Custom Bats Cricket Forum
Equipment => Bats => Custom Made => Topic started by: mel h on February 06, 2010, 08:04:32 PM
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hi any one heard of them ??? web site iswww.vulcancricket.com thinking of getting custom made bat what do you reckeon i had a warsop last year and wasnt that great
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No such site :S ?
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sorry lol here it is i typeed it wrong www.vulcancricket.co.uk was bit worried typing my frist post
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Please dont, you will get the utter WEEWEE ripped out of you :|
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The bloke that runs the company is a decent bloke...good to talk to, knows what he is talking about as well
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Looks nice gear! I'm a fan of the stickers!
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is vulcan based around keightley west yorks????
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Nope....he is based in braintree essex
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By the power of greyskull!!!
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By the power of greyskull!!!
What that meant to mean?
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he-man logo's aren't they? maybe a little cynical at this hour but perhaps someone punting their brand??
(http://i444.photobucket.com/albums/qq167/tom_ayrtek/heman.jpg)
looks like another imported soft goods brand with a willow/bat from somewhere expertly crafed by elf's from the finest wood ever to have fallen in any wood ever? Apologies if if wrong simply my opinion after a few sherbets I'm probably totally wrong.
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he man and the power of grayskull
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what was that big cat called in he man
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Battle Cat??
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what a series that was
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this is the sort of conversation six year olds have when there dizzy on lemonade
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never heard of them personally, but lots of great bat makers on here if you want custom made.
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am i right in saying that all pads gloves are inported but i emailed them and he seems a nice bloke bats are made in england i think the stickers are good and diffent and i think vulcan is the roman word for greek good of fire ???????? and that bat maker is garry stanford
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How wa your head this morning Tom? That was the wierdest post ever, and looking at the time, you must have had a few!
he man was supposed to be ummm.... not quite straight batted if you know what I mean.
I cant believe I am writing about He Man!!
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ha ha, i didn't like to say but that was exactly my thoughts, he-man was clearly batting for the other side so to speak.
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LOL, cue loads of cricketing puns... he gets a lot of reverse swing!!!
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Bats made by Gary Sandford, who makes Choice Willow bats. If im correct the fella who runs 'Vulcan' e-mailed myself and Matt at H4L enquiring about having bats made for him. Pad design look qual though...
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Yeh not too bad mate stuck to cider yesterday so no mixing it = less of a hangover! lol random post i know but thats what sprung to mind at the time. Seems like alot of sticker down the rear of the bat!
Yeh pads look similar to the puma ones done a while back IMO. £200 prob about the going rate for a custom bat but "solitaire" are 50% cheaper than that which is always the problem for bat companies trying to compete with the £100 price tag i think.
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Very funny reading your posts now though Tom, inspired me to check out the He-man phenomanon on youtube. Gotta love it.
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haha glad you all enjoyed it! hope I havent offened Mr Vulcan is he reads this its obviously only my opinion. Perhaps a "She-ra" range for the girls could be in the pipeline ;) after all she is the princess of power!!!!
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He man was no poof he made it out with woman at arms but hey it a age thing over 25 only sorry young pups
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What about 'Snarf' or was that 'Battle of the Planets'?
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Snarf was thundercats. as in "snarf snarf liono"
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Snarf was thundercats wasnt he?? lol beat me to it leeroy! showing our ages now.....bet these youngsters had barely heard of the power rangers lol
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i bin emailing asking him about the bats said that garry that dan you use to work for and showed you how to make bats think deans know garry for a fair time said that you made him abat when you worked for mr stanford
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Mel, that post made almost no sense at all! Are you related to any spice girls by the way?
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well iam lady lol basiclly dan use to work for for garry and garry showed him how to make bats
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Girl Power....got it now... had to read it a couple of times but think iv grasped what your getting at. Welcome to the forum by the way Mel...neglected to say that last nite due too too many apples!!
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yer have to be a real man to handle cider
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i have order one to day fire bat in 2lb 7oz he knoncked 2o pounds off
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a custom made bat 'which will make all your team mate's the envy of you'
surely he means 'make you the envy of all your team mates'..?!
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Mel, thats correct Gary did teach me to make bats. I think i repaired a bat for Dean, i think i made one im not sure. He had his own shape that he designed so was a pretty custom thing which made a change. Only met him once and spoke to him on e-mail.
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i told him iam have post on here gave him the link but seems to think he will have to pay to use site yer he said he had one made from you his own shape i know the team he playes for allways in the runns 1000 plus season man
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he makes for both
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mel do you have anything to do with the owner/maker of vulcan cricket?
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garry owner of choice willow and makes bat for vulcan cricket
ian no i know dean owner of vulcan throw my brothers mate they play in same team whys that??
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oh ok, are you sure?? lol
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yer i sure iam 17 hes 30 i think hes got wife and kid iam sure i told him about this froum in a email so he might post but i know the coachs most eveings
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i think he gets all from gary
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yer i sure iam 17 hes 30 i think hes got wife and kid iam sure i told him about this froum in a email so he might post but i know the coachs most eveings
just a coincedence then. its just theres a person called melanie hopkins who is on the vulcan cricket facebook page, who is in a relationship with dean bass....
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yer thats her iam not her lol iam mel hall yer she 30 and has a belly with there frist son in it ready to drop soon i think why donnt you email dean and ask him to come on here then he well tell you that what i say is ture
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ok no worries, lol thats a coincedence if ever i seen one though!!
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This topic has been a great read if nothing else!
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well mel is a pouplur name and h there can be a lot surnames with that any why back to cricket
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I HAVE THE POWWWWWWWWWWWWWER
H MAN STYLE
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I think you should have to shout that every time you hit a boundary with one of these! ;-)
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Lol by the Greyskull!!! When it goes for a 6
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hi all i see that young mel hall not my wife to be has been posting on here she emailed me the link well reading the post have made laugh and yer he does look abit like heman lol hi dan i didnt know you started on your own till i went to see gary he has learnt you very well and good luck and hope all goes well for you
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i couldn't take it nomore...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yeA7a0uS3A (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yeA7a0uS3A)
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and thats not you mel? ^^
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Norbs
i admit my english is crap and grammer but i know my H man
tom BY THE POWER OF GRAYSKULL I HAVE THE POWER
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I know this is "the pot calling the kettle black" but the standard of English is going downhill on here...
"learnt you" - "any why" etc etc
procricket no need to reply ;-)
I couldn't agree more!
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sorry boys a bit to early for you guys i will give it a rest once again sorry
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Welcome to the forum Vulcan....glad u have taken the posts in the way they were intended as was purely an observation. Hope the brand goes well for the coming season...
Procricket....lol I see uv done ur homework!!! Will have to brush up on my he-man vocabulary
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mel h banned, Vulcancricket to follow if any more lies posted trying to boost brand by pretending to be someone unconnected with it.
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Standard of English on the topic... woeful!
Entertainment value of the topic... brilliant!
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im pretty confident that mel h and vulcan is the same person.....
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im pretty confident that mel h and vulcan is the same person.....
Judging by the writing and language used I agree
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i agree with jamieh... this is like a juicy soap opera, every post makes it better and better..
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mel h went offline, 5 mins later we have a new member! Vulcan cricket...
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Reminds me of our old friend markbck or bckmark!
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mel h banned, Vulcancricket to follow if any more lies posted trying to boost brand by pretending to be someone unconnected with it.
may i ask has he done something wrong?
just wondering ?
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golden-duck, read some of the previous posts
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he didn't use the Pooowwweeerrr
maybe i have flogged this horse to much now
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golden-duck, read some of the previous posts
read from start of page 4 didnt understand the topic
sorrygot it now haha vulcan and mel use same grammer e.g yer
that is defo same person
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ha ha, keep going procricket, can never have too much of a good thing!
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might make me a brand up
H Man
imagine the bats name
GRAYSKULL
BATTLE CAT
MAN AT ARMS
SORCERESS
every bat guarantees THE POOOOWWWWEEEERRR
Mike bit of fun not advertising YET!!!!!!
I know it a bit childish for a man of 31 to write theses things but my 2 kids are driving me mad
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Or how about instead of saying knocking service - Skeletor Proof
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this must stop iam getting ideas above my station i couldn't put a shelf up never mind make some bats
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I'll let u gave the she-ra idea for the ladies range for free mate!
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this is gathering momentum all i need to do know is learn to make bats
One this topic i have some spare time at nights i am not saying i a part time anything is there any courses woodwork wise if anybody did want to make bats?????.
I know this sounds like i want to make bats i was just wondering if there was a further education course or equfilante(spelling) course somebody could do might be of interest to some on here???
Sorry if this has been posted elsewhere couldn't find it .
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I think woodworking is something that you can teach yourself.
I made my first bat at the age of 14. I have a grandad who has had 35 years experience in the woodworking field, and he was brilliant. I would use the drawknife and if i was having trouble, he would show me how to do it better and leave me to it. If I remember correctly, he just stood there and watched me make it.
I am rabbling on here, but the reason is that I learnt how to use the basic tools from simply taking it slowly and not trying to be the next julian millichamp by taking huge amounts of wood off in one go!
My recommendation is buy a kashmir cleft off someone (CJI cricket do them for around £15 last time I checked) and if you can shape that bat, then you will find it easier when you use English willow. If you are confident enough to make a bat from english willow, then do the same as you did on the kashmir (taking your time, only removing small bits of willow at a time), because one small slip and you could completely ruin a cleft.
I hope this helps.
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cheers mate a great in site into bat making to be fair i would need a very novice stint at some kind of education i cant put shelfs up like i said surely they must been some kind of course into it or a market to make one
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I am not bat maker, I am far from it. I can shape a bat to get a nice concave shape and I have made a couple of nice bats in my time, but I dont call myself a bat maker by any stretch of the imagination. :)
I am sure there is some sort of evening course you could attend. I know there is classes at my college which I attend that are introductions to woodworking/carpentry which would be interesting. (I have introductions to glass making here at Bournemouth, very tempted to attend that class, but thats another topic lol). Have you had a look around your local area for evening classes. Thats all I could recommend I guess.
Admittedly, the classes will be basic, however, it could be a bit of experience getting yourself used to working with wood?
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would mate but moved to ireland
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sorry to drag this back up, but if you go onto the Vulcan Cricket you can see thier new gear.
Gloves have genuine pittards and look great, and only £40!
Pads also a steal at £55 IMO, the kit lokos nice and custom bats for £200 is a bonus :)
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You seem no nearer to eventually deciding which brand you're going to buy all this gear from.
There is no better deal out their at the mo than the camo Newbery SPS softs on ebay - Gloves for 30, pads for 40. Fill your boots with whatever combination you so desire and then give the rest to Mike/Tom and you'll have bats and helmets in return.
It's just getting a bit irritating.
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You seem no nearer to eventually deciding which brand you're going to buy all this gear from.
There is no better deal out their at the mo than the camo Newbery SPS softs on ebay - Gloves for 30, pads for 40. Fill your boots with whatever combination you so desire and then give the rest to Mike/Tom and you'll have bats and helmets in return.
It's just getting a bit irritating.
couldnt say it better myself! lol would do the same if only i wasnt OSM in pads and gloves now!!!!!
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His posts are all annoying, I dont think he has bought any benefit to the forum,
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ta, look at my coaching tips though in the leg side shot areas ?
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and parents won't let me mbuy off ebay either, as it's the trust thing, not me, parents
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The seller is Newbery themselves. Give them a ring.
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and parents won't let me mbuy off ebay either, as it's the trust thing, not me, parents
I do not understand how this is a matter to the forum, You seem to post and try to offer prices on most things, however it seems to waste people's time,
You seem to be constantly sending messages for sponsorship, I hope for your own sake that you do purchase a kit from someone on here and not waste somebody's time.
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as a matter of fact, i know what kitim buying now
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Which is.....?
Do tell, as I have just started the drum roll! ;)
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Pete, lets not clog up this thread ;) , ill post in in 2011 kit if you like :)
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pete, ive done it :)
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I have alerted the media.
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Haha Bless him.
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I have alerted the media.
I have not seen it break on Sky Sports News yet