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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: King pair on January 11, 2013, 01:06:20 PM

Title: Custom Companies in Aus
Post by: King pair on January 11, 2013, 01:06:20 PM: What are the Custom bat companies in Aus like out of interest? are there many? Obviously there is Screaming Cat, but is there a few more? maybe an equivelent of, H4L, Vulcan, Aldred, Black Cat??
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Post by: Buzz on January 11, 2013, 01:07:17 PM: there are a few, callen is one
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Post by: Number4 on January 11, 2013, 01:14:46 PM: Fisher
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Post by: Village Trundler on January 11, 2013, 01:26:06 PM: Also Bradbury is in WA.
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Post by: Wedge2408 on January 11, 2013, 02:00:54 PM: Its already been mentioned, but Fisher is great. He makes pretty awesome bats and is based in Melbourne

There is also bluetongue sports and whitsunday cricket which I think offer custom bats, but I have no experience with either of these brands, so I can't be totally sure.
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Post by: MJB3 on January 11, 2013, 02:48:46 PM: Not sure if they're a custom brand, but Venom Cricket are certainly a "boutique brand" from Tas I believe
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Post by: Tail Ender on January 12, 2013, 02:26:10 AM: I've just found out Bradbury do tours of their workshop. Given they're less than an hour from me, guess what I'm doing next time I have a free weekend?!
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Post by: Jenko on January 12, 2013, 02:31:50 AM: Quote from: Wedge2408 on January 11, 2013, 02:00:54 PM
Its already been mentioned, but Fisher is great. He makes pretty awesome bats and is based in Melbourne

There is also bluetongue sports and whitsunday cricket which I think offer custom bats, but I have no experience with either of these brands, so I can't be totally sure.

Had a team mat use whitsunday bats.....harsh going by one bat and set of softs but I'd steer clear of them personally! Will have to try fisher one day I was either going to go for him or SCAT in the past and went with scat. Used to be a bloke on the sunny coast QLD who made bats...IB I think they were...not sure what happened to him but alot of good players on the cost used to use them.

Theres also Willowizard think his bats get used alot in local grade cricket too.
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Post by: Tail Ender on January 12, 2013, 03:00:21 AM: A couple of blokes at my club have Fishers and both swear by them. There's also one with a Willow Wizard, and he reckons it "goes okay".
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Post by: tugga on January 12, 2013, 05:44:36 AM: Yeah WilloWizard, the top end you can get them custom made in Aus. Fisher's are solid bats, traditionalish shapes mainly.
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Post by: Johnny on January 12, 2013, 08:24:05 AM: Glen Murphy's bats always looked good to me. He was a regular poster on CSF and was just getting started - not sure if he's still making
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Post by: The_Bird on January 12, 2013, 08:48:00 AM: What about 7 sins cricket? The Aus arm of redback.

(http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2011/01/22/1225992/906286-mark-crosgrove.jpg)
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Post by: langer17 on January 12, 2013, 11:27:30 AM: Quote from: The_Bird on January 12, 2013, 08:48:00 AM
What about 7 sins cricket? The Aus arm of redback.

([url]http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2011/01/22/1225992/906286-mark-crosgrove.jpg[/url])

7 Sins is still run by Gary, he just had to have an alternative name as SA are called the Redbacks.
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Post by: Tail Ender on January 12, 2013, 02:43:03 PM: There was a guy in Perth who claimed to have been an apprentice of Julian Millichamp, who was making bats out of his garage. I can't find his website now, but I remember coming across it a couple of years ago.
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Post by: DRob on February 22, 2013, 11:00:00 AM: There's a few more Aussie custom bat makers. Reg Taylor makes Sommers bats and his own Centurion range (possibly not anymore). There's Combat Willow, Gabba Sports, Southern Cross Cricket (Facebook), and Dingbat Sports (Facebook). Ingo Borleis isn't making bats anymore but is always up for a chat and does have bats left to sell. Glen Murphy isn't making at the moment.

Tailender - you haven't remembered the name of the Millichamp apprentice in Perth by any chance?
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Post by: Jenko on February 22, 2013, 11:03:26 AM: Where in Aus are you from DRob?
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Post by: DRob on February 22, 2013, 11:57:18 AM: A few hours west of Sydney.
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Post by: Number4 on February 22, 2013, 12:01:46 PM: Quote from: DRob on February 22, 2013, 11:57:18 AM
A few hours west of Sydney.'

I'll take a stab... Young?
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Post by: DRob on February 22, 2013, 12:09:06 PM: Not so far west. Why the interest?
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Post by: Number4 on February 22, 2013, 12:11:06 PM: We are Newcastle area
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Post by: DRob on February 22, 2013, 12:22:23 PM: OK - lovely part of the world, Newcastle.

Jenko I PM'd you earlier. Any bats you (or Number 4) are interested in parting with? Please PM me. Thanks
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Post by: Number4 on February 22, 2013, 12:25:45 PM: I don't have any I am willing to part with at the moment