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Companies => Off-the-shelf companies => Newbery => Topic started by: WalkingWicket37 on March 07, 2016, 07:49:40 PM
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Well I picked this up off a well know auction site recently.
It's in fairly good condition, considering it's age, but could do with a bit of TLC.
This was listed at 2lb11 and I paid £95 posted for it. I was pleasantly surprised to find it actually weighs 2lb10 exactly in it's current state.
Upon first inspection, I suspect that it's been lightly used and chucked in a kit bag, so the back is a bit rough. Someone also defaced the shoulders with a sharpie, so im guessing it must be a pro bat ;)
This will need to have the toe guard (which is already hanging off) removed. I then plan to give all the exposed Willow a fine sanding so it's nicely finished again, then apply a coat of oil or two to get it into a useable condition.
The vital statistics:
Weight in current condition: 2lb10
Edge size at peak: 30mm
Edge size at shoulder: 10mm
Edge size at toe: 13mm
Thickest point of toe: 25mm
Peak spine height: 60mm
Concaving: heavy
Handle: a lovely oval. Also happens to be one of the Carbon ones
Does anyone know what the 50mm sticker on the edge means? :-[
Performance
It seems to tap up nicely, without any lights being in immediate danger! The sound it makes is slightly different to other bats, which I expect is down to the special handle.
The toe is dead as you'd expect, with the mallet starting to rebound (or the start of the sweet spot) about 40mm from the toe. The best rebound (or middle, to those who can find it) is about 175mm from the toe, and the sweet spot extends to about 300mm from the toe (just below the hammer edge logo).
Anyway, enough waffle and measuring, I'll let the video and pictures tell the story much better than I can.
http://youtu.be/kbum8HHPAbs (http://youtu.be/kbum8HHPAbs)
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I never knew Newbery did a crbon handle!
Also I think to 50mm sticker was for the spine, back in the days when that was big!
Thirdly o don't think I've seen an Uzi with that much concaving before?!
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Question is, do you know what BMF stands for? 😉
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I never knew Newbery did a crbon handle!
Yep, not many left now for various reasons, which is why I snapped this one up. It's the first one I've seen come up for sale in a good while
Also I think to 50mm sticker was for the spine, back in the days when that was big!
But I measured the spine as 60mm ???
Thirdly o don't think I've seen an Uzi with that much concaving before?!
i think this is the standard Uzi shape isn't it? I've seen a few in this profile
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Both this Uzi and the previous one I had are minimal concaving
And I think the sticker was there for effect when the bat came out first, but they only removed it from new ones last year
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Big mother f........
Anyway where's this vid @Batbuddy99
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Oh right yeh I'm gonna try at school tomorrow as my home computer is so old it doesn't recognise the file type
And good knowledge too!
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Bat made for.
Best bat Newbery ever made the carbon handles are wired thou-it's like a tin sound when the ball hit the bat
Terrific buy this :)
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Bat made for.
Best bat Newbery ever made the carbon handles are wired thou-it's like a tin sound when the ball hit the bat
Terrific buy this :)
Although a lot more accurate than my answer, I wanted to see if people would believe newbery would add abit of Samuel l jackson to there bats!
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Big mother f........
Anyway where's this vid @Batbuddy99
thats my guess as well..
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Well Big Mother F++ker is what I heard from a retailer, but I may have been mistaken
I agree with Carlo though I is the best Newbery I've ever played with, even in my short life
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The handle (carbon) was about the last straw with the authorities who shortly after this was made changed the ruling regarding the materials used in the handle. You could use the bat till the end of its life and that was that.
The handles were so unusual...difficult to explain but lots of flex and tinny....Newbery would change it for a cane one free-which is what I did with mine
I don't remember what happened to my bat but I sure wish I'd kept it
Phenomenal bats these were :) :)
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The handle (carbon) was about the last straw with the authorities who shortly after this was made changed the ruling regarding the materials used in the handle. You could use the bat till the end of its life and that was that.
The handles were so unusual...difficult to explain but lots of flex and tinny....Newbery would change it for a cane one free-which is what I did with mine
I don't remember what happened to my bat but I sure wish I'd kept it
Phenomenal bats these were :) :)
Not wrong their mate myc6+ was unreal and I very thankful that Asad sorted the Handel out on mine when it started to break which was very good of him these things are really special bats that's for sure
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Wish I'd seen this always wanted one :(
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Tims love of golf/fishing led to the handle development as he used a carbon fibre fishing rod in the early prototypes I believe.
Had a C6 back in the day but couldn't get on with it as it was so light, was actually refurbed at Tims when I went down to visit and poke around the bat shed before talking all things innovation with him.
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Scuff sheet removed and I gave the bat a quick sand to get rid of the lifted wood fibres.
Not the prettiest looking SPS, but it does have 9 straight grains and a mostly clean hitting area. There's a couple of small marks on the face, with the only real let down for the grade the big mark just under the stickers.
I'll give the bat a proper cleanup this weekend, but so far so good, I'm very happy with my purchase on first impression.
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/IMG-20160307-WA0012_zps6puw0gub.jpeg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/IMG-20160307-WA0012_zps6puw0gub.jpeg.html)
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I never knew Newbery did a crbon handle!
Newbery also did a Mjolnir C6+ with carbon handle - will get round to posting pics at some point ;)
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Newbery also did a Mjolnir C6+ with carbon handle - will get round to posting pics at some point ;)
My one was a gun Pete and I sure yours will be no different can you bring it to nets in a few weeks please mate :)
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Will do fella - it's sometimes nice to look at the classic bats as they are completely different from the huge lumps of willow and enormous edges they do these days ;)
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Been a while since I updated this one.
The bat is now down and had a new home. Here are some pictures of the refry as it happened.
After the scuff sheet came off I gave the bat a proper sand all over (around the stickers) starting at 120 grit and working my way up to 400.
(http://i1206.photobucket.com/albums/bb450/CPye061194/IMG-20160308-WA0002_zpspfjbaain.jpeg) (http://s1206.photobucket.com/user/CPye061194/media/IMG-20160308-WA0002_zpspfjbaain.jpeg.html)
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After a coat of oil, I thought it came up pretty nice
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I don't think I have a picture of it finished, but all I did after this stage was add a white UK made chevron grip, a UK scuff sheet and some fibreglass edge tape.
I'm sure if you ask @simonmay5 nicely he'll show you what it currently looks like
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Never been a huge fan of Newberry bats, they feel unbalanced...for me...every one i have used.
maybe i have stange arms or somthing.
Nice clean up!