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Equipment => Bats => Bat Making => Topic started by: Tom on November 24, 2013, 12:49:58 AM
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03j63jb (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03j63jb)
Tony Cook of Hunts County was on Radio 4, talking about how he got into batmaking and how the process works. Starts at 1hr 16mins in.
(http://i.imgur.com/z4o0AfA.jpg)
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Really enjoyed this yesterday. Love what you do eh? Favourite bit was his simple philosophy on what makes a perfect bat. To paraphrase, he just says there's no real reason that people like any particular shape or weight. Based on a mere 40 years experience!
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Tony certainly loves what he does. I see him probably 2 to 3 times a month, and he is always enthusiastic about all things cricket, especially bats.
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Same here, whenever i visited Hunts County i always go and see him , lovely guy and loads of knowledge on bat making.
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Spartan bat bottom right hand corner , Matt Priors maybe ?
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Spartan bat bottom right hand corner , Matt Priors maybe ?
Matt Priors getting his made by Tim Keeley I think as I'm sure it was mentioned on here someone saw him at Newbery
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Pretty sure most use different makers... Trotty used a scat at the Gabba
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Im onvmy phone. So happy to be corrected. But the spartan looks to have Michael Clarke stickers to me.
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Sounds like a lovely bloke.
"I normal go for something that I know will go well, but not sell well, don't want to waste a good one on me" - nice chap.
Sounds like they are using a copying lath too - I guess that or CAM machine is a must for UK based volume makers.
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Wrong stickers for a MP Spartan, looks like the one's Clarke was using here in the ODI series?
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It is likely to be from me, so it will be a bat with some fake Spartan stickers on it.
It was one a customer of mine wanted re-handling, I took it to Tony as the customer insisted they wanted to keep the stickers at all costs (the costs presumably being 99p from Ebay) and the heat gun at Hunts is somewhat superior to mine.
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It is likely to be from me, so it will be a bat with some fake Spartan stickers on it.
It was one a customer of mine wanted re-handling, I took it to Tony as the customer insisted they wanted to keep the stickers at all costs (the costs presumably being 99p from Ebay) and the heat gun at Hunts is somewhat superior to mine.
Ah thanks for clearing that up . i accept I was wrong , it just called it as I saw it .
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It is likely to be from me, so it will be a bat with some fake Spartan stickers on it.
It was one a customer of mine wanted re-handling, I took it to Tony as the customer insisted they wanted to keep the stickers at all costs (the costs presumably being 99p from Ebay) and the heat gun at Hunts is somewhat superior to mine.
Jake, stop ruining a bloody good rumour! :D