Custom Bats Cricket Forum
Equipment => Bats => Bat Making => Topic started by: Howzat on October 27, 2009, 09:02:01 PM
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nice, but why two of the same picture?
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woops sorry, my computer must have messed up,
so are we gonna see some made bats?
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Buy my leather shave!!
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Looks good. Be sure to update us when finished making :D
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Buy my leather shave!!
For £40 you must be joking.
You guys will hopefully be seeing, some nice bats ;)
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you need a draw knife old boy
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I have a draw knife old boy.
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Grain look alright, could we see a new custom company on the rise?
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Where did you get the clefts leo?
Also, if anyone has a cheap travisher or leather heal shave please send me a pm, my concave spokeshave aint cutting the mustard!
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dom,what travisher have you got? is it really really really sharpe? also leo where is the middle part made from ?
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the most i can tell you without looking at it is that it is metal and blue :)
middle part made looks like it could be a special bit of willow!
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It is willow not mustard then?
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great help ! lol is it a stanley? the point on the handle looks smaill at the end, pakistani part made?
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It's a Kashmir bat I got from India.
How cheap is cheap for a heal shave SS?
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What can i say, i like my mustard the way i like my bats.......more grains the better! (Sorry, but i had to say that). It's english mustard nurtured in france........
Matt, yes it is a stanley but apart from that i couldnt tell you, i'm at work at the moment and have nooooo acess to the tools! What would you reccomend for some serious concaving?
And yes, that looks like the handiwork of a certain pakistani manufacturer who i am very fond of!
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So not trying to cut the mustard but Kashmir Willow, from memory it was a bitch to work with when I started out!
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Nope, sorry for the confusion, it's English Mustard all the way from Sussex, not a jar of Dijon in sight!!!
Problem is i'm trying to get a little more concaving on the back but my convex spokeshave isnt that convexed.......bit of a problem really!
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The curveiness of the convex spokeshave is indeed a complex problem
Travishers wise a no 5 is about the norm for more concaving a 6 less 4.
A clifton convex spokeshave is good for all but about £55!
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middle part made looks like it could be a special bit of willow!
Let yourself down there with that Dom! ;)
Right and left part mades are from Chris Easby, dont know the origin? Are they English made?
Middle one is from Tom and is kashmir willow.
Talisman is currently tool hunting for me :)
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sounds like a stanley 151 concave spokeshave ,wont really get very far with that,you need a number 5!
ebay and goggle are you best bets .
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SillyShilly I twittered this just for you http://twitpic.com/ram3l (http://twitpic.com/ram3l)
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Well, thats another name to the chritsmas card list - cheers! Looks like a very nice bit of kit - cherish her Norb!
I hate doing a job without the tools you need, still waiting for a round bottom plain to be delivred from a month ago.
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We have an antique style ironmongers thingy closeby here I'll keep a look out for you you can pic stuff up for a tenner sometimes
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Thats very good of you - thanks again - struggling to find time to go out and look for these things plus you would know a good spokeshave from a bad one better than i would!
Out of interest, what grit do you use when finishing the bat? I find anything over 500 doesnt really provide any better finish
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umm grit wise not sure sorry!!!!! I know it is yellow like cider and feel smooths that should be enough to ask for it in B&Q!
[I'll check it later]
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i finish with 240 grit 3m frecut paper