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Companies => Custom companies => Topic started by: uknsaunders on January 08, 2016, 01:05:31 PM
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I loved my Original H4L Tempo. It was huge, scared little children and animals at 100 yards and had a similar effect on the oppo (until they saw me bat). However, despite sticking with it for 3 years I never really got on with it. The good days it was great but it was always just a touch to heavy, a little toe heavy for me. Matt did some work on it but I never wanted to change it too much. Then one day last season, I lent it to one of our players as he was struggling with a terminal GN. First ball he hit a full toss out of the ground and never looked back. He needed a better bat and had the ability to use the Tempo far better than me. I reluctantly sold it to him and he celebrated by scoring 150 odd in a league game - point proved. Anyway, a revised Tempo profile was on the radar and the whole Warner "light" thing got me thinking again. I decided to entrust one of our finest aspiring batmakers with the task and gave him a stupid requirements list. Here's the end product:-
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Specs:-
2'10.7
Spine - 75mm from the face
Edge - 32mm
Toe 30mm in the middle
Shoulder 10mm
SSH
Harrow Length
Hole drilled through blade (like Hunts Revolution)
Slight duckbill at the bottom
High-extended middle
Some gentle concaving, pretty minimal
Dead chuffed with the outcome. Ryan has done a superb job and even the stickers exceeded my expectations (Ryan/Simmy will tell you I wasn't a fan lol). When you see something like this and the Red Ink I recently got from John, you really don't need to be paying silly money for a custom bat.
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Beauty, imposing for the weight!
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Whats the hole drilled through the blade add in terms of performance etc?
Presume thats the mark in the toe?
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Whats the hole drilled through the blade add in terms of performance etc?
Presume thats the mark in the toe?
I always presumed it was just to take a bit of weight out, curious to know if it does affect performance, whether positively or negatively.
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Whats the hole drilled through the blade add in terms of performance etc?
Presume thats the mark in the toe?
I think it's drilled through the handle end of the blade before handling. It's mainly weight saving - maybe an oz or so. Don't think the toe mark has anything to do with it @Ryan ?
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If Hunts style, the hole will be drilled down from the V before fitting the handle.
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I always presumed it was just to take a bit of weight out, curious to know if it does affect performance, whether positively or negatively.
Don't think it has any impact on performance as it's not a big hole amongst a lot of wood.
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Hole/mark at toe, will be to mount on the lathe to add the biding.
Cracking lucking bat.
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Hole/mark at toe, will be to mount on the lathe to add the biding.
Cracking lucking bat.
I'd noticed Salix have that also.
Indeed though, cracking bat.
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Thanks for the quick post Nick. Glad you're happy with it.
Yes, the small indent is from the lathe when binding the handle.
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That's one hell of a bat! Stunning mate
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that looks really amazing
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Its bats like this that dishearten me for needing a 2lb7, this looks a real winner!
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Stunner!!!
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Its bats like this that dishearten me for needing a 2lb7, this looks a real winner!
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No reason why you couldn't get a 2'7 in this profile. Shave 2-3mm off the edges to a respectable 29-30mm and a touch more concaving and I think you could get there.
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No reason why you couldn't get a 2'7 in this profile. Shave 2-3mm off the edges to a respectable 29-30mm and a touch more concaving and I think you could get there.
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Gone with something similar with a b3 bespoke, dont think its going to have quite the same wow factor though, that size is just impressive!
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Gone with something similar with a b3 bespoke, dont think its going to have quite the same wow factor though, that size is just impressive!
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It's big thanks to the harrow profile/SSH/drill hole/sloped shoulders/duckbill which gives you the appearance of a 2'13-14 bat packaged into a 2'11 weight. I have a 45mm edge typhoon being made by b3 off a standard 400 density cleft using most of the same weight saving methods.
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It's big thanks to the harrow profile/SSH/drill hole/sloped shoulders/duckbill which gives you the appearance of a 2'13-14 bat packaged into a 2'11 weight. I have a 45mm edge typhoon being made by b3 off a standard 400 density cleft using most of the same weight saving methods.
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Ive got the same harrow/SSH set up, leaving the finer details with streaky to bespoke the custom #19 shape as i trust him more than myself to make a cracking bat.
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Stunning bat. Good work Ryan!
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Looking forward to seeing the beauty Ryan is currently making for me! :D
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I'll send over some pictures today Andy.
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Cracker of a profile that Ryan! Based on the spine height was it a oversized cleft?
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Fab bat but it was the hunts county reflex with the hole in the blade...I had 5 of them!
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The Revolution is the current Hunts bat with the hole - I should know! Haha ;)
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Any thoughts on the grade of willow?
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A good grade 2 !!
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I'll send over some pictures today Andy.
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Thanks Ryan. :)
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No reason why you couldn't get a 2'7 in this profile. Shave 2-3mm off the edges to a respectable 29-30mm and a touch more concaving and I think you could get there.
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Add all that weight back on when it's not a bat for hobbits though ;)
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All the clefts I buy are oversized Andy.
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I think this was sold as a grade 3 btw.
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Cracking bat hell of a shape
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