logo is it?

What do u actually mean by ur statement re: older PKorbel w/metal bty logo compare w/ these old stigas?

I have one of these blades in excellent condition.  I originally bought it around 1975 in the UK.  I actually got it back just about a week ago when I friend handed me a box of blades left over from when I sold ASTI in 1999.  In the box was my old Stiga blade I hadn't seen for years.  I used it for comparison with some of the ASTI blades we designed and tested from 1993 to 1999.  I also gave away two old Stiga blades to CW Smith in 1993.  These were bought a few years earlier than te 2000.  They cost a bit more than the Stiga 2000 blade.  The label on the 2000 is coming off but you can still see the 2 and 0.  There are no hairline cracks that I can see.  However, I did reinforce the blade at the neck with epoxy some time ago.  Perhaps this helped prevent the crack from occurring.

I can't quite make out the first letter on the serial number but it may be a B.  In which case it would read B25.  

Currently I have around 80 blades.  Most of them are ASTI blades and are one-of-a-kind.  I also have some old Butterfly and Donic Blades.  Finally I have two really old single ply Hinoki blades that my friend used to play with.  These are modified penhold blades. They are really fast. 

I plan to find good homes for some of these blades as having 80 blades is really too much. 

Peter C wrote: p.s. My blade of choice back in the late 70's was a Stiga Offensive Wood, with a Hans Alser handle.

B means mid or late 70's