Brand · India
Rakshak
A family-owned Indian stick maker, building sticks since 1979 and selling in Europe since 2025. Seven Rakshak sticks in two lines, all reviewed.
- Founded
- 1979
- Home
- India
- Ownership
- Family-owned
- In Europe
- Since 2025
- Sticks reviewed
- 7 of 7
- Top score · Prime 100 Low Bow
- 8.3
Brand facts: Rakshak's own account · rakshak.eu/about-us · Checked 3 Oct 2026
The story, in four dates
- 1970sAn Indian national player, frustrated with the sticks international brands sold, starts building his own in the family garage.
- 1979Rakshak begins as a small family workshop making sticks by hand, then moves from barns to a factory.
- 2025Rakshak Europe launches, a partnership between hockey people in India, Germany and Austria.
- NowField and indoor sticks, from development grades to full carbon, still designed and made in India.
The lines
- Rakshak · LinePrimeThe top range, sold as one grade. Every bow is 100% carbon, so the bow is the only choice.
- Grades
- 100
- Carbon
- 100%
- Bows
- 3
- Rakshak · LineHyperThe rest of the range. The numbers are carbon percentages, and which bows a grade comes in varies with it.
- Grades
- 75 · 55 · 40 · 25 · 10
- Carbon
- 10–75%
- Bows
- 4
Every bow, every line
Lowest bow first · Rakshak publishes no bow heights or apex points, so the order is the class Rakshak names each bow
Every Rakshak stick, best first
7 sticks · all reviewed
8.3 out of 10Desk reviewBest forAttackRakshak · PrimePrime 100 Low Bow
The attacking Prime, and the best of them.
- Bow
- Low
- Carbon
- 100%
- Grades
- 100
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8.2 out of 10Desk reviewBest forMidfieldRakshak · PrimePrime 100 Pro Bow
Full carbon at a mid-range price.
- Bow
- Pro
- Carbon
- 100%
- Grades
- 100
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8.0 out of 10Desk reviewBest forAttackRakshak · PrimePrime 100 Late Bow
A flicker's stick, and only that.
- Bow
- Extreme low
- Carbon
- 100%
- Grades
- 100
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7.7 out of 10Desk reviewBest forAttackRakshak · HyperHyper Low Bow
An attacking bow at club-player money.
- Bow
- Low
- Carbon
- 40–75%
- Grades
- 75 · 55 · 40
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7.6 out of 10Desk reviewBest forMidfieldRakshak · HyperHyper Pro Bow
The sensible Rakshak, in three sensible grades.
- Bow
- Pro
- Carbon
- 40–75%
- Grades
- 75 · 55 · 40
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7.4 out of 10Desk reviewBest forAttackRakshak · HyperHyper 75 Late Bow
The extreme bow, without the elite price.
- Bow
- Extreme low
- Carbon
- 75%
- Grades
- 75
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6.6 out of 10Desk reviewBest forDefenceRakshak · HyperHyper Mid Bow
A first stick that teaches rather than flatters.
- Bow
- Mid
- Carbon
- 10–25%
- Grades
- 25 · 10
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Reviewed 21 Sept 2026 from specs and brand copy · Scores are ours · Photos: Rakshak · All rights reserved