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Companies => Custom companies => Topic started by: justnotcricket86 on January 15, 2013, 03:23:56 PM
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Afternoon boys,
Was round a mates house on Friday night, and he's as much of a geek as the rest of us, and bought my attention to Affinity Cricket. I had not heard of them before and other than a rather empty facebook page, couldn't find any further info online.
I see today that Paul (IJC) has told us he is now stocking these bats, and am keen to learn more about them. The limited edition number of models they are selling sounds interesting.
Can Paul/anyone else shed some light?
Cheers
Will
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If you look up m77 its Marcus on here's new brand
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I think he spent a year learning/working with Andy SAF
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I've picked up and waved a couple of pre-production ones around at a net a couple of months back and they were really nice. They weren't knocked in sadly so I couldn't have a hit but they had nice profiles and they are actually made by Affinity as opposed to being stickered up by them which is a huge plus point these days! ;)
Stickers, as ever with Marcus, look awesome.
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That sounds good, the one in Paul's video looks a belter. My mate will be excited! Massive fan of another proper batmaker getting on the scene. Too much stickered up dross out there for me.
Someone buy one and review it. Quick
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£325 is fairly steep for a new companies bats
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Didn't know the prices...but that's been done to death with the likes of Hammer, Instinct etc in the past. Be nice to see what gear Marcus comes out with
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they are actually made by Affinity as opposed to being stickered up by them which is a huge plus point these days! ;)
Stickers, as ever with Marcus, look awesome.
i disagree there will be a bat maker some where subcontracting the work.
i get that marcus is trying to launch a bigish brand here and for him to do all the bats would be impossible and not very good financially. he may over see production and be heavily involved with the process..
but my understand was he made a few shapes that he thought where (No Swearing Please) hot... did all the testing and pissing about in this stage. now he is getting some one to replicate the shape..
i may be wrong but that's the impression i get...
ok maybe i am wrong as i have just read and they will be only producing 50 of each shape per year!
so these could be made in house :) or by a small bat maker!
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From what Marcus has told me, he has made all the bats himself from raw clefts, through the pressing to handling and shaping. There is no third party involved in the bat making process.
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you are right about the small batmaker Simdog, Marcus isn't that tall!
I was chatting to Marcus before xmas and he has indeed made these bats with is own fair hand. You can read his twitter account for a record of his exploits @MarcusM77
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I like the fact that Affinity aren't flooding the Forum with look at my amazing bats topics, these sell themselves. Less will always been more in my eyes.
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How long has Marcus been making bats for?
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I like the fact that Affinity aren't flooding the Forum with look at my amazing bats topics, these sell themselves. Less will always been more in my eyes.
they dont need to. Clever marketing from Marcus with Buzz putting some initial pictures up and then getting them into IJC who can market them on here on his behalf. Ive not seen the bats myself but stickers look good ( as you would expect) and from speaking to Marcus he certainly has the passion to get this to work. As far as im aware he is making the bats himself and is controlling everything. Hes also got a decent contact list to be able to tap for ideas or feedback so sure he will be onto a winner.
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How long has Marcus been making bats for?
he made one when working with saf...
so hes probs made a fair few tbh andy has probs shown him the tricks of the trade
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Afternoon boys,
Was round a mates house on Friday night, and he's as much of a geek as the rest of us, and bought my attention to Affinity Cricket. I had not heard of them before and other than a rather empty facebook page, couldn't find any further info online.
I see today that Paul (IJC) has told us he is now stocking these bats, and am keen to learn more about them. The limited edition number of models they are selling sounds interesting.
Can Paul/anyone else shed some light?
Cheers
Will
Hi Will,
In keeping with Affinity's "less is more" approach, if you want to find out more about the bats, either visit our shop or check out our YouTube reviews of the bats in the coming days.
But yes, I can confirm - Marcus made these all himself, and only 50 of each will be made per year...
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Since Edna?, used in one of the first batoffs so probably a year or so. I think you'd need to get that info from Marcus himself. I don't think Marcus has the time to flood the forum tbh, from what I understand he has plenty of other projects to deal with.
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he made one when working with saf...
so hes probs made a fair few tbh andy has probs shown him the tricks of the trade
Cheaper to buy a bat from Andy, plus Andy is more experienced
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From what I've seen, these bats look pretty good, nice stickers and good bat shapes.
Plus, I imagine that the idea of exclusivity will appeal to a fair few people.
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I didn't want to post on this as I pay no sponsorship. But Im not a fan of gossip so I shall just set the record straight and can leave.
The initial concept bats were all drawn from part mades and by that i mean shouldered and toed and not pre shaped part made... there is a big difference between shaping and sanding!
7 had been made and the i needed to gauge if my thoughts on the profiles would be accepted. One was a hit and that became the Carbine, its an evolution of a shape i have a great deal of faith in and thought could be improved.
The second shape was only finalised in November and had very little testing, but the need for an English wicket low bounce bat was important.
I did try a few variations of what we came to expect, like the solution but i felt they had (just being honest) flaws. The talk of the indian tracks producing low bounce led me to look at the bats Indian players were using and also how i wanted to bat to be. I like a long arc spine for low swell bats, it (for me) aids the balance and allows you to have a level of control. The recent "reflex" shape i had made for a customer only pushed me further into pursuing this Indian profile/English swell/Marcus Spine hybrid... and the Spectre was born. The low swell on bats without the arch for me (dont forget this is my perception, my thoughts not out right fact) seems to pull at the wrist and whilst great for drives just lacks any refinement. The game had evolved and more control is needed. All i wanted to do is improve on what i could, even if that was 1 or 2 percent.
As for the bats themselves, the very first four had been pressed and handled locally and very much manually. A few can testify to the effort required to do this on your own. The press has now been moved on and it left me needing to find a person who i could trust and also trust me to use their tooling for certain days of the month. I think anyone who follows me on twitter would see those 5am starts and back home at 11pm... those are days taking cleft miles from my home to have handled and pressed.. then back home again.
The Spectre is made from scratch, from the ground up.
I have no issues stating the Carbine to get a certain "back" to it is pressed, handled, shouldered and toed to my requirements. The clefts on sticks are then turned into what you see now. Hence why sept to dec was dedicated to this.
Yes i have people to thank and they are invaluable to me, yes i needed assistance to get things to be 100% where i wanted them to be. Yes one bat is reliant on a 3rd party operating a piece of machinery to cut a shoulder and a toe. But the pressing ob every one is my thoughts, theories and work put into practice.
Resonance is the key and at some point i'll post or publish what it is that I do, some friends will know but that is as far as im prepared to go only to say that i can get a pretty uniform standard across each weight of bat. Thos that have seen, used, tested and now bought will know there is something very special about the rebound qualities of the bats. More so the Spectre as the lower middle amplifies the effect.
But no rumours please, if you have a question or anything constructive just message me.
Also understand whilst all the comments are appreciated, remember its also 18 months of someone life to plan this and thank you to all those that have commented. Its incredibly humbling and i think we have done very well for version 1.0.
i can't take all the credit hence why i took a few people out on launch day. Without the players that gave input and listend to my thoughts i'd have nothing other than a stack of concepts from back in July. I know the costs will not be to some people liking, i was very much aware of that when i looked at materials and what i wanted to put in, well before i decided what i wanted back out. I simply wanted to make something i knew was a good as i could make, i knew was an advancement on what i has seen. Ultimately if the people that buy them think its the best money they have spent then i have done my job.
This is why is was about making the best bat i thought could be made for certain players, yes the higher standard player if im honest but they were easier to group and "type". The work with ex players helped bring it all together and once again can happily state not a single penny was paid out on this... i was just fortunate to have 5 players that believed in what i was doing. So i know im known for the "stickers" but peel them away and you have a great bat. A good man once told me, "stickers do not make a bat perform any better" .Its 100% soI took that on board and made two bats that naked would play incredibly well, I just decided to dress them up in a a good looking suit.
So thanks for the comments,
M
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How long has Marcus been making bats for?
First ever and badly, 4 nearly 5 years ago after chatting to James Laver on skype. After seeing a bat made for a certain South African player.
Since then bits and bobs until Andy gave me a chance, challenged me. After that i have spend the summer at a number of very kind peoples workshops. The best lessons learned if you have an eye for shapes. Patience and tooling! Dont expect me to do something in a hour...
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I didn't want to post on this as I pay no sponsorship. But Im not a fan of gossip so I shall just set the record straight and can leave.
The initial concept bats were all drawn from part mades and by that i mean shouldered and toed and not pre shaped part made... there is a big difference between shaping and sanding!
7 had been made and the i needed to gauge if my thoughts on the profiles would be accepted. One was a hit and that became the Carbine, its an evolution of a shape i have a great deal of faith in and thought could be improved.
The second shape was only finalised in November and had very little testing, but the need for an English wicket low bounce bat was important.
I did try a few variations of what we came to expect, like the solution but i felt they had (just being honest) flaws. The talk of the indian tracks producing low bounce led me to look at the bats Indian players were using and also how i wanted to bat to be. I like a long arc spine for low swell bats, it (for me) aids the balance and allows you to have a level of control. The recent "reflex" shape i had made for a customer only pushed me further into pursuing this Indian profile/English swell/Marcus Spine hybrid... and the Spectre was born. The low swell on bats without the arch for me (dont forget this is my perception, my thoughts not out right fact) seems to pull at the wrist and whilst great for drives just lacks any refinement. The game had evolved and more control is needed. All i wanted to do is improve on what i could, even if that was 1 or 2 percent.
As for the bats themselves, the very first four had been pressed and handled locally and very much manually. A few can testify to the effort required to do this on your own. The press has now been moved on and it left me needing to find a person who i could trust and also trust me to use their tooling for certain days of the month. I think anyone who follows me on twitter would see those 5am starts and back home at 11pm... those are days taking cleft miles from my home to have handled and pressed.. then back home again.
The Spectre is made from scratch, from the ground up.
I have no issues stating the Carbine to get a certain "back" to it is pressed, handled, shouldered and toed to my requirements. The clefts on sticks are then turned into what you see now. Hence why sept to dec was dedicated to this.
Yes i have people to thank and they are invaluable to me, yes i needed assistance to get things to be 100% where i wanted them to be. Yes one bat is reliant on a 3rd party operating a piece of machinery to cut a shoulder and a toe. But the pressing ob every one is my thoughts, theories and work put into practice.
Resonance is the key and at some point i'll post or publish what it is that I do, some friends will know but that is as far as im prepared to go only to say that i can get a pretty uniform standard across each weight of bat. Thos that have seen, used, tested and now bought will know there is something very special about the rebound qualities of the bats. More so the Spectre as the lower middle amplifies the effect.
But no rumours please, if you have a question or anything constructive just message me.
Also understand whilst all the comments are appreciated, remember its also 18 months of someone life to plan this and thank you to all those that have commented. Its incredibly humbling and i think we have done very well for version 1.0.
i can't take all the credit hence why i took a few people out on launch day. Without the players that gave input and listend to my thoughts i'd have nothing other than a stack of concepts from back in July. I know the costs will not be to some people liking, i was very much aware of that when i looked at materials and what i wanted to put in, well before i decided what i wanted back out. I simply wanted to make something i knew was a good as i could make, i knew was an advancement on what i has seen. Ultimately if the people that buy them think its the best money they have spent then i have done my job.
This is why is was about making the best bat i thought could be made for certain players, yes the higher standard player if im honest but they were easier to group and "type". The work with ex players helped bring it all together and once again can happily state not a single penny was paid out on this... i was just fortunate to have 5 players that believed in what i was doing. So i know im known for the "stickers" but peel them away and you have a great bat. A good man once told me, "stickers do not make a bat perform any better" .Its 100% soI took that on board and made two bats that naked would play incredibly well, I just decided to dress them up in a a good looking suit.
So thanks for the comments,
M
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Wish you all the best Marcus!
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Fair play Marcus hope it all works out
As you've been a help to me personally with non cricket things so wish you all best mate