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Title: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: uknsaunders on September 08, 2015, 11:00:46 AM
No clues:-

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Profile, middle position, weight, bat make/model please.
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: RoCo Da Pixie on September 08, 2015, 11:05:29 AM
Is it just me that sees nothing>
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: i12breakfree on September 08, 2015, 11:06:03 AM
I cannot see the pics too

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Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: smilley792 on September 08, 2015, 11:09:20 AM
4 tiny squares profile.

Weight half an oz.

Bat maker, dude that makes tendulkas
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: 19reading87 on September 08, 2015, 11:12:59 AM
Pictures fine for me
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: uknsaunders on September 08, 2015, 11:13:45 AM
Is it just me that sees nothing>

I have resaved them, not sure if it helps?
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on September 08, 2015, 11:15:22 AM
I'm fairly confident about this one, I'll guess it's a cricket bat!  :D
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: Number4 on September 08, 2015, 11:19:24 AM
H4L
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: i12breakfree on September 08, 2015, 11:21:03 AM
H4L

my guess is h4l too
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: smilley792 on September 08, 2015, 11:22:59 AM
M and h

2.10
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: FattusCattus on September 08, 2015, 11:35:02 AM
MSR - 2.9lbs
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: ProWannabe88 on September 08, 2015, 12:16:18 PM
Canny see the pictures wee man
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: Six Sixes Cricket on September 08, 2015, 12:21:59 PM
This is what I'm seeing

(http://i752.photobucket.com/albums/xx165/d7bow/Mobile%20Uploads/02202A31-9613-471E-82E5-2FD0300129B0_zpsbc4yq7ge.png) (http://s752.photobucket.com/user/d7bow/media/Mobile%20Uploads/02202A31-9613-471E-82E5-2FD0300129B0_zpsbc4yq7ge.png.html)

Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: Buzz on September 08, 2015, 12:25:22 PM
the pictures aren't particularly helpful - i can't stand attempts at arty photo's as they are misleading.

The classic ways of telling who made a bat is by looking at the handle and binding, the shoulders and the toe shape, then looking at the profile.

In this case with the way the photo's are there are no clear ways of looking at them.

If I were to guess it could be a GM Epic after a massive refurb and the toe guard removed - but it could equally be any number of indian made bats (although the thickness of the shoulder suggests otherwise.)

The shape is a little pakistani - so it could be an AS bat too.

frankly - put up decent pics and it would be more fun.
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: liscon12 on September 08, 2015, 12:32:34 PM
Doesn't look particularity well finished in my opinion :/
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: uknsaunders on September 08, 2015, 12:37:18 PM
the pictures aren't particularly helpful - i can't stand attempts at arty photo's as they are misleading.

The classic ways of telling who made a bat is by looking at the handle and binding, the shoulders and the toe shape, then looking at the profile.

In this case with the way the photo's are there are no clear ways of looking at them.

If I were to guess it could be a GM Epic after a massive refurb and the toe guard removed - but it could equally be any number of indian made bats (although the thickness of the shoulder suggests otherwise.)

The shape is a little pakistani - so it could be an AS bat too.

frankly - put up decent pics and it would be more fun.

Arty? lol - Nothing that good when I take photos! more concerned why people can't see the pics in the first place.

Just for Buzz:-

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Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on September 08, 2015, 12:38:11 PM
Is the splice slightly off centre?
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on September 08, 2015, 01:22:31 PM
Having looked at the shoulders, the binding and the profile, I'd guess that it used to be a GM Epic.
Looks to have had some use and whoever refurbed it could do with a bit more practice!  ;)
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: cricketrob on September 08, 2015, 01:30:32 PM
Mars cricket ? Purely going by the shape of the handle


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Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: amritpremi on September 08, 2015, 01:50:34 PM
I think I saw a similar profile for sale which was OnHand Sports bat.
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: Optical on September 08, 2015, 03:29:56 PM
Is it an M&H Amplus 2.11?
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: uknsaunders on September 09, 2015, 09:28:49 AM
I think we are done here.

If you said GM pat yourselves on the back.

If you said a high middled bat like an Amplus, you were close.

It's a GM Icon+ . Any further guesses on the weight, without stickers and after a refurb?
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on September 09, 2015, 09:39:59 AM
Ah an icon plus!
I thought it was icon shaped, but the one I had was more concaved which threw me off the scent a bit, hence why I guessed at an epic.

And following a refurb I'd guess it weighs around 2lb11?
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: uknsaunders on September 09, 2015, 09:49:27 AM
Ah an icon plus!
I thought it was icon shaped, but the one I had was more concaved which threw me off the scent a bit, hence why I guessed at an epic.

And following a refurb I'd guess it weighs around 2lb11?

Icon+ has slightly bigger edges/spine/toe and a some extra wood along the spine I guess. It's a surprisingly long extended middle.
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on September 09, 2015, 09:56:52 AM
Icon+ has slightly bigger edges/spine/toe and a some extra wood along the spine I guess. It's a surprisingly long extended middle.

The "standard" Icon I had surprised me with the coverage, it had a rather generous sweet spot and the pick up was stupidly light for the weight.
Having more wood in that shape will make an absolute weapon of a bat!

Damn it, I want to buy another Icon now...  :-[
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: trypewriter on September 09, 2015, 10:09:18 AM
I'm not surprised it's light I haven't been able to see anything  ;)
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: uknsaunders on September 09, 2015, 10:45:16 AM
Weighed it yesterday - currently 2'7.5! It was a light cleft to start with - 2'10 rather than the standard 2'12 for a GM Icon+. A sticker removal/refurb and it's a wand. John from Red Ink did a refurb but mainly concentrated on fixing the delamination on the front. It does fly.
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on September 09, 2015, 10:49:49 AM
Weighed it yesterday - currently 2'7.5! It was a light cleft to start with - 2'10 rather than the standard 2'12 for a GM Icon+. A sticker removal/refurb and it's a wand. John from Red Ink did a refurb but mainly concentrated on fixing the delamination on the front. It does fly.

A 2lb10 GM+ to start with, that's a naughty bat right there!
Crown density cleft and great profile, when's this one going up for sale then  ;)
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: uknsaunders on September 09, 2015, 11:20:37 AM
A 2lb10 GM+ to start with, that's a naughty bat right there!
Crown density cleft and great profile, when's this one going up for sale then  ;)
I have mentioned it before but in the end I decided to get the delamination fixed first. To be honest i dont know what its worth anyway. This thread was more about how preconceived ideas of bats can be wrong and I thought this bat was a great example. Gm icon bats are typically thought of as high middle bats but in general they are good balanced bats.

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Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: uknsaunders on September 09, 2015, 11:24:46 AM
ps - if you are using Tapatalk the pics may not appear. Go to the settings and change to web view.
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: edge on September 09, 2015, 02:15:52 PM
Remember I borrowed one of our bowlers' Icon+ once that was around that weight, was an absolute weapon of a bat! Definitely worth getting fixed, hit one of my biggest ever sixes in that knock with amazing ease - over the pavilion at long on, carpark, hedge and sailed over a big tree in the next field, 110 metres ish. Hit a few more over the 90m mark, immediately inquired about the bat after I got out but he wasn't letting it go anywhere!
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: uknsaunders on September 14, 2015, 08:37:52 AM
Remember I borrowed one of our bowlers' Icon+ once that was around that weight, was an absolute weapon of a bat! Definitely worth getting fixed, hit one of my biggest ever sixes in that knock with amazing ease - over the pavilion at long on, carpark, hedge and sailed over a big tree in the next field, 110 metres ish. Hit a few more over the 90m mark, immediately inquired about the bat after I got out but he wasn't letting it go anywhere!

Was going to use this yesterday but since I hogged the batting the previous week i volunteered to go down the order. While on umpiring duty my skipper/long standing kit thief decided to use it. Obviously still going ok as he scored a ton with it!
Title: Re: Guess the Profile/Bat
Post by: uknsaunders on October 02, 2015, 10:38:56 AM
Will be sticking this bat, my b3 and a few other bits of kit up for sale soon.