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Companies => Custom companies => B3 Cricket => Topic started by: iand123 on June 11, 2014, 01:24:04 PM
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My wife told me to book tomorrow off work and have just found out she has organsied for me to go up to B3 in Nottingham and get a bat made as a fathers day present from my two children. Arranged it through a good friend of mine who uses their gear. Tonight is essentially xmas eve!
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My wife told me to book tomorrow off work and have just found out she has organsied for me to go up to B3 in Nottingham and get a bat made as a fathers day present from my two children. Arranged it through a good friend of mine who uses their gear. Tonight is essentially xmas eve!
Lucky so and so....! Waiting for my missus to do this for me at H4L or Salix. But I don't think she knows what they are.....
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My wife told me to book tomorrow off work and have just found out she has organsied for me to go up to B3 in Nottingham and get a bat made as a fathers day present from my two children. Arranged it through a good friend of mine who uses their gear. Tonight is essentially xmas eve!
She's definitely a keeper!!!
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She's definitely a keeper!!!
DEFINITELY a keeper!
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Sort out the butterfly clefts whilst you are there Ian, would you? :D
Also, see if they would allow you to take some pics if you were willing, I'd love to see a bit more of the operation., and particularly if you can get a picture of a lesser-spotted Dave scuttling about under the work-benches!
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Lucky so and so....! Waiting for my missus to do this for me at H4L or Salix. But I don't think she knows what they are.....
Just outside H4L's entrance is a most delightful country pub, small green, and a couple of bric a brac and tea shops.
I'm sure you could drop your wife their with the weekend papers and snick off into Matt's world (It's like Narnia, 1 hour passes in a minute).
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Lucky so and so....! Waiting for my missus to do this for me at H4L or Salix. But I don't think she knows what they are.....
She arranged a Salix visit for my 30th birthday last year :)
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She arranged a Salix visit for my 30th birthday last year :)
Why did Tim's missus arrange that for you?? ;)
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My wife told me to book tomorrow off work and have just found out she has organsied for me to go up to B3 in Nottingham and get a bat made as a fathers day present from my two children. Arranged it through a good friend of mine who uses their gear. Tonight is essentially xmas eve!
Wow... try and make best use of this gift :)
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Lucky so and so....! Waiting for my missus to do this for me at H4L or Salix. But I don't think she knows what they are.....
Tell her they are a new expensive jewellery store ;) you will be there tomorrow
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You Lucky Git
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Why did Tim's missus arrange that for you?? ;)
Ha nice one :)
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She's definitely a keeper!!!
She's definately is a keeper.... just like her
(http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2012/7/10/1341908516309/Hope-Solo-US-008.jpg)
I'll get my coat
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top effort that. sounds perfect
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Have a good time mate hope the butterfly are not still in the shrink wrap.
Make sure you get a butchers at the top shelf
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Great gift mate...very thoughtful!!
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Just getting ready to leave kent for the long trip up to Nottingham. Will try and get a few pics
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Sorry for the late update from yesterday. Left my phone in the car so didn't take any pictures (school boy error i know)
It was a really good day. Bit of trek with the wife and kids from Kent to Nottingham but made decent time and got there just about midday. Was greater by streaky who made me a lovely cup of tea before getting down and talking about bats/cricket in general. Went through the process that B3 use and shown me how the design the bats and also talked me through the willow density calculations (which went straight over my head!)
Ended up going for a crown willow bat in the trott shape (also picked up pads and gloves too). Looks an odd profile but the middle on it was pretty much the entire bat. The amount of wood on it is insane and was quite surprised when the bat on display weighed in at 2.11 on the nose. Asked about the top shelf and was shown a few beauties and went for one of these in the end.
Was then taken around the factory and shown the process from clefts coming in to, grading, weighing, machining, finishing, twine and stickers. Asked if they grade on looks or performance and was told initially looks but then performance to ensure a bat performs as it should do.
Saw the butterfly clefts that dave has now posted and some of them looked really good in the flesh.
For those who can make it down to B3 i'd highly recommend it. I'll be honest i was a little sceptical before going about what they did and offer but having been shown what they do and how the company came about i think they really do have potential to grow and grow.
Bat arrives in about a week or so and will post pictures then.
Thanks again to all at B3 and my club mate who arranged it all for me :) Defo recommend the trip if you are a cricket badger like me!