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Title: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: Number4 on December 18, 2015, 09:52:18 PM
 Few of the guys I play cricket with went to Screaming Cat a few years ago to do the custom bat experience, and 1 of them has been more than once, and Julian was talking to him about density and to prove his point Julian dipped the toe of the bat in detergent and blew threw the handle and he blew a bubble out of the toe of the bat.... this is the first time I have heard of this but the guys all swear this actually happened before there eyes...

I know there will be some serious doubters out there but has anyone seen or heard of this being done?
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: simonmay5 on December 18, 2015, 09:56:37 PM
I have heard  about some one doing it with milk so I do believe it is true
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on December 18, 2015, 09:59:20 PM
Yeh the willow grains are like straws so run the length of the blade so in theory you can blow down one end and it comes out the other.

@The Doctor is prob you man for more details as wood isn't my specialist area of expertise.
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: Blank Bats on December 18, 2015, 10:02:11 PM
U need a heck of a pair of lungs on you too😀.
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: smilley792 on December 18, 2015, 10:04:32 PM
Maybe down a bare cleft. But through the handle?

Surely the pva will prevent much if any air getting through into the cleft??
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: Number4 on December 18, 2015, 10:06:33 PM
Through the handle they said
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on December 18, 2015, 10:20:54 PM
I can't see it working blowing down the handle, I've seen it via the shoulder of the bat
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: Seniorplayer on December 19, 2015, 10:49:24 AM
Had a bath this morning Dipped a bat  toe in the soapy water blew through the handle nothing happened apart from the wife moaning about the water on the bathroom floor.
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: Number4 on December 19, 2015, 10:54:22 AM
I've got sooo many come back lines for that comment but I am leaving all well alone ;)
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: Chad on December 19, 2015, 11:31:34 AM
I've got sooo many come back lines for that comment but I am leaving all well alone ;)

I genuinely thought that he meant his own toe (just got up) and he blew through his handle, and chuckled. Then I saw it was Senior, and was like, he's not normally one to crack jokes like that...
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: smilley792 on December 19, 2015, 12:17:45 PM
Wondering if this is a massive troll to see if you can get dumbasses to start putting there bats in the bath.
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: Number4 on December 19, 2015, 12:22:57 PM
Wondering if this is a massive troll to see if you can get dumbasses to start putting there bats in the bath.

It worked ;)

It's 100% true though
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: procricket on December 19, 2015, 12:50:31 PM
It's 100 per cent not true through a handle
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: Number4 on December 19, 2015, 12:53:49 PM
I'm just quoting what the guys who went to Julian to get bats made told me. I asked one of them again today at cricket and he confirmed it happened. I will asked the other guys after xmas when we start back up to see if they confirm it was through the handle
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: FattusCattus on December 19, 2015, 01:03:53 PM
Perhaps that's why Julian had to retire - his lungs are f***ed from demonstrating it!
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: inzaghi316 on December 20, 2015, 01:15:23 PM
Doubt it through the handle...

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Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on December 20, 2015, 02:44:26 PM
Just tested this myself.
I put some petrol in a bucket, stuck the blade in and blew down the handle, and was blowing bubbles in the bucket!
Best of all the petrol didn't damage the bat like sticking it in a bath would, simply take the bat out and drop a match on it. It burns the petrol off in no time and the wood is untouched.
Give it a go yourselves  ;)
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: Northern monkey on December 20, 2015, 05:12:43 PM
That will thin a few bat collections down!
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: Seniorplayer on December 20, 2015, 07:49:19 PM
Just tested this myself.
I put some petrol in a bucket, stuck the blade in and blew down the handle, and was blowing bubbles in the bucket!
Best of all the petrol didn't damage the bat like sticking it in a bath would, simply take the bat out and drop a match on it. It burns the petrol off in no time and the wood is untouched.
Give it a go yourselves  ;)

Tried it Cam but all I have left of the bat is the handle.
Title: Re: Screaming Cat Fact or Fiction
Post by: Chalkie on December 20, 2015, 07:56:27 PM
Tried it Cam but all I have left of the bat is the handle.

Bet the pick up is great though 😉