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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: tim2000s on March 16, 2012, 08:38:53 PM

Title: Scoops and Concaving - A comparison
Post by: tim2000s on March 16, 2012, 08:38:53 PM

As I had the bats and the camera to hand tonight and we've had many discussions about the benefits of all, I have here a Scoop at just over 2lb9oz with one grip and a concaved bat which also with one grip is 2lb10oz.

On the edge, the are both similar - approximately 40 mm edges:

(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr293/tim2000s/P1040553.jpg)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr293/tim2000s/P1040552.jpg)

Now, I know that one is a Long Blade and the other is a Short Handle, but from the toe, this is the view:

(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr293/tim2000s/P1040566.jpg)
(http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr293/tim2000s/P1040567.jpg)

So what can we take from this? Well you can decide, but I'd say that the Revolution may be drier as I can't see how a bat with a larger blade could possibly have a spine and weigh the same as a scoop given the shapes of the two.

Title: Re: Scoops and Concaving - A comparison
Post by: kieranl73 on March 16, 2012, 09:10:29 PM

Flat face possibly?

Title: Re: Scoops and Concaving - A comparison
Post by: tim2000s on March 16, 2012, 09:13:27 PM

Yup, that's a point for you!  ;)

Title: Re: Scoops and Concaving - A comparison
Post by: junter97 on March 16, 2012, 09:46:09 PM

Yeah you can tell by the toe pics that it has flat face

Title: Re: Scoops and Concaving - A comparison
Post by: Talisman on March 16, 2012, 10:38:35 PM

Actually the Scoop is made from all the heavy willow, I thought this was known on the forum, the shapes are all smaller than the Oblivion and Powerbow s as the edges are nearly the same sizes. All the GN's have flat faces.

Title: Re: Scoops and Concaving - A comparison
Post by: uknsaunders on March 16, 2012, 10:41:10 PM

I did think my scoop had a pretty flat face, though not as flat as kooks.