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Forum News and Suggestions => Old Advertisers => Admin Board => Aldred Cricket Bats => Topic started by: Aldred Cricket Bats on January 24, 2014, 01:45:17 PM
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Ok here's some lovely top end clefts handled and pressed over the last couple of days
Players with a couple at 3-6 in their current state
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/4437ad518d92568e1465e9841f1ca2fd_zps4877678f.jpg)
Grade 1
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/16a42fa9725b54f5f844b57873c4513f_zpsca4f466b.jpg)
See anything you like get in touch
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Afternoon Paul
Nice looking bats,as always
My question relates to the slight colour difference in the left hand bat, which for some reason, is crying out to me to be bought!
Why the difference to the others? Does is it pick up/weigh differently in relation to cleft sizes? And does it tap up differently?
I'm sure any differences will be slight, but was just curious
Regards
Mark
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Hi,
Apologies, I have a question as well. What are the marks on the middle bat just below the splice in the second picture?
Many thanks
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Afternoon Paul
Nice looking bats,as always
My question relates to the slight colour difference in the left hand bat, which for some reason, is crying out to me to be bought!
Why the difference to the others? Does is it pick up/weigh differently in relation to cleft sizes? And does it tap up differently?
I'm sure any differences will be slight, but was just curious
Regards
Mark
It's just the natural colour of the wood itself. It knocks up just as well as the others it's just a more dense cleft. It weighs in at 3-13 in its current state.
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Hi,
Apologies, I have a question as well. What are the marks on the middle bat just below the splice in the second picture?
Many thanks
Just natural growth marks on the cleft. They look lovely when it's all sanded and polished.
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Just natural growth marks on the cleft. They look lovely when it's all sanded and polished.
Thanks Paul, I have these on my new bat and was just wondering. When I work out how to post pictures I'll put some up. So this type of mark doesn't affect grading?
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3 absolute beauties here player grades the middle one weighs in at 3-4 in its raw handled state and the two outside ones are 3-6. These will make big bats for the average weight of 2-9/2-10 but just beautiful bats whichever weight they are designated to.
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/178ee7fd99a4fe47c04b1abf4847a6b5_zps941ea871.jpg)
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don't suppose that middle one would still make a long blade would it>?
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Manormanic I am afraid not on that one but I have some others waiting to be handled and pressed just as beautiful and they feel nice and light too. I can sort through them if you would like to see if they are as light as that particular one. Just drop me a line and let me know
Paul
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Manormanic I am afraid not on that one but I have some others waiting to be handled and pressed just as beautiful and they feel nice and light too. I can sort through them if you would like to see if they are as light as that particular one. Just drop me a line and let me know
Paul
Paul I can assure you Manormanic doesn't know meaning of the word light, 3lb minimum for this man, so just grip one of those pictured and away he goes
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We have some beauties at the higher weight end absolute beauties.
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Mr Aldred, what's the lightest you'd make? I have seemingly an anomaly in a 2.7 Warsop that they won't replicate but I love. No one seems to do light so much?
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Mr Aldred, what's the lightest you'd make? I have seemingly an anomaly in a 2.7 Warsop that they won't replicate but I love. No one seems to do light so much?
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B3 cricket made a 2.3 while I was there. Ridicolously light thing.
I'm sure aldred, and any off the sponsors will be happy to make one to your weight.
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We advertise on the website down to 2-7 in our supreme and velocity range. We made a customised bat for a lovely guy over from Australia for a couple of weeks the other day at 2-6 and it was a beauty. So etching like the one in the picture at 3-4 would make a beauty at 3-6 its perfect and would leave a lot of wood in the bat.
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Mr Aldred, what's the lightest you'd make? I have seemingly an anomaly in a 2.7 Warsop that they won't replicate but I love. No one seems to do light so much?
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Why won't they replicate it?
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I read somewhere that pro's often use lighter bats as they get older.
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Paul Nixon said he was using heavier bats by the time he retired due to the decline in proper fast bowling more prevalent in the early days of his career.
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Do you have any top end junior clefts?
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Why won't they replicate it?
they said they don't normally make bats that light and it was a fluke I found it. Sorry for the off topic.
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Paul Nixon said he was using heavier bats by the time he retired due to the decline in proper fast bowling more prevalent in the early days of his career.
Yes I can believe that of nicko. He is about the same age as I am and what a top bloke and great cricketer. Deffinately use heavier bats in club cricket now days when I play but the same principle when he was playing county cricket. He used to play against the likes of Donald, Ambrose, Walsh, akram, to name but a few where there slow days were top 80s early 90s mph the average pace in county cricket now is early 80s with the odd exception. Different ball game I can tell you. I was mediocre medium pace late 70s 80mph on a good day I would have been alright now, just my luck.
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I would have been alright now, just my luck.
but....you wouldn't be able to make us lots of lovely bats and pass on your pearls of wisdom.
If you'd be playing now you'd be swanning around in a Bentley, off to the IPL and Big Bash, BUT you'd miss us!
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Bentley! Ipl! Big bash! Hhmmmmm my mrs is debating that one. I must say I enjoy what I do now just as much as i did playing. I get the same satisfaction and love seeing happy faces walk out the work shop. And I always agree with my skippers decisions. Funny that. I am the captain in my workshop but not when I walk back in the house. Need to sort that one out really but we all know that ain't happening
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Bentley! Ipl! Big bash! Hhmmmmm my mrs is debating that one. I must say I enjoy what I do now just as much as i did playing. I get the same satisfaction and love seeing happy faces walk out the work shop. And I always agree with my skippers decisions. Funny that. I am the captain in my workshop but not when I walk back in the house. Need to sort that one out really but we all know that ain't happening
Haha you'll need to slowly start moving into the workshop.
First a fridge, then a kettle, a microwave. Stack some clefts to support a mattress and you have your own willow cricket fort!
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Yes I can believe that of nicko. He is about the same age as I am and what a top bloke and great cricketer. Deffinately use heavier bats in club cricket now days when I play but the same principle when he was playing county cricket. He used to play against the likes of Donald, Ambrose, Walsh, akram, to name but a few where there slow days were top 80s early 90s mph the average pace in county cricket now is early 80s with the odd exception. Different ball game I can tell you. I was mediocre medium pace late 70s 80mph on a good day I would have been alright now, just my luck.
There was always a lot of medium fast medium in county cricket.
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Bentley! Ipl! Big bash! Hhmmmmm my mrs is debating that one. I must say I enjoy what I do now just as much as i did playing. I get the same satisfaction and love seeing happy faces walk out the work shop. And I always agree with my skippers decisions. Funny that. I am the captain in my workshop but not when I walk back in the house. Need to sort that one out really but we all know that ain't happening
You want to be careful she doesn't run off with Charlie French.
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:D
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A few of our first batch going off to owzat cricket. Exciting times producing some belters just as we do for you guys this time to one of the big cricket shops.
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/89500bdf14b20bea08bc0cf5e483d4b9_zpsb44fd0e5.jpg)
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Top work, fella.
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I see nothing has changed on the Aldred bat front - apart from stickers. Bats still looking the sex big man. Top work.
Not sure an the un-original sticker design.... but works well with the branding and premium bats you are knocking out. Nice work.
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They look great in the flesh I have to say, I was unsure of changing but glad I did, they really finish off the brand shame pics don't do them as much justice though.
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Getting close to going for more willow but been handling some more bats up and have some beauties around the 3-7 to 3-10 weight in there raw form in top end grades will make some big bats up for someone.
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Ok here are a few top end clefts I have managed to get cleaned up today ready for getting handled. Some beauties and some feel very light, I haven't weighed them but I can tell just by the feel of them.
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/2879ac41fec1e961e64519b30904f38e_zps9a3c7bda.jpg)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/6e46d285fa1300f3989384ddc7aa634c_zps4164f720.jpg)
Will post some more when I have got them handled up and ready to be shaped
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Here's a few handled up grade 1 and players grade. Weights in current form ranging from 3-6 to 3-10 as they stand. Some lovely pieces in here
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/f3c4f57ff7e3bec3ff6e1406c26a84b8_zps887d6022.jpg)
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Here's the grade 1 gold sov profile from yesterday sanded polished and waiting for his mates to be shaped up ready for my old mate to come and select from. Oh mama
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/019f2ef7ac5312d7bce3e4bcfd298cbe_zpscd622209.jpg)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/2656a72628d6b5d2a096b5e4afbb5ffb_zps4f01d16c.jpg)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/a29be1f93e7cab23d112222b32627d7c_zps81e1b36c.jpg)
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I hope he likes grains - don't think you will have any trouble moving on any discards. ;)
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I'm a very lucky lad I have a load of top end clefts like this just waiting to be shaped up
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Wonder if any of these will make their way into the hands of any of the Sri Lankan tourists.
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2 of these 3 bats going out to headingly for the end of next week care of my old mate Chris Adams very exciting. Am making the decision which one stays home and will be up for sale fully stickered up with gold sovereign beautiful bats 2-7/2-8
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/f040d9a70cf1d7bb6a49207c8fb37ee5_zps243bdb6a.jpg)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/44f0cfd5b2839f2dc63ded6e35761de5_zps7cf61562.jpg)
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The middle one looks absolutely sublime! Lovely grains!!
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Two lovely supremes off overseas. 1 long blade long handle grade 1 2-10 and 1 players grade 2-10 both absolutely beautiful pieces of willow
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/31676c93d02bfa3c12b9965bc7d8b061_zps30f0dc39.jpg)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/49bd90d583ca47e8556a638c59b0c6b7_zps6797aca5.jpg)
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Lovely bats paul .. :)
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wow...beautiful looking bats. True top end willow.
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Doing great work Paul.
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Saw Chris at Lord's yesterday. Has put on a bit of weight!
Noticed a couple of the Sri Lankans didn't have Asian style edge stamps where you might have expected them to have had. Angelo Mathews' BAS, for example?
Good run chase by Notts today.
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Ok decided which two are off to headingly and these are the ones both 2-7 and beautiful
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/b7bd6cc93cc5864e0102f390ce0ddff5_zps78892b8f.jpg)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/4d85ad510cc18f48ba6fa5a1cfb921d0_zps5e4ae0d5.jpg)
You will see in the next post the bat that has been left behind poor thing only because it's just a touch heavier 2-9 feels like 2-7/2-8 though it always amazes me at how the right bat stickers make the shape more pronounced as they are all the same shape.
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Ok here's the lonely one not going to headingly I will let this go for £230 shipped in the uk just because its a pre made players grade as you know we make everything to order. It's an absolute gun and feel sublime just get in touch
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/8abfc70e27c50679b1d3ab8c4a7ca586_zps6cd42530.jpg)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/03b42a9f1819912c08953b4d95be0bd6_zps84d555c5.jpg)
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That LB is a bit of me! absolutely cracking Paul (as always!)
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That Players Gold Sovereign looks a top top bat for a great price. I've decided to go a bit lighter now too, so this is a little tempting! Luckily, the bank account is a little depleted!
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Here's some lovely clefts pressed and handled waiting for a home players grade and grade 1
Players
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/756d42172dfb0684f639bb3436db576a_zps9df501d7.jpg)
Grade 1
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/f8dda97389a402bb5c3dd5ad2a60d2bd_zps7f27fe3a.jpg)
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Ok decided which two are off to headingly and these are the ones both 2-7 and beautiful
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You will see in the next post the bat that has been left behind poor thing only because it's just a touch heavier 2-9 feels like 2-7/2-8 though it always amazes me at how the right bat stickers make the shape more pronounced as they are all the same shape.
Great stuff Paul, guess there will be a number of 'forumers' glued to the tv to spot the Soverign shape :)
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Wouldn't that be nice to see, it's all very exciting I must say
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well happy days just had feedback from the legend that is mr sangakkara.
impressions VERY GOOD
1 would personally like a little more bow in the bat
2 would like to be slightly softer pressed for the balls back home but thinks they are perfect for the hard dukes balls that are used over here
3 would prefer a square toe as he thinks it makes the bat look wider no other reason
4 Balance and pick up superb and look fantastic
5 CAN I KEEP THEM TO TAKE HOME
YOU BEAUTY
no better recommendation than from this man so happy, knew i was about there and really pleased to have feedback from the best of them. i dont personally like big bows but i know i can put that in for people who do, square toe is personal to a player too, pressing softer not a problem for the top players but i reckon i have it spot on for English balls especially for club players as you dont want to be going through bats on a regular basis when you have to buy them yourself proves very expensive i reckon, the balance of performance with longevity are very much key to the general public. i pressed mine to get them to replicate the old handmade chase bats i was sponsored with.
Hope you enjoy seeing this feedback always like to not only share these very unique snippets im privileged to but also i love to learn from them
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Great work Paul - well done mate! You get nothing but praise on here so Im not surprised to be honest!
Quick question... Who made your bats at Chase?
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i cant remember to be honest but it was when robin smith just started it as he asked me to think about going to hampshire and said he would sort me kit out if ever i needed it but i have a feeling he may have had one of the old gn bat makers dont hold me on that but that is the feeling i got could be totally wrong though
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Great work Paul,
So the question, will he get to take them home? :)
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i think i may just let him am a happy man to think someone like him has my bats in his kit bag to use back home what do you reckon good idea?
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He certainly won't be paying you so If it was me I would let him keep one bat if I can afford to let go without money.
And personally I'll be happy because then me and Sanga both have bats made by the same bat maker. Ha
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well happy days just had feedback from the legend that is mr sangakkara.
impressions VERY GOOD
1 would personally like a little more bow in the bat
2 would like to be slightly softer pressed for the balls back home but thinks they are perfect for the hard dukes balls that are used over here
3 would prefer a square toe as he thinks it makes the bat look wider no other reason
4 Balance and pick up superb and look fantastic
5 CAN I KEEP THEM TO TAKE HOME
YOU BEAUTY
no better recommendation than from this man so happy, knew i was about there and really pleased to have feedback from the best of them. i dont personally like big bows but i know i can put that in for people who do, square toe is personal to a player too, pressing softer not a problem for the top players but i reckon i have it spot on for English balls especially for club players as you dont want to be going through bats on a regular basis when you have to buy them yourself proves very expensive i reckon, the balance of performance with longevity are very much key to the general public. i pressed mine to get them to replicate the old handmade chase bats i was sponsored with.
Hope you enjoy seeing this feedback always like to not only share these very unique snippets im privileged to but also i love to learn from them
Excellent Paul, just rewards for your dedication, passion and talent. I think mine is good to go for it's first outing this weekend, I definitely cant wait any longer!
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You're so excited you've dropped all your grammar! Only joking. ;)
That's a great response.
Can you use that on your marketing?
"Aldred bats, perfect for the UK, so good I want to take them home"
KS 2014.
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i think i may just let him am a happy man to think someone like him has my bats in his kit bag to use back home what do you reckon good idea?
The cost is pennies when you consider how much he is paid by others to use their bats.
He's using your's and NOT charging you!
That's Thursday's 'No Brainer' dealt with.
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The cost is pennies when you consider how much he is paid by others to use their bats.
He's using your's and NOT charging you!
That's Thursday's 'No Brainer' dealt with.
No doubt, with the stickers taken off, and TON's put back on. If he used it with the original stickers on it its a no brainer, if not, its a write off of £230 (I know that's not the profit).
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I don't think he put TON logo when he use other stickerd up brands, at least he didn't in 2013 champions trophy and he had a tape over to cover up the branding
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So he has used another brands bats, with the original stickers on?
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i am very lucky to have cricketing friends in these positions. being like i am i enjoy getting feedback from them be it good or bad as it gives me a marker of what i am turning out to keep my consistency up for the general public because after all i want to give you guys what i had myself and give the pros and ex pros no different. its only the same as when i was playing, as a mediocre player i had to listen to advice compliments and criticism (far more criticism) to try and grow as a player so if i could do it there to keep me honest i can do the same here. if you want to be the best at something you have to learn from the best thats how i look at it.
as far as my stickers they were left blank as i know it can cause big problems for them and as he has been so kind to look at my bats seriously i dont want to create problems as its only for my feedback really as am not sponsoring him my i dont think theres enough in my loose change jar to pay him :D
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That is great feedback, Paul - your reputation is spreading further afield. Thanks for posting - lovely to see this stuff.
Perhaps you could offer to do a trade-in: that old bat he was using at Lords, for a new one! ;)
Best wishes,
David
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So he has used another brands bats, with the original stickers on?
No what I meant was this , notice the tape and missing TON logo.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x716q90/41/rvfz.jpg)
(https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/537x725q90/809/yrwi.jpg)
ps- I took this photos (shameless bragging)
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great photos there what lens did you use and what camera is it. yes i understand what you meant now
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Thanks, Only a Canon 600D , but lens is 100-400mm, hence the nice zoomed in pictures.
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Well the compliments are flying in today very hunbleing. Just had this email from a good friend of mine from the lords Taverners who had a lovely long handle off me supreme. Gordon is a very very good bloke and funny too added to with his Scottish accent
WELL WELL Paul
Put to service perhaps a little earlier than the manufacturer might have recommended James won the match yesterday with 43 not out including 24 of an over and a four off the last ball for victory.
I await the spike in Aldred’s share price.
The bat is absolutely beautiful Paul… a fitting present for james who just heard he has got a 1st class honours degree, although I suspect there was more brawn than brains in the first outing.
Many thanks again Paul
Speak soon
G
Great to get happy people with your products
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Ah Paul, congratulations - this all makes great reading.
Whilst you may not obviously benefit from Kumar showing any of your branding, it must be a truly fantastic feeling to have one of your bats in his bag. I hope he actually uses in the test.
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It is and more so that I have made it all by hand. It's incredible to think from where I started and where it's moving to and that it is a real handcrafted skill that we were losing from this country. Only just starting for me now though want to remain true and honest to the trade and try and champion true English traditional skills. This was something I wanted to do from the start and hopefully can build up enough reputation of quality to do so. Most of all I love it, I'm not after having a mass market label but just a bespoke product that is distinctly mine.
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It is and more so that I have made it all by hand. It's incredible to think from where I started and where it's moving to and that it is a real handcrafted skill that we were losing from this country. Only just starting for me now though want to remain true and honest to the trade and try and champion true English traditional skills. This was something I wanted to do from the start and hopefully can build up enough reputation of quality to do so. Most of all I love it, I'm not after having a mass market label but just a bespoke product that is distinctly mine.
I like this paragraph above, Paul.
I hope it goes well as your approach and kit are both first class.
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i just thought ............. you could ask him if you could do a swap with one of his match bats with a nice little message on it and then plonk it on the wall in your workshop???
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The good will out.
The praise and future rewards are well earned.
Write down your principles and pin them up in the workshop. You'll start each day with a reminder of the ethos which has bought you this far.
Great work Paul.
P.S: I will have news for you soon ;)
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Has the third one sold yet?
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no still here all stickered up drop me an email if your interested am off out coaching now
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It is and more so that I have made it all by hand. It's incredible to think from where I started and where it's moving to and that it is a real handcrafted skill that we were losing from this country. Only just starting for me now though want to remain true and honest to the trade and try and champion true English traditional skills. This was something I wanted to do from the start and hopefully can build up enough reputation of quality to do so. Most of all I love it, I'm not after having a mass market label but just a bespoke product that is distinctly mine.
Just goes to show there is still a place for quality and workmanship even in this world of big bucks marketing.
Congratulations Paul and I'm sure everyone on here wishes you even more success in the future!
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May I add price to that.
We get all of Paul's experience and growing skills in bat making at what price?
Pennies.
If you compare against mass produced product Paul win's hands down. <240 for his Players grade? That's a gimme.
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Just goes to show there is still a place for quality and workmanship even in this world of big bucks marketing.
Congratulations Paul and I'm sure everyone on here wishes you even more success in the future!
Well said; and seconded by many on the forum Paul, I'm sure.
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I love my Alfred!
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Flipping autocorrect
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Alfred has been my regular autocorrect for quite sometime ???
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Thoroughly well deserved kudos Paul, i agree with KS except for his comment about the square toe though maybe my recommendation doesnt carry quite the same weight :-[
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I love my Alfred!
Especially when he is also a Batman
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I'm not a square toe fan but do do them for people, I just think it adds another vulnerable point to the bat
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PM sent mate.
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a lovely grade 1 gold sovereign off out 2-11 with one grip has had an extra grip put on too. if it wasnt for a couple of marks down the toe of the bat it would have been a players for sure
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/P1020015_zpsfa518bb9.jpg) (http://s1061.photobucket.com/user/Aldredcricket/media/P1020015_zpsfa518bb9.jpg.html)
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A similar shape?
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2014/content/image/754047.html?object=667875;page=1 (http://www.espncricinfo.com/england-v-sri-lanka-2014/content/image/754047.html?object=667875;page=1)
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a lovely supreme grade 2 off down to london this week. 2-9 feels very nice a lovely piece of willow grade 2 purely as there are a couple of little marks on it when close up doesnt show on pics but lovely grains
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/IMG_0981_zps973d58b4.jpg) (http://s1061.photobucket.com/user/Aldredcricket/media/IMG_0981_zps973d58b4.jpg.html)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/3ccb0a8d70eadc210674f1dcd9a8d174_zps59fee829.jpg) (http://s1061.photobucket.com/user/Aldredcricket/media/3ccb0a8d70eadc210674f1dcd9a8d174_zps59fee829.jpg.html)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/e428fc58ef1cf5ba5badbe0b95ac36b7_zps3ae28167.jpg) (http://s1061.photobucket.com/user/Aldredcricket/media/e428fc58ef1cf5ba5badbe0b95ac36b7_zps3ae28167.jpg.html)
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Grade 2?
I've seen worse sold as LE!
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Here's a lovely pre made gold sovereign players grade 2-11 picks up 2-9/2-10 big bat lovely feel to it one left from some made for a mate of mine letting this go for £230 absolute bargain just drop me a line first come first serve
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Paul, I received my bat today (the bat left out of three you made for Sangakarra), and being the first of yours I have tried was curious as to how it would perform. I have followed you for quite a while on the forum and expected to be pleased with your product but I can honestly and happily say that you have exceeded my (quite lofty) expectations! I have owned Scats, L&W Signatures and most of Marcus's Affinity range so I believe I am reasonably qualified to make comment on top end and top performing bats and am happy to confirm you are up there, mate!
Well done, quality is always appreciated!
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Glad you like and thanks for the nice words, keep spreading the word
Regards
Paul
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Some beauties pressed and handled today clamped overnight whilst the glue dries
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Some belters there Paul.
2nd one to the end left hand looking looks the wangers
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Far right looks good to me.
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My Players Grade Supreme is really starting to open up now, game situation yesterday meant I had to go big in the penultimate over from a lad who took 10-16 last Saturday and thankfully the stick in my hand meant I could ease him into the next field a couple of times to get us over the line.
Tremendous bat.
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well batted always good to send the ball to the cow pats in the adjoining field
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3 incredibly light clefts here 2 players one grade 1 3lb 4 3lb 5 and 3lb 6 and absolute beauties. Get in touch if your interested I these very special pieces of willow aldred173@btinternet.com
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Two lovely grade 1 supremes both 2-11 beauties!!!
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All very nice, but I have no money :(
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Well here's another beautiful players gold sov going out. I have to say it is an absolute pleasure to be able to turn something out like this totally by hand. I remember an old friend of the family who I called uncle as you do, who was a master cabinet maker telling me that you could never replace the feeling of making something totally by hand, he used to say it won't make you a millionaire but it will make you happy. How true after a tough week with some sad family times that we all go through from time to time its all come true what my old uncle roger said it does make you happy and I'm not a millionaire but I don't have any investors to feed thank goodness just me. This is a beauty 2-9 big bat big ping and it's got my heart in it for sure, off down to Dorset this one, it's a special bat.
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Stunning!!!!!!!!!!!
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Here's a beauty off out to Canada a lovely gold sovereign 2-10 a lovely bat and just waiting to build up the runs for the owner
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Absolutely stunning..lovely bats those
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Well the orders keep coming in thick and fast and so do the thank yous. Another one very happy customer got in touch Hi Paul,
Got round to using my bat for the first time this weekend and just wanted to say thanks it's an absolute belter! scored 134 and will definitely be looking to get a few more of you at the start of next season!
There's a decent picture of the bat in use in this newspaper article I thought I'd send you, thanks again mate its a brilliant stick.
Weston all-round effort keeps Woodlands in touch at top
6:31pm Sunday 27th July 2014 in Bradford League
Woodlands century-maker Logan Weston plays it safe
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LOGAN Weston produced a man-of-the-match
Weston's ability as a batsman is well known and he held the visitors' innings together superbly with an invaluable 134, enabling them to secure maximum batting points on 225-8 after they had begun badly, losing their first three wickets for a mere 17 runs.
But how many Woodlands members knew what an accomplished off-spinner he is before this match?
With Woodlands lacking slow left-arm bowler Chris Brice and injured off-spinner Grant Soames, skipper Pieter Swanepoel threw the ball to Weston early in the innings and the Cumbria player, who joined the Bradford League club from Southport and Birkdale last winter, responded superbly by bowling 15 consecutive overs, taking 3-52 as Congs were bowled out for 158.
Weston said: "I bowled a little bit at Southport and I bowl occasionally for Cumbria. But I have only bowled about six overs in the league this season because we have got two very good spinners in Chris Brice and Grant Soames.
"After we lost three early wickets, I just had to dig in and take the pressure off the other lads. It was just one of those days when the ball came off the bat.
"On a pitch like that, we would normally hope to make 260, but 225 proved to be enough."
Weston took the key wickets of Adam Patel, wicketkeeper Andrew Bairstow and skipper Gareth Phillips – and there was immense satisfaction among the Woodlands contingent that teenage quick bowler Elliot Richardson took 3-13 in 6.3 overs, including the vital wicket of top-scoring opener Callum Geldart, before returning to wrap up the innings with the last two wickets, while Sarfraz Ahmed and Scott Richardson each took two wickets.
After openers Sam Frankland and Duncan Snell as well as Simon Mason fell cheaply, all to Australian pace bowler James Pearson, Weston led a rescue act, ably supported by skipper Pieter Swanepoel as together they put on 115 for the fourth wicket.
Once Swanepoel was out for 43, Woodlands slipped to 152-7 after losing four wickets for 20 runs before Weston and Scott Richardson added 72 for the eighth wicket.
Weston, who hit ten fours and six sixes in an innings lasting 176 minutes, became Pearson's fourth victim, caught on the boundary in the last over with one run needed for maximum batting points, which they achieved off the last ball of the innings.
Congs began promisingly as Geldart and Nick Lindley put on 39 for the first wicket but, after Lindley was bowled offering no stroke to Safraz Ahmed, they slipped to 62-4.
Then once Geldart was fifth out at 78, of which he had made 57, the game was as good as over despite some late defiance from Babar Butt (26) and Mustafa Rafique (25) and they were bowled out for 158 with 3.3 overs left.
Disappointed Congs skipper Gareth Phillips said: "We started well with the bat but to lose four quick wickets to leave us 62-4 was a blow. It was hard to come back from that."
Thanks Logan
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Bloody hell. They had Sarfraz Ahmed playing for them!!!! Is my first reaction to the story.
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Here's 3 lovely clefts I've just given a rough clean up before we press and handle. Nice to see that some loyalty is left in people these days it seems a rare thing. A small company I have dealt with has been around and placed another order for their label even though one of the machine made manufacturers tried to poach them from me offering the world for cheap prices. I'm not naive in that its business but I do believe in this business there is enough to go around everyone if you don't outstretch yourself and get greedy. But there we go I can only live by my standards I suppose and know that I do the right thing, just keep my head down and keep making the best I can and put a little bit of my heart into each one that goes out.
That's my victor meldrew moment over here's a pic
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I hope you find that excellent service will win out over rock bottom prices.
It is said that competing on price is a race to the bottom.
Keep you service levels at the max and the clients will remain loyal. No reason to leave.
In our business we buy on service first. In business having certainty is very often more important than saving a few quid.
You'll be just fine doing things as you do.
P.S: Got my bat, thanks. Top quality service and workmanship.
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Very true fasteddie we are busier than ever increasing each year but I am only feeding myself and not investors and employees, but even so I wouldn't go around trying to out do others so would be nice if they just left me alone and the other one man band companies trying to make an honest living but I'm sure they can live with it on their conscience if they are only interested in themselves and not the survival of the industry which was once one of our proud traditions in this country.
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I'm glad things are going so well for you Paul, I may never have purchased a Aldred bat but I've heard so many good things about your products.
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We'll sometimes when I press and handle clefts up I wish I was playing again but then I have to think how lucky I am to be able to turn these into beautifully performing bats all by hand just like this country was renowned for over many many years. Look at these top end and then I have some butterfly1 clefts in the butterfly feed
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3 beauties going down to London. 1 supreme players grade 2-11 long handle, 1 gold sovereign players grade 2-13 long handle and a velocity players grade 3lb short handle. All requested emasculate pick ups which as always is my want when making my bats and I will leave it up to you to imagine the ping on them, whoooa mama.
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Wow, they are the sexiest bats I think I've ever seen in my life! That is bat p0rn.
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Must be some bat if it's a substitute for a meat and two veg!
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Here's an absolute beauty. We don't normally do our sovereign range under 2-9 but this was a special light cleft selected for the job. This is a gold sovereign shape but with silver stickers on as requested. Off down to Newport pagnell it weighs in at 2-7 and is beautiful I have to say.
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Here's a pre made a left over from a Taverners trip it is a players grade the face I beautiful the back has a natural mark in it that will not effect the playing or life of the bat it weighs in at 2-10 and is a beauty £230 shipped in the uk first come first serve guys it isn't to be missed I have to say.
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Higher middle?
Looks a real belter.
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Huge middle if it's owt like mine!!
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Here's 3 lovely clefts I've just given a rough clean up before we press and handle. Nice to see that some loyalty is left in people these days it seems a rare thing. A small company I have dealt with has been around and placed another order for their label even though one of the machine made manufacturers tried to poach them from me offering the world for cheap prices. I'm not naive in that its business but I do believe in this business there is enough to go around everyone if you don't outstretch yourself and get greedy. But there we go I can only live by my standards I suppose and know that I do the right thing, just keep my head down and keep making the best I can and put a little bit of my heart into each one that goes out.
That's my victor meldrew moment over here's a pic
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I would just like to say after being asked by a forum member this is not me and as I represent b3 on this forum on my own most of the time infact all the time bat the busy Doctor ramblings now and again.
As there only two CnC operating in the UK to customization I though I would like to put it out there it was not us.
Sorry for coming onto your topic Paul I though a bit of clarity was needed as it doesn't mention a culprit but didn't want people to get the wrong idea which unfortunately some did by asking me the question.
Dave
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As there only two CnC operating in the UK to customization I though I would like to put it out there it was not us.
The other being the TK operation?
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They might be the only ones on CNC but others are made on machines. Anyway enough of all this its irrelevant now I think people have got the message it's not something I am harping on about I think I will see if we can have this thread stopped because I know it will carry on otherwise
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Isn't how, and where, and to what standard, cricket bats are made what most of us on here like to talk about, Paul? And hasn't your reputation always been enhanced by such discussion?
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I wouldn't know how people perceive me really bats, I never have even when I was playing the only thing I have and will ever do is try to be the best and most honest and open that I can be , they are my own standards and will never change and hopefully that will come out in what I produce just as people used to see that I wore my heart on my sleeve and tried the best I could every time I played.
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You're doing it right as far as I'm concerned Paul. If I didn't enjoy making bats myself, you'd be one of only 6 people in the world I'd buy a bat off.
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thank you for your kind words beach much appreciated and flattered
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thank you for your kind words beach much appreciated and flattered
I told you. ;)
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A wonderful Players grade Supreme off up to Skipton Yorkshire, 2-8 and feels absolutely beautiful
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/1021b335c89e8be00acfa8872e3cd2e4_zpsa3f8fa48.jpg) (http://s1061.photobucket.com/user/Aldredcricket/media/1021b335c89e8be00acfa8872e3cd2e4_zpsa3f8fa48.jpg.html)
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Wow... that's beautiful...
Can't wait to pick up my Gd 3 Velocity (bought off a forum member) when I get back home to the UK in a few weeks time...
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The bat above is mine! I have got to say that the finish is the best of any bat that I have ever bought (and there have been quite a few! including one of the late Eric Loxton's). Having started the knocking in process today the feel (and sound) of the bat is fantastic. Congratulations Paul in perfecting your art and thanks for all your help and first class workmanship.
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Otter not a problem glad it's all perfect for you and hope you find the extra runs I tried to pack into it for you. Thanks for the compliments all very humbling but very welcomed non the less :)
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Heres a beauty off to an old playing colleague Darren Bicknell, slightly modified sovereign shape not much though and a slightly squarer toe. 2-9 and its a belter
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/685ca54393665a49d2cfdbd624efcfd4_zpscae8d575.jpg) (http://s1061.photobucket.com/user/Aldredcricket/media/685ca54393665a49d2cfdbd624efcfd4_zpscae8d575.jpg.html)
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That 2.8 looks huge :o does it have much concaving?
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Not at all, non of our bats are heavily concaved, I have never liked fierce concaving as I feel it is often detrimental to a bats performance for the sake of seeking big looking profiles, defeats the object of the exercise
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Just cleaning some top end clefts ups for selection for some overseas orders, just the first few roughly cleaned waiting now to be profiled and pressed some beauties
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heres a lovely supreme grade 1 bat off up to Bingley. specs were 2-8 short handle extra bow. this bat is made up as requested 36mm edges 60mm spine and weighs 2-8 1/2 dead weight feels more 2-7. lovely piece of willow
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My bat Looks stunning!!
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Ok two truly wonderful bats going out to Australia to a very special player indeed cannot be named or clues given in any way but wants one labelled and one blank up on request both bang on 2-9 and beautiful feeling pieces of wood.
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If it was Laver you'd be paying £600 for that cleft on the left...
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Some great cleft you have there Paul this year. Beautiful bats.
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Thanks very much yes I'm very lucky the quality of willow is consistently good that I get from wrights, they can only deserve the best care and attention in their making and really enjoy working them with my own fair hands.
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I have heard that bats gain weight when travelling from Australia to UK...are these likely to lose weight as the process is reversed :-)
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Yes it appears bats can gain weight when shipped overseas in some willow but not in all for some strange reason and I'm not a scientist so don't ask me to explain why but we have recently changed the way we pack the bat bags abroad which seems to have stopped any moisture getting back into the bats and have had great reports coming back that everything is perfect so hopefully we have sussed it and that has been tested over the course of a good 15-20 bats that have gone overseas. I'm not sure about the reverse flight as I've never shipped into the UK as I'm already a resident so it's a good question but I reckon if they are packed well they shouldn't. I would imagine the moisture is gained on any flight through the moisture in the luggage holds
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My guess would be Phil Jacques. But I understand I shall never know.
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heres something for all you grain fiends out there 3 lovely grade 1 clefts. 3-8, 3-9 and 3-10 in their current raw form handled and pressed all feel really nice just need a shape putting to them. give me a shout if you like the look of any of them
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Holy @@@@!!!
Ha ha look at those grains
Might be getting another visit Paul for One of those
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Holy @@@@!!!
Ha ha look at those grains
Might be getting another visit Paul for One of those
you should see some of the butterfly1 clefts we have am waiting for the surge on the offer in net bats someone could make a killing I reckon buy a players then sell the butterfly1 on make your players cheaper. that's the way I would have thought if I didn't want two bats, get one for a mate who wants a top bat. good thinking eh everyone's a winner. im full of great ideas me
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Just a quick question
With those clefts, you got enough in them, to make the blade an inch longer and a square toe?
With a ssh handle
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not in those 3 as they are cut to length for sh standard blade but I have a couple of others that are virtually identical that haven't been cleaned up yet so not an issue at all
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Ah nice one Paul
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there is actually a 3-7 one set up for standard sh standard blade but I have just put it to one side for someone but if he doesn't get back to me its coming on here as I have sent several emails asking to let me know one way or another which is a tad frustrating because I could have sold it yesterday but ho hum
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regarding grains, what is your view on how straight they run through the toe? in your experience, have clefts with grains that run vertically through the toe, performed better than ones where they are more slanted when entering the toe?
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Its something that I always looked for when I was picking bats and have always felt that that is one of the key factors towards the bat performing but that then needs to be pressed properly to gain the performance needed for that particular cleft. I use that as a key part when handling and pressing my bats and. some people want coloured wood on an inside edge or outside edge for example but if the grains don't dictate it as far as where they run true through the toe the colour of the wood on the edge is totally secondary to gaining the performance out that cleft. personally I have never found having colour on one edge or the other makes any difference. if the bats a goer its a goer.
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Its something that I always looked for when I was picking bats and have always felt that that is one of the key factors towards the bat performing but that then needs to be pressed properly to gain the performance needed for that particular cleft. I use that as a key part when handling and pressing my bats and. some people want coloured wood on an inside edge or outside edge for example but if the grains don't dictate it as far as where they run true through the toe the colour of the wood on the edge is totally secondary to gaining the performance out that cleft. personally I have never found having colour on one edge or the other makes any difference. if the bats a goer its a goer.
so do the grains have to run absolutely straight through the toe for best performance? or is a little waviness through the toe still ok for "top end" ?
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this is how I tend to judge. there is a little more to it but the pictures give you an idea
perfect
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acceptable
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not acceptable
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One of the reasons toe-guards can be a bit of a turn-off?
I know Andrew Kember is keen on the "straight grains through the toe" thing.
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Well it also makes the toe weaker in my opinion if the grains are not straight.
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Well it also makes the tow weaker in my opinion if the grains are not straight.
That was my understanding of it too - from what I've been told when the grains run off at an angle they're more liable to cracking when digging out yorkers etc
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Paul, what wud you do the clefts with not acceptable grain pattern at the toe???
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Paul, what wud you do the clefts with not acceptable grain pattern at the toe???
Chucks a toe guard on them ;)
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Chucks a toe guard on them ;)
Agh toe guards cover a multitude of sins. I don't use them, don't like them never have and have found more bats get damp seep under them in this country because people don't inspect their bats and they can't see what's happening beneath the guard. May be they are fine in dry countries but I don't like them at all.
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Paul, what wud you do the clefts with not acceptable grain pattern at the toe???
Don't get many that haven't got straight grains through one end. That's part of the process choosing which end is the handle end. The duff ones? Well generally make fielding bats out of them to be honest for coaches I know. Proper fielding bats
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Don't get many that haven't got straight grains through one end. That's part of the process choosing which end is the handle end. The duff ones? Well generally make fielding bats out of them to be honest for coaches I know. Proper fielding bats
You could always start a 'student' cricket offering the slightly lesser quality bit of willow to students at nock down prices??!
I am super surprised that nobody has started to do that.
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Don't get many that haven't got straight grains through one end. That's part of the process choosing which end is the handle end. The duff ones? Well generally make fielding bats out of them to be honest for coaches I know. Proper fielding bats
There was a pro in one of the magazines saying one of the things he looked for was straight grains in the shoulder!
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Proper fielding bats
I wish I could have, just once in my life, done fielding practice...
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I wish I could have, just once in my life, done fielding practice...
They work really well the ones I make. They are a proper bat in essence. The local coaches that I work with just buy them off me when I have them available. I can't get on with these foam bats and these are versatile as you can use the for nicking practice you can use just the face for that or I vary it and nick off using the edge of the bat it's better. I make them with a slightly longer handle to give you some levers for hitting one handed.
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There was a pro in one of the magazines saying one of the things he looked for was straight grains in the shoulder!
Yes well that would signify that the grains are running true up the blade if they are straight through the toe. But to be fair I have never seen many that when the handle is fitted the grain doesn't look as though it's not straight through the shoulder basically I would say because it's the narrowest part of the blade so therefore the grain hasn't got much room to appear to deviate from the straight. I would say that the cleft wasn't that great to start with if the grain runs at a severe angle in the shoulders. Does that make sense.
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heres a couple of beauties. the left hand one is off to Saudi specs were 2-10 8 - 12 grains big bat no scuff sheet, the one on the right is 2-8 and off up to Scotland and is the one that was pressed in the pressing video. both lovely bats and were lovely to work with
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well that's been a busy few days. just got to package them all up now and send them off, then onto a shipment to Zimbabwe a couple to USA and some down south with a couple of visiting buyers tomorrow. hope that sees me through to Christmas
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The Spectre looks to be popular Paul!!
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Oooh - look at that bugger on the far left! That's nice that is.
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great work paul. you keep churning out great bats and they keep getting better.
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Oooh - look at that bugger on the far left! That's nice that is.
That was my first thought!! Looks very nice
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The Spectre looks to be popular Paul!!
Yes they are they do look nice though to be fair with those stickers let alone feel nice.
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Paul, is the bat on the floor just when of your regular shapes or made to someone's specifications?
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The one on the floor is the new shape velocity. Just a traditional shape
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Thanks Paul. I'll do a review of the G2 Xmas offer bat once we get netting in Feb. Really tempted by another Alfred bat to keep my other one company! :D
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Well that's been a busy weekend some off to Zimbabwe and the others across the country, onto the next batch to get out before the weeks out. Long days at the moment that's for sure
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Great to see your hard work is paying off and the quality of your workmanship is getting noticed Paul.
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Hi Paul,
Would I be able to be purchase a bat without the stickers on? Just a personal preference I have always had.
Alex
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Listen to the pros. It's no coincidence that I am always advising people that dead weight isn't the really important aspect of picking a bat.
http://youtu.be/uiEuodct-8E (http://youtu.be/uiEuodct-8E)
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Listen to the pros. It's no coincidence that I am always advising people that dead weight isn't the really important aspect of picking a bat.
Yes and no.
A bat could feel a lot lighter in your hands than it actually is, which is great. You buy it based on feel.
However, you used to use a bottom heavy 2lb10 bat, and this one is a well balanced 2lb15 bat.
Pickup wise they feel the same, but you wouldn't be able to bat for as long as the extra dead weight would cause fatigue to set in earlier.
Just my thoughts on the matter. Feel free to tell me I'm talking rubbish and prove I'm wrong :)
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Show me a professional cricketer that wants a bottom heavy bat. They want well balanced bats that ping. All my bats when I was sponsored were around the 2-10 mark but we often had bats 2-12/2-13 that picked up immaculately, which is exactly how I endeavour to make every bat we send out be it for club players or professionals. The pros are easy to make for to be honest as they just ask for something that feels great and pings well in an area of weight but not worried if it feels nice and it's over or under
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T8GFC_dvsQ8
3:37 - "weight of my bat..."
Listen to the pros. It's no coincidence that I am always advising people that dead weight isn't the really important aspect of picking a bat.
[url]http://youtu.be/uiEuodct-8E[/url] ([url]http://youtu.be/uiEuodct-8E[/url])
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Hmmmm not a bad bloke to listen to. Not a big man either
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In many ways it is more important for an average amateur to have a bat with his or her specific requirements than it is for a pro. A pro could possibly play well with anything. Pros get through many bats and which are freely available to them and if things aren't right, then they go back, get repaired, tweaked, whatever. Clearly there are pros who are very specific about their bats, but not all are. A club player is investing his or her own money and - unlike some on here.... may want a bat to last two or three seasons, so it has to be right.
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quite agree with that sentiment!
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In many ways it is more important for an average amateur to have a bat with his or her specific requirements than it is for a pro. A pro could possibly play well with anything. Pros get through many bats and which are freely available to them and if things aren't right, then they go back, get repaired, tweaked, whatever. Clearly there are pros who are very specific about their bats, but not all are. A club player is investing his or her own money and - unlike some on here.... may want a bat to last two or three seasons, so it has to be right.
Agree with this.. Which always beg th question on why do pros get the best clefts if thy don't care and we are paying well over the odds for bats? ( 300+ is well over the odds!)
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Surely the best way to choose a bat is to pick it up? This is what coaches tell you.
I'm a fan of your BS free approach, Paul; but most people seem to buy your bats 'blind' in the post?
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Surely the best way to choose a bat is to pick it up? This is what coaches tell you.
I'm a fan of your BS free approach, Paul; but most people seem to buy your bats 'blind' in the post?
Trouble is, places to go and actually feel bats is getting rare. The costs to have a showroom is stupid nowadays. Add those costs up and you have to charge more, which people don't want to pay.. so they come to your shop, feel the bats.. then go online and buy blind as it's cheaper. Plus, quite a few brands want to put the risk on the retailer rather than push their product into new areas.
(at no point is is aimed at Paul btw, purely generalist)
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I guess that's why a lot of us depend on the makers as well as shops like Vitas on this forum...
It's tricky for me based in Prague but then I enjoy passing on bats to team mates who are better suited to them if not right for me... A bit hit and miss I know but I get a lot of good info from here...
CJI cricket is the nearest supplier to me with limited stock of well known brands (including Salix, H4L and Newbery) and the guy seems a top bloke.. first time (except for my beloved Newbery Uzi (5 star) which I bought off a local kid selling on ebay) I was able to pick up a range of bats but the prices were enough to dissuade me from buying.
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Surely the best way to choose a bat is to pick it up? This is what coaches tell you.
I'm a fan of your BS free approach, Paul; but most people seem to buy your bats 'blind' in the post?
Well it's a tough one but fortunately the majority of people give me great feed back on the feel of my bats let alone performance and It has been suggested that years of playing in the professional game has helped in this process. I guess it has really but I was always a good bat picker when I played other players used to ask me to pick them for them. Hopefully my experience does help and will continue to do so.
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The one you've sent me feels spot on Paul. Its a bit of a catch 22. If you want a bat custom made, you're never going to be able to pick it up and choose. (Unless you sit with the batmaker and he keeps shaving a bit more off till he gets it bang on). Can't add weight back on though. I was happy to tell Paul my requirements and let him use his skill and experience.
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Are higher grade clefts naturally lighter than lower grades?
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Not necessarily no.
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How about density? Would a less dense pretty looking bit of wood be more desirable when making a top end bat? Or does density play more of a part in how it can be shaped?
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Density is about the natural weight of the cleft. You can have a heavy cleft in a top end piece of willow that is lovely to work with and will be a great bat but heavier or you can have a lighter piece of willow that is lovely to work with that will play beautifully. Every piece of willow is different. I'm don't know about all the science involved I know what works for me and my experience has told me from playing professionally and then from making that it's firstly down to the quality of the willow, the handle and then the quality of the pressing then the shaping is all about getting the weight distribution to get the maximum feel along with maximising the performance and that's down to keeping the weight in the right area of the bat
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Density is about the natural weight of the cleft. You can have a heavy cleft in a top end piece of willow that is lovely to work with and will be a great bat but heavier or you can have a lighter piece of willow that is lovely to work with that will play beautifully. Every piece of willow is different. I'm don't know about all the science involved I know what works for me and my experience has told me from playing professionally and then from making that it's firstly down to the quality of the willow, the handle and then the quality of the pressing then the shaping is all about getting the weight distribution to get the maximum feel along with maximising the performance and that's down to keeping the weight in the right area of the bat
And there is the best post I've read on here
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Thanks northern I just thought it would be classed as common sense really regardless of anyone's knowledge of the subject but if you actually think about it the shaping is something anyone can do but not get right you could have a heavy bat that feels really light but the weight will be too high up the bat so you don't get its maximum potential out of it like wise a light bat could feel heavy if the weight is too much down the bottom. Weight distribution is a major factor to the feel and performance of a bat that's why I have always preached the shape is irrelevant the pressing and balance is critical.
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Thanks northern I just thought it would be classed as common sense really regardless of anyone's knowledge of the subject but if you actually think about it the shaping is something anyone can do but not get right you could have a heavy bat that feels really light but the weight will be too high up the bat so you don't get its maximum potential out of it like wise a light bat could feel heavy if the weight is too much down the bottom. Weight distribution is a major factor to the feel and performance of a bat that's why I have always preached the shape is irrelevant the pressing and balance is critical.
You are definitely consistent in your mantra and its hard (although people try i guess) to challenge it.
Obviously density and weight are interlinked but i guess i was wondering wether or not a less dense, and therefore volumetrically bigger cleft (for a constant weight) would give more options when it comes to getting a balance to a bat.
I was a assuming a larger volume would give more scope to play with the balance.
The other thing that i can't get out of my head is the distinction between shape and balance. I would have thought the shape of the bat (and i guess more specifically the swell location) determines the balance. The skill with craftsmen such as your self is to get the best balance for where the swell is desired. As a batsman if you want a low swell then i assume you just have to accept the pickup is never going to be as light as a higher swell.
Bat making is a fascinating skill - i appreciate your insights and the time you spend giving them.
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Density is about the natural weight of the cleft. You can have a heavy cleft in a top end piece of willow that is lovely to work with and will be a great bat but heavier or you can have a lighter piece of willow that is lovely to work with that will play beautifully. Every piece of willow is different. I'm don't know about all the science involved I know what works for me and my experience has told me from playing professionally and then from making that it's firstly down to the quality of the willow, the handle and then the quality of the pressing then the shaping is all about getting the weight distribution to get the maximum feel along with maximising the performance and that's down to keeping the weight in the right area of the bat
Excellent explanation Paul regarding what makes a quality bat but
as someone who has always used light bats i am a bit confused to why batmakers put the weight near the bottom which makes the bat feel toe heavy and state it is a lower middle to assist driving the ball etc as in my opinion this is not correct weight distribution as it effects the pickup.
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The clefts we get from the supplier come in a standard cut size. these will all weigh differently. Some companies get super sized clefts, we don't they are a gimmick and also are taking up more willow trees to do so. once cleaned up to our working dimensions they will be weighed again at that stage I will start to know what weight they will be suited for in whatever grade. so when we come to actually making them up they will all have the same bulk of wood but some will weigh heavier some lighter in those same dimensions.
Shape and balance, this is a skill in shaping because some willow will weigh heavier at one end than the other, and some will be even all the way through just because the moisture content can vary in the position of different clefts.
Ok take the traditional style bats like our velocity range. to many peoples eyes they look at it and think the weight is all down the bottom because the blending of the toe starts low down in the bat. if you actually look at the bat the depth of the spine runs out up the bat gradually therefore distributing the weight up the bat creating a balanced pick up. the edges aren't as thick for the simple reason the bat has to have weight removed somewhere so without concaving it has to come away from the edges. if these were bottom heavy some of the greatest players of all time wouldn't have been scoring double hundreds with them on far quicker wickets than they play on now in county and international cricket. The middles on the bats were just as big as any bat now. look at a modern shape they vary from massive concaving with huge looking edges to give the illusion of a big bat and it is an illusion because the weight has been removed and the guts of the bat lost through too much concaving. then there are gentle concaved bats with big edges but not ridiculous and spines are not as deep and toes not as thick as the bulk is being kept in the hitting zone. now people think the players are hitting bigger sixes with modern bats. not necessarily so, more yes but boundaries are smaller due to, 1. stadiums being made bigger and therefore encroaching into the old playing arena and 2 they bring the boundary ropes in even further to make it appear more exciting. A good bat made in years gone by wont be any different to a good bat made now except for the profiling style, this at the end of the day is a marketing tool, but also a batter who has a bat that looks big in his hands will feel more confident but that confidence is irrelevant if the bat is not pressed and shaped well as the ball wont go anywhere with a dead bat simple as that
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The clefts we get from the supplier come in a standard cut size. these will all weigh differently. Some companies get super sized clefts, we don't they are a gimmick and also are taking up more willow trees to do so. once cleaned up to our working dimensions they will be weighed again at that stage I will start to know what weight they will be suited for in whatever grade. so when we come to actually making them up they will all have the same bulk of wood but some will weigh heavier some lighter in those same dimensions.
Shape and balance, this is a skill in shaping because some willow will weigh heavier at one end than the other, and some will be even all the way through just because the moisture content can vary in the position of different clefts.
Ok take the traditional style bats like our velocity range. to many peoples eyes they look at it and think the weight is all down the bottom because the blending of the toe starts low down in the bat. if you actually look at the bat the depth of the spine runs out up the bat gradually therefore distributing the weight up the bat creating a balanced pick up. the edges aren't as thick for the simple reason the bat has to have weight removed somewhere so without concaving it has to come away from the edges. if these were bottom heavy some of the greatest players of all time wouldn't have been scoring double hundreds with them on far quicker wickets than they play on now in county and international cricket. The middles on the bats were just as big as any bat now. look at a modern shape they vary from massive concaving with huge looking edges to give the illusion of a big bat and it is an illusion because the weight has been removed and the guts of the bat lost through too much concaving. then there are gentle concaved bats with big edges but not ridiculous and spines are not as deep and toes not as thick as the bulk is being kept in the hitting zone. now people think the players are hitting bigger sixes with modern bats. not necessarily so, more yes but boundaries are smaller due to, 1. stadiums being made bigger and therefore encroaching into the old playing arena and 2 they bring the boundary ropes in even further to make it appear more exciting. A good bat made in years gone by wont be any different to a good bat made now except for the profiling style, this at the end of the day is a marketing tool, but also a batter who has a bat that looks big in his hands will feel more confident but that confidence is irrelevant if the bat is not pressed and shaped well as the ball wont go anywhere with a dead bat simple as that
cheers Paul.
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Well got the new machine underway, installed a lathe that will do at least 3 jobs for me with one machine, perfect for a small workshop. Will sand first stage with a bigger sanding drum, buff and bind the handles for me as its variable speed. Really happy with it and then I can even start to learn some wood turning. Happy days
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Ok a beautiful velocity with supreme stickers on to go with the rest of his bats. this is 2-11 naked picks up unbelievably I reckon feels 2-8/9 and pings like you wouldn't believe. it is a an absolute stunner
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That is a beautiful bat. The profile looks really nice...looks a little different from regular velocity or may be its just my eyes
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Lets hope the bloke wielding it does it justice paul!!.
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That is a beautiful bat. The profile looks really nice...looks a little different from regular velocity or may be its just my eyes
it is very slightly yes but the camera exaggerates it more so. the cleft was quite light for the finished weight required so its enabled the bat to keep an incredibly high spine thus making the transition to the toe appear more severe. its nearly a 70mm spine on a traditional shape blade. that's big.
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a nice refurb of an original velocity. its a beauty too. the young lad has just got into the England disability squad plays prem cricket too, lovely. lad hes off to training camp this week
before
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Beautiful refurb!
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Like new
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heres a nice velocity going out 2-9 stunning grains was selected specially. pics a bit misty workshop was cold this morning camera kept misting up sorry
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looks stunning Paul,im hoping that its my new purchase?
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Not sure I struggle to match up forum names with actual names that I deal with I'm afraid
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Lovely looking bat, Paul.
Did you see KS had signed for Surrey? Duke balls and all that...
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No hadn't seen that, interesting
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heres a beauty off up to Bradford area. nice chap came down selected his cleft and we made this gold sov up from there. its 2-13 picks up easily 2-10 and pings like a good un. it is truly a beautiful thing. its from our new stock of hand selected willow and we have many more like.
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will post some more pics of some clefts a little later
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heres a beauty off down to London. a lovely gold sov 2-8 super short handle. a truly lovely bat
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Paul, do you take any thing off the blade when doing a ssh or is it all taken off the handle? How much off makes it ssh?
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We can take a bit out the blade, but that is down to my discussion with the customer. We make everything to order so we discuss it before we start and decide from their. This bat is down to a harrow total length but full size blade. It is all dependent on what we feel is the best course of action for that customer.
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Thanks for that. It does look like a cracker!
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heres a lovely grade 1 supreme off out to bingley as part of a package deal. 2-10 36 mm edges nice long bow feels ridiculously light and goes beautifully.
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2lb 6oz huge profile
Good luck if he can do this for you
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Hi,
Ive been looking around the forum for quietr a while and im interested in one of your huge players 1 clefts 3/6 you have. Are you able to make me 2.6oz weight BAt with huge profile for a left hander?
Look foeward to hear from your thoughts.
Cheers
Dee
Does a left handers huge profile differ from a right handers one?? ???
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Sometimes you can get weight distirubuted more to the other half of the bat for LH or RH
Wouldnt you be better having the weight evenly distributed?
Surely having one side weigh more than the other would alter your technique due to the (lack of) balance, or it might just encourage the bat to rotate in your hand on striking the ball?
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Oh dear I feel theories coming to the fore!
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Oh dear I feel theories coming to the fore!
Paul, let's make this simple - as the master craftsman who turns these clefts into beautiful bats what if your view on a left or right handed bat?
Have you ever done this before, or is it a load of codswollop??
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Paul, let's make this simple - as the master craftsman who turns these clefts into beautiful bats what if your view on a left or right handed bat?
Have you ever done this before, or is it a load of codswollop??
I think you've hit the nail right on the head there. Out of all the top players I've been fortunate to play with and against I never heard any of them talk about such things. Just bats that feel good and ping great.they may have certain criteria that they prefer but fundamentally they want a good bat. People only look to theories and excuses when they want a quick fix instead of looking at working harder at their game and disciplining themselves to play within their limitations. How many people swap bats when they aren't scoring runs yet the bat was perfect when they were scoring. Has the bat list its technique? I don't think so.
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Speaking of left and right handed bats - can anyone remember these?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/GRAY-NICOLLS-Edge-Adult-Cricket-Bat/dp/B004EY0ETA (http://www.amazon.co.uk/GRAY-NICOLLS-Edge-Adult-Cricket-Bat/dp/B004EY0ETA)
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:D :D :D :D Brilliant can't remember that. Another gimmick, how long did that one last, obviously flooded the top flight game
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Speaking of left and right handed bats - can anyone remember these?
[url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/GRAY-NICOLLS-Edge-Adult-Cricket-Bat/dp/B004EY0ETA[/url] ([url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/GRAY-NICOLLS-Edge-Adult-Cricket-Bat/dp/B004EY0ETA[/url])
I could do with one if them with the handle offset the other way. I inside edge everything.
Warrior in Wakefield used to do a "left hand bat" it had 2 scoops out of one edge. And just 1 scoop out if the other.
Our 2nd team opener had one. Not that it helped him.....
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That's another reason I need to buy another bat. What about a left handed mongoose mmi3? ;-)
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:D :D :D :D Brilliant can't remember that. Another gimmick, how long did that one last, obviously flooded the top flight game
To be be fair to Gray Nicolls, the scoop 'gimmick' became something of a design classic.
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Really? Well it's a new one to me
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Really? Well it's a new one to me
You never bowled to Lara?
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I did, he never got any runs against us.
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I'd also say that you would see an offset handle quite easily on the field and I have played with him a couple of times in charity games and haven't noticed then certainly didn't when he was playing for warwks but he may well have but then again what they are asked to advertise and what they use is a totally different matter all together
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For those who love a hint of colour on an edge here are three clefts that I have selected as players because they have something special about them photos never do it justice really. I can see a lot more players grades coming to the fore with a hint of colour on an edge from companies over the next few years as the quality of top end willow is becoming rarer, but some if these clefts are for me far more beautiful than a pure white face on a bat. I am gradually getting through a large order and will put more of my own stuff on as and when I can, just get in touch if you see anything you like
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I'd also say that you would see an offset handle quite easily on the field and I have played with him a couple of times in charity games and haven't noticed then certainly didn't when he was playing for warwks but he may well have but then again what they are asked to advertise and what they use is a totally different matter all together
I was talking about scoops, not offset handles. Think our wires got crossed.
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Aahhhh ok :(
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For those who love a hint of colour on an edge here are three clefts that I have selected as players because they have something special about them photos never do it justice really. I can see a lot more players grades coming to the fore with a hint of colour on an edge from companies over the next few years as the quality of top end willow is becoming rarer, but some if these clefts are for me far more beautiful than a pure white face on a bat. I am gradually getting through a large order and will put more of my own stuff on as and when I can, just get in touch if you see anything you like
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Very nice
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Speaking of left and right handed bats - can anyone remember these?
[url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/GRAY-NICOLLS-Edge-Adult-Cricket-Bat/dp/B004EY0ETA[/url] ([url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/GRAY-NICOLLS-Edge-Adult-Cricket-Bat/dp/B004EY0ETA[/url])
I use to have a lefthanded GN bat the late seventies I think.
If I remember correctly the difference was the shape of the toe.
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That right yes one toe edge would have a square corner on it and the other would have a rounded edge on it. It was more for running the bat into the crease really. That's one thing that makes me laugh a bit these days with square toes, you see so many people go (No Swearing Please) over apex when the corner of the toe digs into the ground, and it hurts. To avoid it if you notice players often try and use the face or the back of the bat to run on the ground and this brings in firstly a whole edge that can dig in and secondly it damages the toe of the bat as its running along opening the fibres of the willow causing feathering.
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heres a beauty off over seas. un-stickered. its a spectre profile players grade 2lb10 pick up immaculate and feels truly splendid
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Stunning - really like the look of the spectre profile!
Plus of course many happy returns!
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a lovely spectre for a local lad. 2-7 lovely cleft he selected. wasted on him im afraid and he wont mind me saying that ive known him some time and he just enjoys his cricket, lets put it that way but he wanted a nice bat
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Everyone deserves a good bat, even if they can't use it! It's the happiness a new bat can bring. Another quality blade mate, keep up the good work!!!!
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Sweet.. Back is more cleaner, would have made it better looking...
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Some lovely grade 1 clefts pressed to perfection
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a lovely spectre for a local lad. 2-7 lovely cleft he selected. wasted on him im afraid and he wont mind me saying that ive known him some time and he just enjoys his cricket, lets put it that way but he wanted a nice bat
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Just like me then! But being in the position of needing every bit of help that I can get it's proving a sound investment! ;)
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heres a lovely gold sovereign with silver stickers on off to Newport pagnell. we don't normally make these below 2-9 but this was a specially selected cleft and has come out at 2-8 and feels very very good indeed
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a beauty off out to a cracking local player gold sovereign 2-11 with 2 grips picks up like a feather and oh yes baby!
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Paul your work really is stunning. I love the bat photos on the shavings too, adds a real organic feel to it.
I do think it would be nice to see the profile shots from properly side on on rather than at an angle though as I think it gives people a better understanding of the profiles. Just my two pennies worth.
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Fair enough take it as done ;)
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I would like to see a side on shot with all models in the one pic, similar to the picof the same in the GM catalog. It helps tremendously in working out how the profiles compare.
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I will do both for you all as I reckon the picture I put in at the moment shows up nicely the shaping of the bat but I understand where you are coming from.
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Ok photos as promised. this is a beautiful beast of a supreme off out to Gloucestershire. 2-10 naked weight 2 grips and 40mm edges and 70mm spine and even dressed up feels 2-9/10 easily.
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Looks stunning!
Any chance of making a similar bat profile in the Sovereign range?
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If I made a similar profile it would be another supreme ;) I am presuming you mean dimensions of the bat
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Yeah that's what I mean, sorry haha
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Pretty much but it obviously depends on weight wanted and then picking the right cleft. Thats one of the reasons I always say go for naked weight as this allows all the extra weight of the grips and bindings and giving the bat a great pick up whilst the actual dead weight is 2or 3 oz more because the weight is at the top so acting like a counter balance.
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Okay I see, well you made a me a 2-10 supreme not so long ago and it feels super light and great pick up so I'm looking to go for a bat that's 2-11 1/2 to 2-12 and I know the way you press and craft the bats that it'll have a great pick up.
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Is that 2-11/12 finished?
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Just drop me an email and I can help you more from there
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I would like to see a side on shot with all models in the one pic, similar to the picof the same in the GM catalog. It helps tremendously in working out how the profiles compare.
Thatsa beautiful bat Paul, but what I meant by the above was to see a profile pic of all the different models, side by side, in the one pic. So you can compare gold soverign next to a velocity next to a supreme etc.
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If you take a look at the website they are on there. Those pictures give you a basic idea of the profiles and as you know we are a bespoke business so everyone's bat is tailored to suit from that basic shape
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Okay Paul I'll drop you an email about it. Cheers
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This is a stunning bat!! Where is the sweet spot? High? You have over sized clefts?
Ok photos as promised. this is a beautiful beast of a supreme off out to Gloucestershire. 2-10 naked weight 2 grips and 40mm edges and 70mm spine and even dressed up feels 2-9/10 easily.
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If it's anything like mine it's all sweet!
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This is a stunning bat!! Where is the sweet spot? High? You have over sized clefts?
The sweet spot is the hitting area of the bat. Pressed properly and good handles mean a big hitting area. The highest point of the swell on the bat helps determine the feel of the pick up of the bat and also enabling the best swing speeds to utilise it. Too low the bat will feel bottom heavy too high it will feel light but will often have no guts when you hit the ball.
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a lovely gold sovereign off down to newport pagnell, 2-8 absolute stunner.
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one in its sanding process of a batch of 50 silver sovereign shapes off to a company down south grade 1 and grade 2 clefts every single one made and sanded by hand with as much love and attention as if it were for my label.
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Brilliant Paul great to see people sticking with the UK we too have just done a big order to the Uk
Just seen one of your bats pass through here for a refurb very nice indeed
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Get a little Union Jack flag sticker on your bats guys
Would finish em off a treat
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Paul does put a union jack on the top of the handle. Has done on both of my bats at least: a massive 2lb 8oz players grade velocity from 2013 and a similar weight and chunky spectre this year. Paul's finish and attention to detail is second to none IMH, and the UK/ Derby connection makes an ex pat all the more proud to be using his bats in Australia!
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Love the made by humans sticker adds a bit of humour, with it being a handcrafted quality bat.
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Thanks Blenheim, yes all by hand you will be seeing some pics of some special players bats being made soon
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Beautiful looking bats!!
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Paul,
Are you one man show or you have chaps for stickering the bats;)
waiting for right offer in my budget.
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Abdul everything is done by me
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Abdul everything is done by me
Thats passion and great to know every bat is in great hands during all process.
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Well Abdul before my cricket career I worked for a building company that worked on national trust properties and we had to do everything in the traditional manner using traditional skills.from Using block and tackle to hoist stone window heads and sills rather than cranes etc, using old lime mortar mixes and traditional timber skills. So that tactile method and love of creating something by hand is in my bones really and I truly believe that we owe past trades and tradesmen the honour of preserving the art and not just being drawn into mass manufacture or sterilising or cheapening the skills that it takes to create things by our own fair hand just because we have the option to make anything on machine at a far greater pace and cutting out that little bit of hard graft and time that it takes to create something worthwhile and with a sense of love put into it.
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A true craftsman at his trade. Hats off to you and a skill level to aspire to for us all. Hopefully one day I will get there.
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a beauty off down to Essex spectre 2-10 very very nice piece of willow indeed
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Paul, that Spectre looks an absolute beauty mate. Always been a fan of the Velocity, but I'm really liking the Spectre profile at the moment. It looks very well balanced with loads of wood in the hitting zone. I play with the bloke who is getting this bat, and he can't wait to get his hands on it. He's a classy bat, I'm sure he'll score bucket loads with it.
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Yes they are nice looking bats and funnily enough it appears others are now using the shape that I have created, there's a compliment :o
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heres a beauty off up to Bingley. gold sovereign grade 1 2-11 swell slightly higher up the bat as requested 37mm edges 67mm spine light pick up lovely grains and goes very nicely indeed.
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/3f261f92ff6e8adfe03d381ee783eb83_zpsd712e3d7.jpg) (http://s1061.photobucket.com/user/Aldredcricket/media/3f261f92ff6e8adfe03d381ee783eb83_zpsd712e3d7.jpg.html)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/b07de494ee2e540d587d84ed79970ae6_zps922d8ddc.jpg) (http://s1061.photobucket.com/user/Aldredcricket/media/b07de494ee2e540d587d84ed79970ae6_zps922d8ddc.jpg.html)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/c7727112c38169ffb9a83d6e622d9cb7_zpsfa9020bb.jpg) (http://s1061.photobucket.com/user/Aldredcricket/media/c7727112c38169ffb9a83d6e622d9cb7_zpsfa9020bb.jpg.html)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/d34cff121373b24da7369ae2a2b854c3_zps802fc10d.jpg) (http://s1061.photobucket.com/user/Aldredcricket/media/d34cff121373b24da7369ae2a2b854c3_zps802fc10d.jpg.html)
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A lovely grade 1 silver sovereign off over to Australia. 2-10 finished weight and fabulous response.
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/b178db0f19b2c7aa057f31c126ab2b75_zpsbd1ebdcc.jpg) (http://s1061.photobucket.com/user/Aldredcricket/media/b178db0f19b2c7aa057f31c126ab2b75_zpsbd1ebdcc.jpg.html)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/51ac38d0935f76afb754124fcb9162fd_zpsb6c35050.jpg) (http://s1061.photobucket.com/user/Aldredcricket/media/51ac38d0935f76afb754124fcb9162fd_zpsb6c35050.jpg.html)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/3673331a3740e0ea1ac2c1f5fbaa5cb0_zps0fdecf90.jpg) (http://s1061.photobucket.com/user/Aldredcricket/media/3673331a3740e0ea1ac2c1f5fbaa5cb0_zps0fdecf90.jpg.html)
(http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t472/Aldredcricket/9fae907061d315bb2b0a3e6bd6fc2321_zps8c65e899.jpg) (http://s1061.photobucket.com/user/Aldredcricket/media/9fae907061d315bb2b0a3e6bd6fc2321_zps8c65e899.jpg.html)
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(http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae233/shentsphotos/Aldreds/IMGP4755_zpsk3vtuzb8.jpg) (http://s975.photobucket.com/user/shentsphotos/media/Aldreds/IMGP4755_zpsk3vtuzb8.jpg.html)
(http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae233/shentsphotos/Aldreds/IMGP4756_zpsz9ge1ye4.jpg) (http://s975.photobucket.com/user/shentsphotos/media/Aldreds/IMGP4756_zpsz9ge1ye4.jpg.html)
(http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae233/shentsphotos/Aldreds/IMGP4757_zpsnwthgx3d.jpg) (http://s975.photobucket.com/user/shentsphotos/media/Aldreds/IMGP4757_zpsnwthgx3d.jpg.html)
Really really pleased with this. Deadweight is 2.9 - 2.10 but it picks up better than any of my lighter bats. . Time to get knocking in :-)
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Looks a belter! some grains on that!
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([url]http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae233/shentsphotos/Aldreds/IMGP4757_zpsnwthgx3d.jpg[/url]) ([url]http://s975.photobucket.com/user/shentsphotos/media/Aldreds/IMGP4757_zpsnwthgx3d.jpg.html[/url])
Really really pleased with this. Deadweight is 2.9 - 2.10 but it picks up better than any of my lighter bats. . Time to get knocking in :-)
oh my life
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wow just wowww :o :o :o :o
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These must be some of the nicest looking sticks I have ever seen. Certainly thinking of an Aldred in my kit bag for next season.
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Go and see Paul if you can, a real pleasure to see him work and his bats are stunners