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Forum News and Suggestions => Old Advertisers => Admin Board => Aldred Cricket Bats => Topic started by: Aldred Cricket Bats on December 02, 2013, 10:30:35 AM
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Ok here it is, the stickers have just come through this very minute so have instantly got a bat nicely decorated for you as promised and WOW
The Velocity is a classic shape as you have already seen the one shown is 2-12 fully dressed but picks up more like 2-9/2-10 and feels beautiful. This astounds even me as they are big bats. The instant view is that they are low middles but they are just huge middles as we have fashioned them to maintain a huge amount of wood up the spine. Here are a few pics hope you like as much as I do.
These are available in players grade ( pictured) and then 1,2,3 and butterfly and all the ones below players will have the grade stickers to suit. I will be posting our 2014 prices over the next week.
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Lovely stickers Paul. They look very classy
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Lovely bat and the stickers just add to the beauty.
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Nice looking sticks and I'm sure they perform as well...
Is the butterfly making a bit of a comeback?... Seen a few advertised lately... At one stage they seemed to be rare and hard to get hold of
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Not been a lot around we are bringing them back in as a budget bat at £125.00
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Another beautiful and well crafted piece of willow! The new stickers look good, but I feel the Aldred name should be in another colour to stand out a bit more. I love that you have retained the made by humans sticker :)
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Another beautiful and well crafted piece of willow! The new stickers look good, but I feel the Aldred name should be in another colour to stand out a bit more. I love that you have retained the made by humans sticker :)
This. I think the logo and name might have been better in that bronzy/gold colour as it doesn't really stand out in the pictures (It could look completly different in the flesh of course! But from where I'm sitting, it doesn't stand out)
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It has a flat face?
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Not a totally flat face just our normal.
The logo does stand out nicely to be honest as it is a mirrored finish just tried to get a better pic for you here it reflects in the light which looks really good this may show it a bit better
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Is that the royal 'we' you are using, Paul?
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Possibly yes :D
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That profile weighing 2lb7 in butterfly willow would be a dream!
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Hi Paul, the stickers look magic! Very classy and understated! That profile looks somewhat similar to the Spartan MC profile which picks up like a dream. You and Marcus from Affinity really seem to have found your mojo in the last 6 months, mate! Well done!
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It look much clearer in that photo. The mirror finish looks great!
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Not a totally flat face just our normal.
The logo does stand out nicely to be honest as it is a mirrored finish just tried to get a better pic for you here it reflects in the light which looks really good this may show it a bit better
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that's better. Think I would prefer that finish as the background to the Velocity label. Again, might be the camera but it looks a bit battleship grey. Reminds me a bit of Salix stickers, but most things have been done before so it can't be helped. Still, always nice to see some decent updated stickers.
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That profile weighing 2lb7 in butterfly willow would be a dream!
Are you sure you want to be selling butterfly willow for £125, Paul? Everyone seems to want it, all of a sudden...
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Are you sure you want to be selling butterfly willow for £125, Paul? Everyone seems to want it, all of a sudden...
Got my original butterfly bat for next to nothing as it wasn't in fashion at the time and I've loved it ever since.
Love a bat with personality so blemishes just add to the charm rather than put me off a bat lol
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they stickers look great and your prices are hugely competitive.
Very James Bond by the way!!
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That's what I was after buzz shaken not stirred ;)
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Grill effect seems a little unimaginative. Sorry
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Loving the new look. Very nice indeed.
Are these the stickers that will be adorning my purchase? If so, im excited to receive the bat.
Well that a lie i was excited anyway.
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They will be on yours ;)
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Grill effect seems a little unimaginative. Sorry
Sorry about that john!!
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Here's two grade 3 bats that have cleaned up beautifully going out to a couple of lucky customers
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/bc4f4811a6d1e0b58157f28c63f6aa21_zpscf33f934.jpg)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/a5f46095a96baca9319b3130437f402f_zps5a550055.jpg)
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grade 3??
:o
lucky punters
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Yes buzz they are lucky the few little marks that were visible all but sanded out and have come up very nicely indeed.
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Sorry about that john!!
Sorry Paul. Overall I like the updated stickers and it's definitely a more modern, aggressive look! But I've seen the grill effect on lots of bats i.e. Uzi 2014, H4L, SAF etc. It looks great, but maybe more references to you logo (as a little repeating motif) might have worked better... but it does follow the gun theme (very 007). I also agree that your logo is a little lost and a bit small. Perhaps a larger white logo, with a black stoke and the surrounding black multiply glow could have been more prominent.
Lovely bats :)
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Like the new stickers....Does remind me of Salix ...and the Bond theme looks good.
So one week more before the inflation kicks in ?
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Like I say I apologise for anyone who isn't keen. I love the look personally and it's exactly what I was after and I always know that you ain't going to please everyone so I don't try I just do the best I can. I attempt to do the right thing and produce high quality bats and kit that I know works at the highest level and enjoy continually developing my own skills and thoroughly enjoying what I do and learning every day something new about my craft.
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Like the new stickers....Does remind me of Salix ...and the Bond theme looks good.
So one week more before the inflation kicks in ?
Christmas will be when the price change come in. I have said on here that we would run till Christmas with current prices and will always stick to my promises. Then we will start the 2014 prices
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Like I say I apologise for anyone who isn't keen. I love the look personally and it's exactly what I was after and I always know that you ain't going to please everyone so I don't try I just do the best I can. I attempt to do the right thing and produce high quality bats and kit that I know works at the highest level and enjoy continually developing my own skills and thoroughly enjoying what I do and learning every day something new about my craft.
No need! It's all about the willow and we all have different takes on sticker design :)
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These scream Salix to me; the old praestantia stickers.
Bats look top notch as always Paul!
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Salix? Oh ok I'll go with that just tried to get something a bit different but classy looking to be honest
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Like the new stickers, they just seem to add to the beauty of your bats. Especially like the way the edge sticker flows in line with the back.
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Bat looks incredible. Stickers look slick and in the right light the branding stands out well
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Those 'Grade 3s'! Wow!
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I've seen plenty of worse looking 'Grade 1s' in the shops.
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Will get a couple of butterfly bats made up over the week and put them up for sale pre mades for people to see. Any preferences on weights for people?
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I wish I knew, Paul. ;)
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Will get a couple of butterfly bats made up over the week and put them up for sale pre mades for people to see. Any preferences on weights for people?
I'm sure I might have read 2lb7 somewhere earlier in this thread ;)
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Will get a couple of butterfly bats made up over the week and put them up for sale pre mades for people to see. Any preferences on weights for people?
2.11 please ;)
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those stickers look great mate imo really classy, tempted by one of those grade 3 aswell :o
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The stickers look pretty good, but I feel that the 'Velocity' shouldn't be more eye catching than the 'Aldred', since it is your brand logo. Probably a thought for future designs! :)
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Top work I think Paul. Evolution not Revolution from the other sticker designs.
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Will get a couple of butterfly bats made up over the week and put them up for sale pre mades for people to see. Any preferences on weights for people?
2.8
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The stickers look pretty good, but I feel that the 'Velocity' shouldn't be more eye catching than the 'Aldred', since it is your brand logo. Probably a thought for future designs! :)
Fair point, but I was looking for a new take on classic designs, think back to the old gm maestro huge maestro sticker smaller gunn and Moore sticker. Granted the gunn and Moore was bigger than what I have done but mine actually still stands out and the velocity isn't any where near as big as the maestro was.
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Sticker look superb, bat looks superb, I think everyone should shut up and admire a beautiful piece of craftsmanship, top work as per Paul!
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I don't think anyone has been disrespectful – stickers are very hard to get right.
Personally I think they're a great evolution and really like them, but I would have tweaked a couple of things if it were my brand, which it isn't ( like centre 'Velocity' on the front). Would this stop me buying from Paul? Not at all, given how Trypewriter's looks and the positive feedback I've heard about it.
Great progression branding-wise, lovely looking bats as always Paul.
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Will get a couple of butterfly bats made up over the week and put them up for sale pre mades for people to see. Any preferences on weights for people?
2.7 — would be interesting to see how a supposedly lighter cleft works at a light dead weight in bat form.
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2.7 — would be interesting to see how a supposedly lighter cleft works at a light dead weight in bat form.
And there will be a guarenteed buyer for it! 2 votes for 2lb7 and I promise to purchase, do we have a winner yet :D
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And there will be a guarenteed buyer for it! 2 votes for 2lb7 and I promise to purchase, do we have a winner yet :D
Not yet need more in. Will get a few handled up and see what we've got
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The new stickers look great Paul...reminds me of the salix wasp.
Still very good going and as usual the bat looks a beauty.
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The new stickers look great Paul...reminds me of the salix wasp.
Still very good going and as usual the bat looks a beauty.
Agree with that. Bit wasp-esque. They look good though, and the bats themselves look awesome as ever. More impressive stuff
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Those stickers look awesome!! Just awesome!!
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Blade & stickers look great.
Weight - 2.8 would be my preference.
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Thanks chaps. Just come in from getting 1 or two butterfly bats pressed and handled.
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Awesome looking bat. I'll take a butterfly @ 2.9 if you've got one.
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Can make one up for you without a problem will post some pics of clefts through the week
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Would it be possible to make up a G3 long blade in this? Or would that throw the profile out of sync?
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Would it be possible to make up a G3 long blade in this? Or would that throw the profile out of sync?
How much longer blade do you want. Obviously it will diminish the size of the bats profile a little but it's not a problem doing it.
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Here's two grade 3 bats that have cleaned up beautifully going out to a couple of lucky customers
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Grade 3 :0
I want one right now they look beautiful and the stickers look very savvy and yet understated
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How much longer blade do you want. Obviously it will diminish the size of the bats profile a little but it's not a problem doing it.
An extra inch in length (ooer missus).
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A nice little size 6 for a local girl that her dad's had made for her
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/a9b86bb4efb42ec498f1a8b42a5aee79_zpsf9885439.jpg)
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As with all our junior bats if you are a parent looking for high end bats for your youngster and not just a piece of floor board off the shelf with a handle in these are treated exactly the same as when we make an adult bat and use the same willow.
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Here's another beauty going out to one of my local club players 2-8 and its a real goodie
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A lovely grade 1 picked out by one of our top local players. Its 2-10 but has an extra grip on its a nice stick he spent some time milling through all the clefts as he had too much choice and liked the feel of all of them oh dear decisions decisions
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Thats a beautiful bat.
I like the stickers, however imo you have an awesome logo and it should be more prominent on the front sticker.
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Those Grade 3s you posted earlier in this thread look just as good as the Grade 1 to me, Paul. (I mean that in a good way!)
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Thats a beautiful bat.
I like the stickers, however imo you have an awesome logo and it should be more prominent on the front sticker.
The logos do stand out actually in the flesh as they are a mirrored finish. I know what you mean by the photos though
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Those Grade 3s you posted earlier in this thread look just as good as the Grade 1 to me, Paul. (I mean that in a good way!)
Well sometimes that's how they look I sell exactly what I get sent grade ones to butterfly. Sometimes you may have a grade 3 that has magnificent grains but will have a lot of heartwood on it or some small knots in the wood, sometimes they work out nicely and end up with a beautiful piece of willow.
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Well sometimes that's how they look I sell exactly what I get sent grade ones to butterfly. Sometimes you may have a grade 3 that has magnificent grains but will have a lot of heartwood on it or some small knots in the wood, sometimes they work out nicely and end up with a beautiful piece of willow.
Good man!
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Those Grade 3s you posted earlier in this thread look just as good as the Grade 1 to me, Paul. (I mean that in a good way!)
I've got the one on the right and there is barely a mark on it!
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Some people are lucky enough to be blemish free JB ;) wonder what it's like.
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I've got the one on the right and there is barely a mark on it!
I've got the one on the left and there's barely a mark on it.
Infact a Few off my "g1" bats have more marks!
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I've got the one on the left and there's barely a mark on it.
Infact a Few off my "g1" bats have more marks!
You are right, I've got an Oblivion LE custom that doesn't look as good!
Hopefully get it knocked in this week, but to answer Paul's question it's lovely tapping a ball up!
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Why would someone even think of spending £300 more on a cricket bat?
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Look at these two beauties going to to good local players. One is 2-10 the other 2-11 but they pick up like 2-8 they are truely lovely what nice gift their dad has got them for Christmas
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/9d5561241250f5fa80d256103703a0e6_zps298a8747.jpg)
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Two more babies off out to a couple of local young players. Both are 2-10 although the grade 1 is 2-10 with two grips on. They are absolute stunning bats ball response incredible. Plenty more like these waiting patiently to be shaped up. Photos a bit dark for some reason perhaps my lights need cleaning, another job on the list.
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/46404abcd4813452f423184bd332a91c_zpsbc11d3e6.jpg)
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I love the way you have made that G4 butterfly bat look like a G2 beast. Your finishing is truly tremendous.
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Thanks buzz they come up nicely if you take the time over them no secret just a bit of care and attention.
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Hi Paul
When do you think ours will be ready? I cant bare to keep seeing you post these photos not knowing when I will get to see mine, suspense is killing me :)
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Sorry cricketbadger get lost with forum names and actual names is it Dom?
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Sorry cricketbadger get lost with forum names and actual names is it Dom?
Correct
Sorry I should have said
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Wonderful profiles... currently awaiting one of Paul's fantastic offerings, although (sadly) it's not actually for me. When it comes, I'll share some photos.
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Such great looking bats, very tempted to get myself a Butterfly - great value!
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That profile is a winner.
Love it.
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You should feel how they pick up let alone ping
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Love the grain and colour on the back of the butterfly, a work of art.
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I must admit, I'm warming to the Velocity shape - Oh dearie me! :o
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I've gotta stop looking at pics of your bats!!
Will save up a bit of cash, and pay you a visit very soon
Those two bats look stunning,,,,really like the profile/shape, just looks right!
And the butterfly, just adds to the look
Also, the stickers are spot on, classy, without being in your face...very nice
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Hi Paul, apologies if I have missed it and you have already posted in another thread but could you post your new price list for 2014 please.
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Gents, I've posted something similar on another thread but thought I'd add to it here. I got a Butterfly velocity from Paul before Christmas. I was very impressed by the pick up for a bat which initially appeared bottom heavy. The finish on the bat is first class and among the best I've seen. It's been knocked in and I've used it in a couple of net sessions now and I can't overstate how good this, defensive pushes just fly off the bat and when you hit a drive out of the screws it sounds like someone cracking a whip. My previous bat was a Bradbury Players (£280) which I thought was awesome. This Velocity is just as good if not better and at a fraction of the cost (£125)
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Thank you for those kind words glad it feels good for you.
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Just received 2 of these in Grade 3, quite easily the best grade 3's I have and probably will ever see. Paul has done an incredible job on these clefts and we have got exactly what we asked for
The finish is excellent as usual, and the stickers in the flesh are even better, even rememberd my request for white grips on both of them which makes them look even classier in my opinion.
Just incredible value for money, cant wait to get them knocked in and unleashed in nets.
I'll be sure to send some more business Paul's way after seeing these bad boys
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Glad you like they feel belters and you are very lucky too as I managed to work around all the little marks they had and virtually look like grade 1 or 2 by the time they were finished. Lovely pieces of wood
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Glad you like they feel belters and you are very lucky too as I managed to work around all the little marks they had and virtually look like grade 1 or 2 by the time they were finished. Lovely pieces of wood
I agree, when you said you'd got around all the marks I didn't expect something as good as this. Very impressive
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Two beauties just stickered up off up to Edinburgh. 1 players grade 2-8 and 1 butterfly 2-9. Absolute beauties feel very nice indeed.
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I'm still in love with the butterflies :-[
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Is it the pics or do these have a shorter handle?
Paul, do you do round handles and long handles as well?
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It's the angle of the photo. Standard short handles. Yes we do both round and oval
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They look cracking Paul, can't wait for them to arrive!
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk
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Here's another beauty going out to a top local player. A lovely butterfly that stings like a bee
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(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/2b5004ff75322d22734ac4db37a69639_zps4f067a54.jpg)
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Two beauties off out in the next few days. Left hand one is 2-9 and off out to Australia and the right hand one is 2-6 off to the midlands.
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/73e574bdaab4785af115af539779cdfd_zps332d479b.jpg)
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Easy Dunc!!
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Easy Dunc!!
Does that mean the 2.6 is mine then ;) Looks quite meaty for such a light bat!! I can't wait!! Although it does take my bat tally to 5 :S
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just curious if there are any user reviews of this awesome looking profile? how is the pickup, feel, etc? not too bottom heavy?
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Let's put it this way a lad for a club I coach just arrived to choose a cleft and I gave him some bats made to try to see what felt nicest for him. He said he wanted 2-9 as the newbery he uses is that weight. He picked one up and said it felt perfect. It was just under 3lb. I suggested not to go for that weight of 3lb but we would go 2-11 with a nice pick up. Hope that helps. He is a good player too so he knows his onions.
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Mines 2.13 and is not bottom heavy at all. Lovely pick up.
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Paul shared the same advice with me over a potential new bat recently. It seems as if dead weight is (potentially) a small fish (often pickled) in Liverpool kit.
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Thats pretty cool. Hats off to you Paul for achieving this - whats the secret? Concaving + Bow + Even spine?
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A few things really. I don't question things too much I know what I can achieve and how so don't over analyse it as I don't want to break the system. Paralysis through analysis and all that.
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oooh! rock the cliché!
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I'm loving this lack of BS approach to bat making
I've not seen a bad bat from you yet Paul
They all look amazing pieces of willow
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Both my Velocitys feel lovely and balanced. They're both light in dead weight at 2 lb 8/9 but they have that "floaty" sort of pick up. Very impressed.
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Thanks northern i have spent a long time in the game and the whole idea is that I am trying to provide the public with what we used to get and like in the pro game but of which unfortunately not many pros get now a days due to the mass markets as they are
Paul
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I also think its a value for money thing Paul
You are giving us an opportunity to buy into your experience and knowledge in what makes a good playing cricket bat.
Kinda reminding me of the ACE bats from my youth, that were just just good bats. Full stop
My missus is gonna kill me, but I will pay you a visit before the season starts
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Sshhhhhh keep that under your hat ;)
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Here we go t he birthday orders have started coming in always happens early. :-[
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so here's a deadly question...given your fantastic video on butterfly bats, why should someone who can afford the higher grades, actually buy them? assuming aesthetics don't matter to him/her.
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let me restate the question to make it clearer: why should people ever buy higher grades, when the butterflies are just as good?
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let me restate the question to make it clearer: why should people ever buy higher grades, when the butterflies are just as good?
Because people buy for the looks over the performance and will always assume the better it looks the better it is.
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Personal choice. Some people aren't bothered about the aesthetics of a bat some are very particular. I know many guys I used to play county cricket with that would just use any bat that they liked the feel of if it performed but many who were very particular about the grains and the look of their bats. Im not going to tell people something that's a lie to try and sell something as it only comes back to bite you at some point. If its in your budget to buy top end and that's what you like then all well and good like wise if you want lower end price scale that's where you go. I try and cater for everyone, I have been in the position of not being able to afford top end bats and I was chasing a career in cricket and the bat makers I used to go and see looked after me with quality butterfly bats then I was lucky enough to be sponsored as a professional and got the top end for nothing. I have been lucky and appreciate that not everyone is that lucky. I have to be honest I am not a salesman if I was I would be better at marketing the products and I would fill it with jargon and myths, I just enjoy making good bats and trying to make every single one better than the last be it lower or upper end.
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except it is your honesty which makes you an excellent salesman.
the quality of your bats also helps a little bit too! ;)
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except it is your honesty which makes you an excellent salesman.
+1
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Because people buy for the looks over the performance and will always assume the better it looks the better it is.
I don't think it is just that. Occasionally Paul will point out a cleft that is pretty light for its size, which will obviously produce a big bat for a given weight, which is what tempted me. Had he posted a pic of a butterfly cleft with similar weight (which I believe he has done since) I would have gone for that. I'm really not too bothered about huge numbers of grains or how straight they are.
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Couple more lovelies going out a players grade and butterfly. Both made to be 2-8 naked 2-10 1/2 finished pick up like dreams
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/aa3185091b8b0e0d4c51ab31f2a359d1_zps914dc20a.jpg)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/c781d0be22572678e50e0643a84b6acb_zps9d8e8ed0.jpg)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/6dc9752d9ebd1fa15170359d5c3e1b8e_zps1d010a46.jpg)
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I have been in the position of not being able to afford top end bats and I was chasing a career in cricket and the bat makers I used to go and see looked after me with quality butterfly bats
Which bat-makers did you go and see? (Just out of interest.)
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My mate Anthony who is no longer with us great guy used to go to hunts county and pick up some beauties for us, my dad used to nip me over to Duncan fearnley when he was making the great magnum bats as well there were 3 or 4 of us who would go and sort it out whenever we were able as we knew what each other wanted.
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Aren't many lower grade bats pressed harder, to last - the assumption being they will be used in lower grade cricket against cheaper, harder balls? Certainly this used to be the case.
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i love the addition of the little butterfly sticker
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Aren't many lower grade bats pressed harder, to last - the assumption being they will be used in lower grade cricket against cheaper, harder balls? Certainly this used to be the case.
Possibly so but I don't I try and press everything to the best that we can. Even our junior bats as we tend to make for young top end players and they want as much performance out of them as possible as they can't hit as hard and no pace on the ball to help them so we make perfect miniatures of the adult bats not these prices of floor board with a handle in that you buy off the shelf in many places for £60 or £70 and wonder why he can't hit it anywhere.
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These last handers are taking over. Another top local player in the premier league.Had a scratchy start but runs have started to flow and gets a great pic in the paper
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/187272b4ceb234196885f7f96c879b70_zps947e0d4d.jpg)
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Looks like the cherry's in the right place.