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Companies => Off-the-shelf companies => Gray Nicolls => Topic started by: Tom on February 02, 2023, 03:01:07 PM
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Grays are working on a new handle design, which will do away with a traditional splice. The design is essentially a hollowed out cavity within the bat, which runs down to around 15mm short of the toe, which reduces weight.
The handle is then created in a circular form and inserted and glued into the cavity, and runs about 1/3rd of the way down.
Could look something like this (though the cavity shape/size/position can differ)
(https://i.imgur.com/tXjmv9q.png)
More pics and docs on the patent website here, click drawings and description to see them:
https://register.epo.org/ipfwretrieve?apn=AU.2022203712.A&lng=en
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Will be interesting to see if that meets the blade has to be made of one piece if wood law...
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I presume the depth of the proposed new handle will be similar depth to the current spliced handle
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Interesting. Didn't they have something like this before many years ago? The hollowed out correct isn't anything new though, been done a fair bit i think previously.
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Hunts have definitely had hollowed bats - I think the Turbo had a hole drilled through the bat from top to bottom.
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Hunts have definitely had hollowed bats - I think the Turbo had a hole drilled through the bat from top to bottom.
I think I read that, at one point, they were making all their bats like this.
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I also remember reading Mark Rapmrakash saying how he wished a batmaker would invent a detachable handle.
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And if the handle breaks? Do you have to drill out the old one?
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Does handle innovation ever really take off?
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Hunts have definitely had hollowed bats - I think the Turbo had a hole drilled through the bat from top to bottom.
Correct Hunts basically do the same as the diagram but splice the handle as normal.
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Interesting. Didn't they have something like this before many years ago? The hollowed out correct isn't anything new though, been done a fair bit i think previously.
Not sure Grays did, but the C6+ handle wasn't too dissimilar in its method of affixation. Likewise the Newbery Hi-Tech from the 80's would have been similar, I believe.
I guess the combo of the hollowing and handle affixation makes this unique, but in isolation they're both (at first glance) concepts which have been explored.
(https://i.imgur.com/Sybg98N.png)
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Cool idea. Any innovations to cricket bats is always welcome with other sports taking huge strides with their equipment.
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Cool idea. Any innovations to cricket bats is always welcome with other sports taking huge strides with their equipment.
The lawmakers may think otherwise.
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The lawmakers may think otherwise.
This needs to be read in a Judge Dredd voice... I will get my coat.
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(https://i.imgur.com/tXjmv9q.png)
Is part no. 9 a solid piece of wood or is it pieced together like rubber inserts of the modern handle?
If this eliminates pressure from the shoulder area which leads to cracked shoulder/hair-line splits, I think it'd save bat owners some money in the long run.
Point regarding drilling out a damaged handle is fair. How do you manage that situation? Maybe they could create a pitched thread instead of a flat hole in the bat where the handled is glued and screwed in the hole-shaft/body of the bat.
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Does anybody know which hunts county bat had the holes drilled in them?
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The Turbo certainly did but but having seen a few custom made hunts, any bat from Hunts could have been drilled. No way to tell personally...
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@Kez perfect, thank you! You’re a legend!
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The Turbo certainly did but but having seen a few custom made hunts, any bat from Hunts could have been drilled. No way to tell personally...
As mentioned above, I think Tony revealed that they were making them all like that at one point. (Maybe ten years ago?)
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* Without wishing to ruffle any feathers, I meant all 'in-house' Hunts bats. ;)