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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: tim2000s on October 31, 2014, 08:10:52 PM

Title: Strikingly similar
Post by: tim2000s on October 31, 2014, 08:10:52 PM
I was taking photos of the 'new' v12 and thought it might be interesting to compare it, sizewise, to a more modern, funky shaped, bat.

I picked the nemesis as it is a similarly unusual shape and was really quite surprised at the similarities when place alongside the V12.  Now I know they say there is nothing new under the sun,  but what do you think?

(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/10/31/3e6aa55c28c7dc374e48ec5a3ba679b8.jpg)

Incidentally,  the Nemesis weighs in approximately 2oz lighter and has much more concaving.

(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/10/31/10415fdf9698c151963151f17fd0e2fc.jpg)

(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/10/31/85a71095f2044f9d618d2b9a44324bce.jpg)
Title: Re: Strikingly similar
Post by: JB on October 31, 2014, 08:15:17 PM
That is uncanny! Are they similar weights?
Title: Re: Strikingly similar
Post by: ilanz_bess on October 31, 2014, 08:18:27 PM
They really do look quite similar, apart from the concaving which I think compensates for the higher spine on the nemesis. It just goes to show, things that are being branded as innovative and new are just old ideas repackaged in a new skin...
Title: Re: Strikingly similar
Post by: smilley792 on October 31, 2014, 08:22:17 PM
Strange, I'd have judged the v12 as a mid middle, and the nemesis as a low looking seperately.

Title: Re: Strikingly similar
Post by: ilanz_bess on October 31, 2014, 08:35:05 PM
If the V12 didn't have that scalloping in the toe, it would be virtually the same. But I agree, as it is, the middles would indeed be different.
Title: Re: Strikingly similar
Post by: tim2000s on October 31, 2014, 08:46:04 PM
Taking a closer up view,  the handle end of the hump peaks at almost the same spot.

(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/10/31/75e31d7d6faf21c1436e70597f9a4b38.jpg)

It may be that the Nemesis middle extends lower due to the toe shape.