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Companies => Off-the-shelf companies => Kookaburra => Topic started by: tim2000s on July 31, 2012, 04:04:38 PM
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Anyone know anything about these? Lovely weight for its size (2lb 7.8oz) and seems decent to bounce a ball off. Picked it up cheaply as I didn't know what it is. Anyone else have a clue?
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Was released in 2008 - retailed at about £100 from memory. Cricket Supplies stocked them
http://www.kookaburra.biz/osb/showitem.cfm/category/49
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For a bleached grade 4 bat... That looks pretty damn good... How much you get it for Tim? I suspect that it isn't actually a grade 4, and maybe just been mislabeled? Either that, or they have hid lots of blemishes well, but the grains look nice. 8)
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I'd say it is probably g3 willow. Was £20 and is for a team bag.
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I doubt 4 star willow is grade 4 willow as the bat to the left is 5 star willow, which by your theory would make that grade 5 willow. Why make a special edition grade 5 bat?
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I think it was made for the 2009 ashes but i may be wrong
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This is my first cricket bat. But mine is not special edition. I will post some pictures. I feel the pickup and balance is good on this bat. But I feel the punch is always missing when you hit a shot.You can use in nets probably.I highly doubt you can use in match situations.
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My bad, misread. :P I was wondering why they would make the Kahuna 5 star, but the Blade grade 4. :-[
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What does 5 star mean? Is it Grade 1 willow?
I have seen several older Newbery bats that were labelled 5 star. Would that be the equivalent of their SPS range?
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Guy at our club had 5 or 6. Weren't as impressive as Tim's
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Not quite Skipper. :P I think the Newbery 5 stars are the 3rd grade, although in terms of willow grading, probably grade 2/3. I think 5 star bats are bats which are only given to specific retailers to sell. Like some retailers deal with GM let's say, so they get sent 5 star GM bats by GM themselves. At least this is what I think I read a while ago...
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Indeed - Newbery 5 star is the lowest grade but some would argue that some 5 stars go very well!!
Next is the Players which is (lower) grade 1, verging on the grade 2 in some cases.
Then is the SPS which is the Daddy!! They did have the C6+ which was the absolute top with the carbo handle and highest price tag before the laws on carbo handles changed!
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This is actually made in india. According to the retailer who sold it to me.
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This is actually made in india. According to the retailer who sold it to me.
As are all Kookaburras
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made by sg by any chance
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Not quite Skipper. :P I think the Newbery 5 stars are the 3rd grade, although in terms of willow grading, probably grade 2/3. I think 5 star bats are bats which are only given to specific retailers to sell. Like some retailers deal with GM let's say, so they get sent 5 star GM bats by GM themselves. At least this is what I think I read a while ago...
Ok, thanks for clearing that up Chad and Pete :)
Pete, indeed I have seen some really nice 5 Star Newbery bats. Hard to believe they are Grade 2/3.
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Ok, thanks for clearing that up Chad and Pete :)
Pete, indeed I have seen some really nice 5 Star Newbery bats. Hard to believe they are Grade 2/3.
Oh for the old naming conventions. 5* was always the best willow, then you went 4*, 3* and 2*.
GM half adopt this with their models with 909-Original being 5*, 707 & 808 being 4*, then 404-606 being 3* and 303 being 2*.
Newbery then screwed around with it making their 5* the lowest grade simply because it made people think it was a higher grade, and GN came up with the magical Pro Performance + others above 5*.
Meanwhile, just to be different, while others used stars, Hunts County used Crowns, with a 5 crown being the best. Then they produced an 8* willow bat, just for a laugh and to confuse the hell out of people...
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Wow, could they have made it anymore confusing :o
I remember back in the day some Indian batmakers such as SG and SS used to market their top end bats as 7 star willow
I guess it's best to stick to basics - ignore the labels and look at the willow. bounce a ball on it if possible, and determine the "grade" for ourselves.
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Which is fair enough if you have the bat in front of you....I've had a hankering to pick up a GN bat from eBay recently, for no other reason than I want one but I haven't got the faintest idea what their willow grades are! I don't know how much anything is worth in the GN range!