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Companies => Off-the-shelf companies => Gunn & Moore => Topic started by: WalkingWicket37 on July 07, 2014, 09:08:41 PM
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Kashmir or not a bargain is a bargain, and I think I may have got one here (feel free to disagree with me).
For £10 posted, a new grip, half an hour sanding (and the sandpaper obviously) and a couple of coats of oil I now have a perfectly serviceable wet weather bat. And did I mention it's a purist?? :D
Arrived like this (some of the binding was missing so I added some Zinc Oxide tape to prevent it unravelling any further)
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/17807FC9-9E3B-4B4D-96AB-D82BB1A53C3F_zpssacqe4vu.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/17807FC9-9E3B-4B4D-96AB-D82BB1A53C3F_zpssacqe4vu.jpg.html)
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/4E464E40-4B03-4EFA-A417-6E50A4B04DB6_zpscm4cyitf.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/4E464E40-4B03-4EFA-A417-6E50A4B04DB6_zpscm4cyitf.jpg.html)
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/4F7C559D-C6CE-44EE-8C0D-7BA47E751BF1_zpsewq9qwsc.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/4F7C559D-C6CE-44EE-8C0D-7BA47E751BF1_zpsewq9qwsc.jpg.html)
And now looks like this (I've glued the crack but not got a pic)
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/06D4BF3D-048C-426B-8396-62D5F1EDBDA7_zps7bfwt7iq.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/06D4BF3D-048C-426B-8396-62D5F1EDBDA7_zps7bfwt7iq.jpg.html)
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/9D34DD9C-0BB4-489F-A607-0F3B9942C4FF_zpsk8wfrlj1.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/9D34DD9C-0BB4-489F-A607-0F3B9942C4FF_zpsk8wfrlj1.jpg.html)
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It is possible to find a Kashmir bat that plays has well and sometimes better than English willow depending on the drying pressing and skill of the bat maker etc.
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Now you have a wet weather bat you better move on one of your existing GM's to me!
You certainly love a GM bargain that's for sure!
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Scuff sheet added and varnished the toe, will get some comparison shots to my other purist later
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/95D95209-F408-4DAF-9B92-C1F422D51ACC_zpswbd1lmrs.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/95D95209-F408-4DAF-9B92-C1F422D51ACC_zpswbd1lmrs.jpg.html)
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/FD6B2BBB-D5A8-41E8-A5D9-86355A5D2730_zps8uzzvuh9.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/FD6B2BBB-D5A8-41E8-A5D9-86355A5D2730_zps8uzzvuh9.jpg.html)
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/AADDA5E1-B9FC-4A45-BFDA-7FF8711FF51B_zpsw0jtv9sb.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/AADDA5E1-B9FC-4A45-BFDA-7FF8711FF51B_zpsw0jtv9sb.jpg.html)
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/669CC04E-C7B6-4143-82B9-536037F1E294_zpsnw7lexbq.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/669CC04E-C7B6-4143-82B9-536037F1E294_zpsnw7lexbq.jpg.html)
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/1E3DB56B-7665-41B2-93F5-C86BF54422E8_zpsbtkjn6bh.jpg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/1E3DB56B-7665-41B2-93F5-C86BF54422E8_zpsbtkjn6bh.jpg.html)