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Title: Second Attempt
Post by: mad_abt_cricket on May 23, 2012, 08:47:45 PM: Completed the bat for my club mate..

Weight : 2.8 with one grip
1 inch short blade
super short handle.
34 mm max edge

Would love to hear feedback!
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Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: wilkie113 on May 23, 2012, 08:55:09 PM: LOVE the shape of the toe!
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: ajm90 on May 23, 2012, 08:59:51 PM: The toes almost as big as the middle! :) love that shape
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: Cover_Drive on May 23, 2012, 09:00:55 PM: Very nice I must say.
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: mad_abt_cricket on May 23, 2012, 09:03:32 PM: Thank you!

Tried to lower the middle as much as possible for the slow and low Romanian pitches.
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: thedevil on May 23, 2012, 09:04:04 PM: A lovely profile on that. Handle does look absolutely tiny though
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: mad_abt_cricket on May 23, 2012, 09:08:11 PM: Quote from: thedevil on May 23, 2012, 09:04:04 PM
A lovely profile on that. Handle does look absolutely tiny though

Yes, made on special request from my mate, who has tiny hands!
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: tushar sehgal on May 23, 2012, 09:18:30 PM: That looks lovely mate, Off set edge and all :) I wonder what it would have weighed with a little less concaving?
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: mad_abt_cricket on May 24, 2012, 03:47:01 AM: Quote from: tusharsehgal on May 23, 2012, 09:18:30 PM
That looks lovely mate, Off set edge and all :) I wonder what it would have weighed with a little less concaving?
Thanks mate, it would be around 2.10 with almost no concaving.
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: mad_abt_cricket on May 24, 2012, 03:47:30 AM: Quote from: nwillam12 on May 23, 2012, 09:21:33 PM
how did you achieve the concaving?

I used size 4 travisher
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: GarrettJ on May 24, 2012, 07:31:24 AM: Monster toe!! Never really understood why th etoe is so thick, more in the middle and less at the toe for me.

Bat looks nice, reminds me of a GM.

Stickers ........... ok but could do with looking a bit more modern for the younger lads to get excited. Remember stickers seem to sell bats these days
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: mad_abt_cricket on May 24, 2012, 07:50:46 PM: Quote from: GarrettJ on May 24, 2012, 07:31:24 AM
Monster toe!! Never really understood why th etoe is so thick, more in the middle and less at the toe for me.

Bat looks nice, reminds me of a GM.

Stickers ........... ok but could do with looking a bit more modern for the younger lads to get excited. Remember stickers seem to sell bats these days

Thank you for your comment. From my limited experience, I have seen many bats cracking at the toe with the kind of pitches we have here.

Stickers are modest and I hope they will grow slowly in the eyes of buyers.
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: sgcricket on May 26, 2012, 03:38:56 AM: great job. like the profile
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: mad_abt_cricket on May 26, 2012, 05:08:58 AM: Thank you!
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: Tail Ender on May 26, 2012, 05:12:07 AM: That's a serious stick mate. I really like the simplicity of your livery too. It's very nice.
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: Bez013 on May 26, 2012, 09:55:22 AM: I've looked at this a couple of times and the profile is growing on me, I'm quite intrigued as to how it would pick up as the largest point of the edge appears to be just about the toe.

I can understand wanting to try and avoid toe damage.
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: GarrettJ on May 26, 2012, 10:17:38 AM: damaging the toe is all part of batting, there isnt very often that you dig out a yorker fast enough to smash the toe, if the bat is properly knocked in.

I always think its worth put a bit of tape across the toe for extra reinforcement.
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: mad_abt_cricket on May 26, 2012, 12:34:37 PM: Quote from: Bez013 on May 26, 2012, 09:55:22 AM
I've looked at this a couple of times and the profile is growing on me, I'm quite intrigued as to how it would pick up as the largest point of the edge appears to be just about the toe.

I can understand wanting to try and avoid toe damage.

I have tried to create an offset edge to improve the pick up and it really helped. The bat does pick up well.
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: mad_abt_cricket on May 26, 2012, 12:39:28 PM: Quote from: Tail Ender on May 26, 2012, 05:12:07 AM
That's a serious stick mate. I really like the simplicity of your livery too. It's very nice.

Thank you.
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: mad_abt_cricket on May 26, 2012, 12:41:40 PM: Quote from: sgcricket on May 26, 2012, 03:38:56 AM
great job. like the profile

Thank you
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: swamidude on May 26, 2012, 04:25:00 PM: Mate that's a fabulous profile, got a bit of H4L Hattori in there. Keep up the good work :)
Title: Re: Second Attempt
Post by: mad_abt_cricket on May 27, 2012, 03:55:09 AM: Quote from: swamidude on May 26, 2012, 04:25:00 PM
Mate that's a fabulous profile, got a bit of H4L Hattori in there. Keep up the good work :)

Thanks mate!