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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: FvanN on July 30, 2014, 06:49:54 AM

Title: Yesterday at the test
Post by: FvanN on July 30, 2014, 06:49:54 AM

Took the wife to her first ever cricket match yesterday and while there bumped into these two guys. Had a great chat with Stuart while he was having a little weight taken out of his two new bats which had just arrived. He carries around 12 bats with him  ???.

Then bent the GN guys ear for a while and he to was a fountain of knowledge even going as far as to give me a run down player contracts/ where GN bats are made as well as the fussiest players they sponsor and a little mention about the new addition to the range for next season.


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Title: Re: Yesterday at the test
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on July 30, 2014, 07:09:38 AM

Chris King, now doing a lot of the custom bat work at GN and a very nice bloke :D

Title: Re: Yesterday at the test
Post by: iand123 on July 30, 2014, 03:00:44 PM

Spoke to him at Lord's, nice chap and makes all of Shiv's bats

Title: Re: Yesterday at the test
Post by: tim2000s on July 30, 2014, 03:29:34 PM

Made my custom dynadrive, did he. It's a belter of a bat.

Title: Re: Yesterday at the test
Post by: Vitas Cricket on July 30, 2014, 03:38:02 PM

Talented bloke. Remember the AF14 Powercone for April Fools day? The perfectly round cone carved out the back of the bat was done by hand.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BkHrShOCUAAK_st.jpg)

Title: Re: Yesterday at the test
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on July 30, 2014, 03:41:18 PM

I think he was an antique furniture repairer before he got into the cricket bat market so i can imagine he is very good with his tools when it comes to delicate work.

Title: Re: Yesterday at the test
Post by: Buzz on July 30, 2014, 03:46:19 PM

brilliant bat maker - and virtually unknown, especially on here. I still love that "powercone" bat.

He also made the bats for the cricket game in Downton Abbey...!!

Title: Re: Yesterday at the test
Post by: Giraffe208 on July 30, 2014, 03:47:55 PM

Some pretty decent sale offers judging by the little posters too!