N-I-O · TANTO — Coming Soon

Precision, moved up.

Tanto is built around a higher hitting zone — with geometry, string spacing, string support and layup developed as one system.

Apex Geometry

A frame developed around a higher usable hitting area, with a raised bridge, reinforced upper hoop and progressive beam.

Boxier outer profile with softer inner contours.

Progressive taper from hoop to throat.

Raised bridge and reinforced upper hoop.

Modern tennis places more of the contact higher in the stringbed, which influenced the geometry of Tanto.

The bridge is raised and the upper hoop is developed around a higher usable hitting area. At the same time, the beam changes progressively through the frame to balance structure with faster handling.

The geometry was developed as one system, with the hoop, bridge and throat designed around the same idea.

The aim is to create a racket that feels quick to position and accelerate while retaining the structure needed through contact.

Balanced 16×20

A 16×20 pattern developed specifically around Tanto’s raised bridge and higher hitting area.

More open spacing in the upper hitting area.

Closer spacing through the centre.

Parallel drilling.

The raised bridge changes the proportions of the stringbed, so the 16×20 pattern was developed specifically for Tanto’s geometry.

Spacing is more open in the upper hitting area and becomes more controlled through the centre. Parallel drilling is used through the pattern to maintain a cleaner string path through the frame.

The spacing was developed around the higher usable hitting area rather than applying a conventional 16×20 layout to the new frame shape.

The aim is to create a responsive upper area while maintaining a more composed response through the centre of the stringbed.

Rendered close-up of the String Rail crown with natural gold inserts and a dark smoke carrier above the black frame

String Rail System

Dedicated inserts guide the strings through the frame, developed to manage friction, support and wear.

Insert-guided string routing.

Controlled string contact.

Support, movement and wear considerations.

String movement is influenced by the points where the strings pass through and interact with the frame.

Tanto’s string guides are developed to manage the contact between the strings and the frame.

The system considers support, friction, wear and string movement as connected design requirements.

The aim is a considered string path that supports a consistent interaction between string and frame.

The aim is to manage string support and movement more deliberately across different areas of the racket.

Zoned Layup

Six engineered zones. Each designed for a specific role in the frame's performance.

Reinforced upper-frame construction designed to maintain strength and consistency around the string system.

TANTO black carbon frame with the selected layup zone highlighted

Zone 01 · engineering visualization, not physical frame colour.

Clear Core

Exposed carbon. Refined through transparency.

An exposed carbon aesthetic with a refined, smoke-tinted finish. Clear Core celebrates the underlying structure of the frame, allowing its engineering to remain visible beneath a minimal protective surface.

Restrained natural gold details

Head size: 97 sq in
Length: 27 in / 685 mm
Weight: 305 g unstrung
Balance: 315 mm unstrung
Swingweight: 323 strung
Beam: 22.7 / 21.7 / 20.5 mm
String pattern: 16 × 20 · parallel drilling
Stiffness: RA 63.5
Frame: Advanced carbon fibre · zoned layup
Surface: ClearCore transparent finish
Crown & hoop: String Rail System · reinforced upper hoop

Technical line drawing of the TANTO racket frame

Matched as standard.

Every Tanto is individually measured for weight, balance and swingweight, then matched to a defined target before it leaves us.

Customization optional

Why Tanto.

A racket is never just a racket.

For the serious player, it is an instrument — the object everything runs through. The hand, the intention, the timing, the strike.

The tanto, a compact Japanese blade shaped around precision and efficient movement, became a natural reference. Not because we wanted a theme, but because the thinking was already there: compact, direct, purposeful.

Tanto was designed the same way — as an object of control. A frame built to move quickly, strike cleanly and feel like an extension of the player.

A Japanese tanto blade against a black background with a subtle deep-purple glow

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