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Equipment => Bats => Custom Made => Topic started by: jblowe on April 11, 2012, 07:48:04 PM

Title: Copy of the bat advice please
Post by: jblowe on April 11, 2012, 07:48:04 PM
Hi
I have just cracked my favorite ever bat, it is the bat that feels just right. 

So if you wanted a copy made of the bat you love the most, who would you trust to make the copy?

which batmaker?
Many thanks
Jason
Title: Re: Copy of the bat advice please
Post by: Talisman on April 11, 2012, 07:56:05 PM
I'd have to say you want one with a choice of willow before they start, that is the vital component as every cleft varies. You also need someone who can match the pressing style and obviously shape very well by hand.
Title: Re: Copy of the bat advice please
Post by: The_Bird on April 11, 2012, 07:56:32 PM
Talisman's your man and pretty much all the custom ones.....


What bat is it?
Title: Re: Copy of the bat advice please
Post by: jblowe on April 11, 2012, 08:08:51 PM
It is a bradbury I got from "MrCricket" and he got it from "Hosk", it came out of a pro's bag, it does not look like a standard bradbury.
Title: Re: Copy of the bat advice please
Post by: The_Bird on April 11, 2012, 08:18:07 PM
Oh right, I'm gonna get my thruxton copied when it goes that should be a tad easier ;)
Title: Re: Copy of the bat advice please
Post by: jblowe on April 11, 2012, 08:57:24 PM
I'd have to say you want one with a choice of willow before they start, that is the vital component as every cleft varies. You also need someone who can match the pressing style and obviously shape very well by hand.

Thanks Talisman, but where should I start, which company would best suit my needs
Title: Re: Copy of the bat advice please
Post by: Joe on April 11, 2012, 09:01:58 PM
Andy at SAF would probably be your best bet, knows loads about how to replicate bats feels with Inertia and all that. Might have to be an Ultima though which would set you back quite a bit.


Or fly to Australia and pay Bradbury a visit.
Title: Re: Copy of the bat advice please
Post by: Six Sixes Cricket on April 11, 2012, 09:17:49 PM
Why not find out which bat makers are near you and take the bat along with you and talk to the bat maker.
Title: Re: Copy of the bat advice please
Post by: Talisman on April 11, 2012, 09:18:08 PM
Thanks Talisman, but where should I start, which company would best suit my needs

Well can Mr Hosk or you put up the pic's and find out what it started as because this will make the copying much easier.