Beautiful looking bat mate, did you get charged any import duty etc by Customs as I was considering ordering a couple of sticks from Aus as well?
The company i bought one from under valued the one they sent me. No customs to pay.
Once again wonderful bat Uzair !!!!!!
P.S Give some of ur bats to Pakistani batsmen as well, they might start scoring runs :D
So, this bat is made by Stuart Kranzbuhler?
Did you bother to read the post, or just look at the pictures...
GN have more than 1 bat maker.
Guess if it's on the internet it must be true.
Back under the bridge you go mate!That highlights what clowns some of you guy's are, it's absolutely possible it's not made by SK despite the information in the post. It's suggested GN have a plantation in Melbourne which is absolutely incorrect, not done deliberately I'm sure but still incorrect.
That highlights what clowns some of you guy's are, it's absolutely possible it's not made by SK despite the information in the post. It's suggested GN have a plantation in Melbourne which is absolutely incorrect, not done deliberately I'm sure but still incorrect.
What I found interesting was when Justin said that they hand-select the willow themselves from willow plantation in Melbourne.
I always thought English conditions could not be replicated.
That highlights what clowns some of you guy's are, it's absolutely possible it's not made by SK despite the information in the post. It's suggested GN have a plantation in Melbourne which is absolutely incorrect, not done deliberately I'm sure but still incorrect.
The question was who made the bat, this information is clearly in the OP. SKI'm not questioning his integrity either, I quite enjoy his posts and enthusiasm for the game. But the post about the plantation highlights how misunderstandings can happen. I am not saying Stu didn't make this bat but it's entirely possible he didn't, and for you to suggest to suggest otherwise with no understanding or experience with GN seems bizarre.
If you choose to beleive this is not is up to you, but I am not going to start questioning Cover_Drive's integrity.
There is only one clown on show here...
Did you bother to read the post, or just look at the pictures...
They may well do, but it clearly states in the OP who made this one...
Anyways, onto the bat. I would like to devote this solely to the bat, will refrain from writing a missive. So, it was me and @ca_gold who decided to make purchase together. We initially decided to go with Gray Nicolls Legend Gold, however, we swayed away from it after checking with each and every retailer, we were not appeased by the products we saw, in particular at Meulemans which had a prodigious imperfection on front. So, after conferring with Robert Meulemans and exchange of emails with pictures, we decided to opt for XXX8 handcrafted as it was as marginally smaller in terms of profile size, almost negligible.
As we knew Rob coached Adam Gilchrist and provided bats to him, we gave him prerogative to select for us albeit I did request them to send better of the lot to @ca_gold. So, my package arrived on fourth business day via Canada Post which I believe is swift. I couldn't contain myself so I took break from work when I found out parcel had reached post office.
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The service at Meulemans is truly fantastic, one of kind. Robert, Justin, and Scott have been extremely helpful and patient with our queries. Rob has great stories to share and his vast knowledge on this motif is fascinating. Justin on other hand is extremely cooperation and amicable. Top blokes they are at Meulemans.
Easy there fella, why the hostility :)
I actually did read the post, a few times, and couldn't "connect the dots".
My question is sincere.
1. I don't know much about GN-AUS structure except the head bat maker is the famous Stuard Kranzbuhler (who's been mentioned in many articles I have read).
2. @Cover_Drive mentioned that he wanted a Stuart Kranzbuhler bat but contacted "Robert Muelman"; there is no relationship mentioned between the two - Stuart and Robert. He also wrote that RM was Gillie's coach.
3. I googled Robert Muelman and turns out he runs a cricket academy in AUS. He also has bats listed on his site. Again, no connection between RM and Kranzbuhler.
4. I couldn't find a connection between RM and GN-AUS either.
5. There is no mention in the post about RM speaking with Kranzbuhler and discussing @Cover_Drive 's specs for a bat. Anyone who's had a custom bat made on this forum talks to their bat maker quite a bit - I know I have with Paul Aldread, John from Red Ink (via messages and email) and David Bacon.
6. It seems like @Cover_Drive made the presumption that readers (like myself) know the GN - AUS structure and understand the role Robert Muelman has in that organization. I confess that I have no such knowledge hence my confusion.
7. All in all, I found the write up very confusing and really couldn't connect the dots about who made the bat. It's just not clear. And, I believe my "reading comprehension" skill is decent. :)
So, my dear friend @WalkingWicket37, I hope it is clear now why I asked the question. You made me write all this to clarify a simple question. :D
Actually not...see the quoted text below.
There is no mention of Stuart Krazbuhler making this bat. Directly. RM did "select" the bat. Was the bat off-the-shelf? Sorry, but it is just not clear.
So, after my hiatus from bat buying, I decided to fulfill my yearning for Australian made Gray Nicolls, in particular of Stuart Kranzbuhler handcrafted product. I am wholly unsure of reason why I didn't pursue with it in past.
Oh God….
1. Okay.
2. Brief overlook - Meulemans is a brand and cricket equipment retail store in Australia since 1963, Robert’s father and his son, Ken and Scott respectively both have played for Western Australia. Stuart Kranzbuhler make bats for Meulemans for their top range only, hence, it is listed has “handcrafted.”
3. Yes, they are also into coaching.
4. Just like Tim Keeley make bats for MANY UK brands, you won’t find a connection between them even while Googling.
5. Nowhere it was said that this is a custom made bat as per my specifications.
6. No presumptions, it is as simple as it can get. Robert Meulemans is a salesman at Meulemans Cricket Store, as simple as it can get.
7. Each to its own.
Hope things are clear now – feel free to ask any question(s) you have.
Well it does, just below the passage you quoted, I had written this;
Quote from: Cover_Drive's Initial Post
So, after my hiatus from bat buying, I decided to fulfill my yearning for Australian made Gray Nicolls, in particular of Stuart Kranzbuhler handcrafted product. I am wholly unsure of reason why I didn't pursue with it in past.
@InternalTraining hostility?
If you took that as hostility I apologise. If I'd intended to be hostile the swear filter would've been in overdrive! :D
I think Custom here applies differently.
As I understand it, Meulemans specify their own custom shape for their top of the range and SK hand makes those for them. These are not custom as in you, the customer, goes to a bat maker and specifies weight, grains, handle, shape, middle etc.
my understanding: So if you want Sk bat you need to go to Meulemans to get their standard "custom" shape. Like all custom bats from GN UK are also standard shapes of their existing range....
No it doesn't. :) It expresses your desire. Rest of your post details your dealings with an agent "Robert Mueslman". Again, to someone who doesn't know GN or GN-AUS, this doesn't indicate that bat you got is made by Stuart Kranzbuhler. No connection. If anything, RM picked a GN bat for you which may or may not have been made by SK. Are all GN-AUS bats made by Stuart Kranzbuhler himself? I admit and accept that I know nothing about GN-AUS or GN in general but as a casual reader why should I make the leap that this lovely bat is made by SK himself.
Reason I read your post and asked the question is I also want a Kranzbuhler bat but I want to deal directly with him.
So, after my hiatus from bat buying, I decided to fulfill my yearning for Australian made Gray Nicolls, in particular of Stuart Kranzbuhler handcrafted product. I am wholly unsure of reason why I didn't pursue with it in past.
Stuart Kranzbuhler make bats for Meulemans for their top range only, hence, it is listed has “handcrafted.”