First ever fiberglass/composite stick? Koho, Montreal ?

[Ogie Oglethorpe 14]

There is some debate amongst board members as to what was the first OPS. I have heard Busch, and have heard Koho. However, maybe it's more a point of contention as Busch is/was a true one-piece. If the Koho had an ABS blade then it would have had to have been fused together in some fashion as the shaft would have been a different material than the blade.

[jofa-blackshot 0]

BUSCH is probably the first (only???) one piece, as Easton and CCM and probably the rest also make the shaft first. Blackshot had the shaft and blade made/molded in the same operation. KOHO had the blade glued to the hollow shaft, and Titan Turbo even had a wood core, both in the shaft and blade.......

So maybe Norway was the first even we can't play hockey....but by the way, Northland was also a ski factory started by a Norwegian immigrant

[jofa-blackshot 0]

The link for the KOHO picture desn't work....can you post a new ?

Anyone remember these ?