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Equipment => Bats => Custom Made => Topic started by: 19reading87 on November 03, 2009, 08:03:39 PM

Title: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: 19reading87 on November 03, 2009, 08:03:39 PM
1st post on here so wish me luck having swapped over from a rival forum  :D :D :D :D

I am off to the Hunts county Factory on Monday to get Custom made bat! I was wondering if anybody else has ever been and had this done?!?!

Would love to hear people's thoughts

look forward to them

cheers

 ;D
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: Howzat on November 03, 2009, 08:05:46 PM
A guy at my club had a bat custom made from the factory this was about 10 years ago though, he sent it back to be refurbed last year but it broke this year. He sent it to them and they sent a brand new one!
The two county bats he has are awesome!
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: 19reading87 on November 03, 2009, 08:07:55 PM
That sounds promising then mate! A lad at my club has 1 and swears by it :D
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: leeroy_acko on November 03, 2009, 08:16:09 PM
I have had a few County bats, and they are probably the best bats I have ever used. started with a Reflex, had a Clipper, then an Insignia. And generally people who buy them stay loyal to them forever.

I haven't because I am a tart and go for the best cometics, probably because I am such a crap batter i might as well look good for the 5 minutes I am at the crease!
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: Tom on November 03, 2009, 08:19:59 PM
I've been up many times, Tony's a good batmaker and can make some beautiful profiles if you ask nicely!
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: 19reading87 on November 03, 2009, 08:25:30 PM
LOL at lee-roy!! :P you sound just like me!! haha

Do you have any tips for what I should and shouldn't say Tom??
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: Tom on November 03, 2009, 08:34:03 PM
Just weigh every handled cleft they have there and try to find a light one is my advice.
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: 19reading87 on November 03, 2009, 08:36:52 PM
Ok mate, why a light 1??
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: musama91 on November 03, 2009, 08:37:42 PM
have not heard anythinmg bad about hunts yet. do take some pics!

btw county are reintroducing the reflex range for the new season
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: GJ on November 03, 2009, 08:38:36 PM
Lighter cleft will mean a bigger profile can be achieved on the bat.
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: 19reading87 on November 03, 2009, 08:40:48 PM
Any Pics Mus?
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: 19reading87 on November 03, 2009, 08:41:40 PM
Lighter cleft will mean a bigger profile can be achieved on the bat.


cool, how???
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: GJ on November 03, 2009, 08:46:25 PM
It will mean they dont have to remove as much wood to achieve the weight wanted.
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: 19reading87 on November 03, 2009, 08:51:58 PM
ha so simple :) I can not WEIGHT(get it ;)) to go now....
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: musama91 on November 03, 2009, 08:56:06 PM
nice pun! pics will be loaded when availble. latest info i have is on readers (will replace bicentennial and virago with phaeton and challenger) ranges and hunts (repalce steelback with reflex).
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: leeroy_acko on November 03, 2009, 08:58:18 PM
the reflex is coming back? Thats me done for 2010 then , I am all up for some retro kit. I just wish Duncan fearnley would make decent Magnums again.

Thats a great thread actually, best retro stash!
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: 19reading87 on November 03, 2009, 09:00:14 PM
I think I'll be getting the clipper stickers on mine tho :) :) :D
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: Tom on November 03, 2009, 09:01:19 PM
They also make Mongooses at Hunts if you fancy one!
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: aidy1098 on November 03, 2009, 09:05:55 PM
They also make Mongooses at Hunts if you fancy one!

defo get a mongoose(full lenght one) ive heard good things and if they are made by hunts even better

think about it

a hunts bat with the glitz and glamour of a mongoose! cant loose
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: 19reading87 on November 03, 2009, 09:07:59 PM
haha we shall see, we shall see.....

Tom are you the boy at Itias????
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: aidy1098 on November 03, 2009, 09:09:07 PM
haha we shall see, we shall see.....

Tom are you the boy at Itias????

MAN who owns itias lol
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: tommo256 on November 03, 2009, 09:10:09 PM
who now works for moongoose :)
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: 19reading87 on November 03, 2009, 09:17:09 PM
Ok ok im now confussed, Tom where are you based lol
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: Tom on November 03, 2009, 09:18:21 PM
London with Mongoose, Itias I still own but just looking to sell kit off now and wind it up.
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: tommo256 on November 03, 2009, 09:19:44 PM
What is your role at mongoose? you a batmaker?
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: 19reading87 on November 03, 2009, 09:22:02 PM
You selling the gloves cheaper at Itias :D :D :D ???????
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: Tom on November 03, 2009, 09:24:14 PM
You selling the gloves cheaper at Itias :D :D :D ???????
£26 posted if you want a set

And Mongoose, no not a batmaker. It's only a relatively small company so there's no role as such.
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: 19reading87 on November 03, 2009, 09:27:21 PM
Are they the gloves on the website??? They got side protetion on both hands??? could you email me some other pics of them please???
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: Beachcricket on November 03, 2009, 09:29:43 PM
I've had 2 custom bats from Hunts and they were/are superb. I'll be reviewing my current one once winter nets begin as I only used it for 3 games at the end of the season.
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: tommo256 on November 03, 2009, 09:31:10 PM
and oh right tom.....what is your role then?
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: tommo256 on November 03, 2009, 09:33:37 PM
and can you also pm/emqil me some pics?
Title: Re: Custom made Hunts County
Post by: musama91 on November 03, 2009, 10:08:41 PM
all pics of the gloves are in this thread: http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=1944.0 (http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=1944.0)