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Equipment => Your Kit => Topic started by: jwebber86 on March 11, 2016, 10:42:26 AM
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just thought i would post this after the other discussions
1. newbery kudos 2 sps
2. h4l warbird pro
3. woodworm tireworm test elite
4. woodstock classic cvx
5. b3 bespoke players shape 27 1 stripe
6. bradbury classic
7. spartan steel 216
8. newbery blitz
9. new balance dc 880
10. new balance dc 580
11. sf stanford blade 15000
12. woodstock airstream
13. sf stanford limited edition
14. m&h nc654
15. new balance tc1260
16. newbery krakato sps
17. bradbury forte players
18. b3 bespoke players shape 11 2 stripe
19 kookaburra onyx 1250
20. b3 bespoke players shape 10 3 stripe
batting pads
h4l custom pads - style award
puma evopower 2 - highly recommended
sf stanford sapphire - innovation
new balance dc 580 - good value
batting gloves
kookaburra onyx pro - highly recommended
puma evopower 1 - comfort
new balance dc 580 - good value
adidas elite - protection
they also like affinity keep gear and the gray nics supernova duffle
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Nice to see Tim Keeley winning one of these with a Newbery bat for a change.
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Yep guest appearance at 4 and 12 too
I wonder what will happen when he retires, if the expertise is being passed down to a few othets there
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Anyone know which shape the B3 shape 27 is? Their showroom list stops at 25 with the ST shape.
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27 is the DW shape
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27 is the DW shape
Got any pics/specs of the bat in question Dave?
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Perhaps wrong to say this - but have had my fair share of Friday ales so can't keep a lid on it!
To see the snake oil merchants from Taunton low down on 14 brings me this nice fuzzy feeling of shadenfreuden!
:D
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27 is the DW shape
Cheers pal, must have been a proper legend who designed that ;)
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Perhaps wrong to say this - but have had my fair share of Friday ales so can't keep a lid on it!
To see the snake oil merchants from Taunton low down on 14 brings me this nice fuzzy feeling of shadenfreuden!
:D
well there is absolutely nothing wrong with bats made in India or Pakistan, and they quite a few of them are popular on the forum I know, but 4 out of 5 on the list are manufactured in the UK and I think that's brilliant.
I firmly believe we have the best batmakers in the world in Britain.
:)
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well there is absolutely nothing wrong with bats made in India or Pakistan, and they quite a few of them are popular on the forum I know, but 4 out of 5 on the list are manufactured in the UK and I think that's brilliant.
I firmly believe we have the best batmakers in the world in Britain.
:)
Might even be 5 out of 5 depending on where woodworm are made these days!
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well there is absolutely nothing wrong with bats made in India or Pakistan, and they quite a few of them are popular on the forum I know, but 4 out of 5 on the list are manufactured in the UK and I think that's brilliant.
I firmly believe we have the best batmakers in the world in Britain.
:)
Seen quite a few Asian bats break due to willow dryness agree though along with James Laver best batmakers are in the UK.
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When I see these gear test ranking it always reminds me of the bat maker who sent 2 bats both the same spec and grade willow but had different stickers 1 bat was rated highly and the other wasn't strange that.
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Might even be 5 out of 5 depending on where woodworm are made these days!
well Hunts used to make them but I didn't say 5 out of 5 because I wasn't sure..... :)
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When I see these gear test ranking it always reminds me of the bat maker who sent 2 bats both the same spec and grade willow but had different stickers 1 bat was rated highly and the other wasn't strange that.
As the bats are all blank for the test this is theoretically avoided now
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well Hunts used to make them but I didn't say 5 out of 5 because I wasn't sure..... :)
Hunts used to, but SSomeone else started doing them when they changed from the torch to the hard drive I think
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Seen quite a few Asian bats break due to willow dryness agree though along with James Laver best batmakers are in the UK.
Mine are going strong , knock on wood ...
Which situation is worse : bat breaking too soon or bat lasting forever and taking over a year to open up? I will happily take soft pressed performer any day. Willow dryness can be addressed, no problem.
I used to think that UK/NZ made bats were better than Pak made bats. In my experience (after wasting thousands of dollars, I have learned) that is not the case at all.
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As the bats are all blank for the test this is theoretically avoided now
They should let us forum nerds on the judging panel we'd still figure it out.
"Those look like SS shoulders"
"Nah TK doesn't use that style of binding"
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I have got one of the aoc bats with me that did not figure in the top 20 we sent 4 bats 3 got top 20 finishes but used the bat last night it went like the clappers and was the best looker of the 4 pictures to follow.
I'm very happy with the bat very happy indeed 18 grains all sapwood and the 5 grain DW and others Whopped it...
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DW?
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David Warner shape
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Mine are going strong , knock on wood ...
Which situation is worse : bat breaking too soon or bat lasting forever and taking over a year to open up? I will happily take soft pressed performer any day. Willow dryness can be addressed, no problem.
I used to think that UK/NZ made bats were better than Pak made bats. In my experience (after wasting thousands of dollars, I have learned) that is not the case at all.
Thats good im glad yours are lasting and its your preference which you prefer,but the choice you quote is not a choice.You dont need to wait a year for a UK bat to open up...any good uk bat manufacturer knows the right advice to give after you have bought the bat.every batmaker i have met wants it to work for you and HELP you get runs.Its not just a sale.
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David Warner shape
I thought the DW shapes were @procricket B3 designs or am I getting confused?
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I thought the DW shapes were @procricket B3 designs or am I getting confused?
Oh now you're getting me confused as well haha, we need Dave to come and enlighten us all :)
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DW?
Dave Watson
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DW?
Denzel Washington
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^ LOL
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As the bats are all blank for the test this is theoretically avoided now
Just to clairfy The bats he sent were blank they would have had different stickers when sold.
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The Airstream dropped to 12th... Interesting with John's selection of bats for the event.
I've started using Kudos 2s this year. The pressing is what sets them apart. Not sure what Keeley is doing down at Newbery these days but his new formula is definitely worth a go!
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Only bought my AOC issue for the gear review, but hardly told me anything I didn't already know. I've whacked it up on eBay to try and get rid!
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Only bought my AOC issue for the gear review, but hardly told me anything I didn't already know. I've whacked it up on eBay to try and get rid!
Rookie mistake to buy the magazine, I just go to Smiths when the misses is shopping and read it there. No need to spend 4.50 on the magazine plus it means I don't have to look at womens clothing!
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I'm gonna buy it I have read it but not bought it yet Danny let me know your listing pal