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Companies => Off-the-shelf companies => Gray Nicolls => Topic started by: AlanB on December 30, 2022, 08:21:40 PM
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Pleased to share a recent purchase, further information and more photos to be added.
Short Handle 2lb 11.5oz
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Looks nice.Takes me back with the stickers, especially the back one. Is this Indian range?
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Looks nice.Takes me back with the stickers, especially the back one. Is this Indian range?
Doesn’t the Indian range have a red Gray Nicolls stamp?
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Think the red stamp means made for the Indian market? Possible I've got that completely wrong tho.
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Red stamping is the Indian range, yes.
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I still can’t get onboard with a square toed bat
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This must have been the one I had half an eye on in the Sports Bay Warehouse eBay - good pick up! I was wanting an Ultimate Power for some time - wish I did pull the trigger, or at least get one of the stock shaped ones. This one may very well have been made in Robertsbridge - definitely not an Indian market one as the stamps are black.
I still can’t get onboard with a square toed bat
Square toes or flat faces just don't sit well with me in any retro range full stop. 😂 I do feel they should be at least somewhat faithful to the old designs...
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The only thing retro about most ‘retro’ releases is the names and stickers.
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The bat was indeed sourced from Sports-Bay-Clearance on ebay in the UK which is Gray-Nicolls themselves. I had tracked it for many months and the price dipped again just before Christmas because of an ebay offer. I was advised by the seller that these were originally stock for their players to select from but are above average weight and pressed a bit harder than usual for these players hence spare and offered for sale. I had enquired because the Ultimate Original was not commercially available as a Pro Performance. I took the bat on its own merits rather than because of this information, however, I am very pleased with it and is better than I expected from the photos they had posted of it on ebay. A G-N bat cover and bat face cover were included, too.
Edge size is 38mm and very little concaving. Yes, it has a square toe.
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