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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: tushar sehgal on March 28, 2018, 02:15:25 PM
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Just thought I'd share some pics of what I have been playing with in my very little spare time over the winter!!
An older player on one of the teams in the area has had this bat for a long time, I first noticed it around 2002, and I have always asked him to give or sell me his bat :) which he always declined politely. Anyways after almost 15 years of pestering him last year he quit and handed the bat over. I would have kept it as is but then decided to clean it up.
This is how the bat looked when I got my hands on it.
(https://s20.postimg.org/ywhvgv3al/IMG_3926.jpg)
(https://s20.postimg.org/4f20p80h9/IMG_3927.jpg)
(https://s20.postimg.org/iwz7xsk8t/IMG_3928.jpg)
(https://s20.postimg.org/cxbgtl1v1/IMG_3930.jpg)
I expected a damaged toe and fairly ugly wood underneath, but decided to take on the clean it and hang it challenge. After a lot of sanding and I mean a lot of sanding I got to the wood and grains appeared.
(https://s20.postimg.org/6jmdqaue5/IMG_3959.jpg)
(https://s20.postimg.org/lscb43b7x/IMG_3960.jpg)
(https://s20.postimg.org/vpnbx5b3x/IMG_3961.jpg)
I gave it a coat of oil thinking my job done and realized the white coating had seeped into the wood fairly deep. So out came the sander and more sanding ensued!!
(https://s20.postimg.org/ywhvgsqf1/IMG_3963.jpg)
Removed the back stickers, originally I wanted to keep them!!
(https://s20.postimg.org/tl2yw3c25/IMG_3964.jpg)
(https://s20.postimg.org/kq24lli4t/IMG_3966.jpg)
Handle has not got black cloth hockey tape and black GN grip, Yes i know i need to fix the grip!!.
(https://s20.postimg.org/ilhrkio7x/IMG_3968.jpg)
(https://s20.postimg.org/ggxejezfx/IMG_3969.jpg)
(https://s20.postimg.org/frem72trh/IMG_3970.jpg)
(https://s20.postimg.org/s61e7eszh/IMG_3971.jpg)
Lastly i'd most likely go out and buy some items to buff the bat to get a nice finished look and feel to it. Thought I'd share :)
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Looks nice mate keep us posted if you resticker it