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Equipment => Bats => Custom Made => Topic started by: Batbuddy99 on October 03, 2015, 02:32:26 PM
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Here's an interesting question:
What would be your ultimate bat shape?
Mine would be a 1.5 inch shorter blade, low middle, massive toe with minimal concaving, edge over spine with the sweet spot bulged and tapered in at the handle, like a cross between a Mongoose CoR3 and a GM Octane
Be interesting to hear what other people like
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Absolutely any one I can hit the ball with....
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Absolutely any one I can hit the ball with....
Haha +1
My Puma EvoPower Black SE but in a short blade, maybe two cm smaller as I fall in the awkward area between SH and SM/Academy sizes..... but with McCullum's orange puma stickers ;)
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85mm spine
60mm edges
Convex profile
All middle
Lasts a lifetime
Weight 2lb7 (fully dressed with two grips)
All that plus an anti getting out guarantee please
Oh, and costs less than £100
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85mm spine
60mm edges
Convex profile
All middle
Lasts a lifetime
Weight 2lb7 (fully dressed with two grips)
All that plus an anti getting out guarantee please
Oh, and costs less than £100
In that case I would have anything that has guaranteed six every ball written all over it
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Clean unblemished face with ruler straight grains crown willow pure sapwood ultra light cleft for performance pressed to extract maximum ping convex back long wide high middle from the toe to the sticker skinny toe ( to assist pickup ) thin top quality round handle 10 1/2 inches long 1 inch shorter blade than standard S/H very gentle bow (to help pickup ) not bothered about wieght as long as the the bat picks up no heavier than 2 -7 stickered and gripped.
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Now for a serious answer:
6-10 grains
Blemishes not a deal breaker, but I like a bat with character!
If heartwood is present a strip on the inside edge.
Mid-low middle.
Thickish oval handle.
Extra thick binding on bottom half of the handle.
White grip (this is essential)
Moderate edges (32-38mm)
Minimal/no concaving
Fully dressed weight around 2lb9 - 2lb11
Alternatively a GN500 from Jake (wait, I have one on order!) :D
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Heavy, very low sweet spot, thin oval handle, nicely pressed. John made me up a red ink in those specs for next season. Cannot wait for winter nets
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1/3 heartwood with a nice big stain 2 thirds up the face.
2.14 with a high middled profile.
80 mm spine
55mm edges
Slightly concaved.
Big bow.
Round handle. Slightly set forward.
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1/3 heartwood with a nice big stain 2 thirds up the face.
2.14 with a high middled profile.
80 mm spine
55mm edges
Slightly concaved.
Big bow.
Round handle. Slightly set forward.
Is that by any chance the B3 Pepsi?
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Had it and it broke
2.9
25 beautiful grains
Never been as easy to flick 65m sixes off my toes over square leg or lift a full bunger over mid offs ear
Only get one er them a lifetime .(cheers sir, your a gent)
When someone says pro bats are special, they are !
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40 mm edges all the way from shoulders to toe, 85 mm spine, large bulge in extended sweet spot, minimum concavimg, round handle in not more than 2 lbs in grade 3 Kashmir Willow :D
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40 mm edges all the way from shoulders to toe, 85 mm spine, large bulge in extended sweet spot, minimum concavimg, round handle in not more than 2 lbs in grade 3 Kashmir Willow :D
Kashmir willow? What blasphemy?! Surely not allowed on the forum ;)
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Almost a banning offence liking Kashmir willow :-)
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Prefer following specs ...
1. Willow - two tone willow, heart wood on right hander's edge.
2. Bat length - t20 style bats with longer handle and shorter blade.
3. Weight - 2lb 9oz to 2lb 10.5 oz.
4. Grain count - 6 to 10 straight grains.
Currently using a hunts custom bat with above specs from Jake @ Vitas .... :D
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My preferred bat:
Edge - 35-40mm with long middle (SRT shape)
Sweet Spot - Middle to Low
Weight - around 3 lb
Handle - Short and Semi-oval
Willow - Don't care much about grade or looks as much as ping and longevity.
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SH bat
40mm edge
70mm Spine swell running from the splice to lower middle.
No Concaving
round thick handle.
1.5 inch toe thickness.
7 to 9 grains.
Right handed so inner edge hartwood
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Screaming Cat Series One period.
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1271 Trott however i'm going to work on something new this saturday so any ideas i'm all ears.....
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One of these two
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h76/smilley792/B450DCC0-C213-44A4-9D1D-9ADEE8E5B1AA_zpsmgqvkgpq.jpg) (http://s61.photobucket.com/user/smilley792/media/B450DCC0-C213-44A4-9D1D-9ADEE8E5B1AA_zpsmgqvkgpq.jpg.html)
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Chris i need to speak to you great bats buddy great bats
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Love that B3 profile, looks a bit like Voges' bat!
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GN100 made with edges that are above 50 mm for 240 mm, 65 mm apex, 20 mm deep scoop and true low density cleft. 8 dead straight grains, running though the toe, 10 mm of heartwood on the RH edge. Weight 2.95 with two diamond grips. Pickup 2.775. Pressed by Stu himself. Thick semi oval handle at the base.
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I have been getting custom bats made by SS and BAS and loved them in the past. Recently a friend advised me to go with BDM and they did not disappoint me at all.
Happy to share specs of my ultimate bat with you folks.
BDM Titanium EW Grade 1+
2.8
40 mm edge
10 grains
No concaving
Slightly bowed
Super Short round handle
Half a inch long blade
Fairly thick and flat toe
Hand made and beautifully pressed
Excited to be a part of this wonderful cricket community. My first out of many posts :)
Post updated with pics attached.(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/25/8c9b7936164175f3779816ce2a527eca.jpg)(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/25/50cf2898f8a9b0e7fced39b12ad6f2f7.jpg)(http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/12/25/c5a2a8e6e3cf174c3fafc70eee10c1d8.jpg)
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Welcome t the forum!
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Welcome t the forum!
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Thanks Mate.
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That's a great shape and size for 2-8 bat @sanzzy
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Great looking bat Sazzy, may i know where did you order it?
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Thanks guys, I got it through my pro friend who has direct contacts in BDM.
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Good looking BDM bat !!!
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Puma Ballistic - Adam Gilchrist shape (Julian Millichamp shape).
Actually Ballistics were made in India but the inspiration was Julians bat design for Adam.
Extremely oval handle - thick bottom and round smaller top hand, weight concentrated around shoulders for lighter pickup, extended sweet spot. massive spine and thin edges. Bat speed creating the power rather than the bat edge thickness.
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Nice bat!
Seen a couple of those and they were very nice
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Laver and Wood Signature
Low Density G1 with 12 grains
Secondary dried for a bigger size
Performance pressed
Oval C10 handle
I did enquire about a bat like this but according to James it wouldn't have lasted very long.
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Puma Ballistic - Adam Gilchrist shape (Julian Millichamp shape).
Actually Ballistics were made in India but the inspiration was Julians bat design for Adam.
Extremely oval handle - thick bottom and round smaller top hand, weight concentrated around shoulders for lighter pickup, extended sweet spot. massive spine and thin edges. Bat speed creating the power rather than the bat edge thickness.
Something like this?
http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=37970.15 (http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=37970.15)
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Something like this?
[url]http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=37970.15[/url] ([url]http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=37970.15[/url])
YESSSSSS! @WalkingWicket37 you know what I am talking about! It must have been made by Julian. I tried to get that shaped copied from India with mixed results. Here are the pics of what I got made (stickers are just cheap ones bought on ebay). The photos don't do a proper justise though. It is quite thicker in spine than it looks in the side view.
http://s347.photobucket.com/user/vaibhav26281/media/IMG_1203_zpsvj7vakkd.jpg.html (http://s347.photobucket.com/user/vaibhav26281/media/IMG_1203_zpsvj7vakkd.jpg.html)
http://s347.photobucket.com/user/vaibhav26281/media/IMG_1206_zpsm6mzmiw2.jpg.html (http://s347.photobucket.com/user/vaibhav26281/media/IMG_1206_zpsm6mzmiw2.jpg.html)
http://s347.photobucket.com/user/vaibhav26281/media/IMG_1205_zpscyorpukk.jpg.html (http://s347.photobucket.com/user/vaibhav26281/media/IMG_1205_zpscyorpukk.jpg.html)
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Worth saying Puma had more than one batmaker in Australia. Sam Miller was out there, perhaps Ben Thane too? From 2004 onwards Julian's designs stuck around, but he was long gone.