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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: Perkins17 on September 29, 2010, 07:12:03 PM

Title: Grade 1?
Post by: Perkins17 on September 29, 2010, 07:12:03 PM
I have been given a MRF Wizard 400 which is supposed to be a grade 1 top of the range but it has 3 knots and 2 butterfly stains on the face :S

How can this be a grade 1 and justify the £150 price tag ?

James
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: peplow on September 29, 2010, 07:16:09 PM
It probably doesnt! Unless it goes like a train then i wouldnt worry!
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: Perkins17 on September 29, 2010, 07:18:28 PM
it is alright not the greatest bat but did seam strange :S
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: peplow on September 29, 2010, 07:22:39 PM
you got given it though so i wouldnt worry!!
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: thaman303 on September 29, 2010, 07:23:34 PM
if its from lighter cleft why it cant be ??, any pics ?
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: peplow on September 29, 2010, 07:24:50 PM
depends how its been graded tbh
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: Perkins17 on September 29, 2010, 07:26:15 PM
yer shoulder broke off it in nets so have repaired it and i am quite happy with it :) might get into my kit bag next year

will get pics in 5 mins
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: Perkins17 on September 29, 2010, 07:40:01 PM
(http://lh5.ggpht.com/_8qybc1ve93I/TKOVif7Mw3I/AAAAAAAAAiw/J9xb8nXZ1Ek/s640/IMG_0555.JPG)

(http://lh4.ggpht.com/_8qybc1ve93I/TKOViyHJz9I/AAAAAAAAAi0/3Fg_Trh7Y9c/s640/IMG_0556.JPG)
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: Tom on September 29, 2010, 07:42:43 PM
Is it genuine?
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on September 29, 2010, 07:43:27 PM
blimey that looks a bit gruesome! ???
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: Perkins17 on September 29, 2010, 07:45:05 PM
yes it had the stickers on it when i got it but had to take them off to fix it still have the front one and the bottom back one is still on
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: peplow on September 29, 2010, 07:45:44 PM
Yeah wouldnt call that grade 1 however well it goes!! not a pretty sight, no offense!
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: roco on September 29, 2010, 07:45:58 PM
is that the bride of frankenstein?
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: pacman75cricket on September 29, 2010, 07:46:10 PM
Hologram sticker
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on September 29, 2010, 07:47:26 PM
id be very suprised if thats a) genuine b) grade one willow.....the scat iv got admittedly has a few marks on it but not knots and anything like that!
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: Ayrtek Cricket on September 29, 2010, 07:48:05 PM
is that the bride of frankenstein?


steady even franky wasnt that ugly!
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: Perkins17 on September 29, 2010, 07:48:40 PM
yes it had the hologram sticker on the back
it does look bad but in person it does not look too bad with tape on :P
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: roco on September 29, 2010, 07:48:58 PM
so he has standards then good on him
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: johnnyw on September 29, 2010, 08:05:21 PM
That bat is nasty
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: atscricket on September 30, 2010, 06:20:44 AM
looks like grade 4 at the best, normally Wizard is much better then this quality!!
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: Talisman on September 30, 2010, 07:18:13 AM
If it is real then it is the usual trick of using a very cheap cleft to sell as a grade 1 bat, if it is a fake then it is the usual trick of using a very cheap cleft to sell as a fake grade 1 bat.
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: tim2000s on September 30, 2010, 09:19:28 AM
yer shoulder broke off it in nets

Surely that statement in itself describes the quality of willow? :o
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: peplow on September 30, 2010, 09:27:09 AM
Not necessarily, procricket laver has a broken shoulder that snapped and that was one of the best bats i have used!
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: tim2000s on September 30, 2010, 09:29:58 AM
Maybe, but this one looks relatively new. When did the shoulder go on the Laver?
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: uknsaunders on September 30, 2010, 09:40:31 AM
looking on the brightside,it can always double as a walking stick during the winter.

Looks aren't everything,my bat has black stains on it but goes pretty well and has an enormous profile for a 2'7.
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: tim2000s on September 30, 2010, 09:46:38 AM
I guess it comes back to the OP getting the bat for free, so whether or not it's a G1 shouldn't really matter as long as it performs ok.
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: peplow on September 30, 2010, 09:48:05 AM
The laver had seen a lot of runs, but was in good nick which is why it was weird! Was a beut though, i loved it :( then it went again!
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: Perkins17 on September 30, 2010, 10:37:28 AM
tbf the bat is about 2 years old and i cleaned it up after fixing the shoulder so hopefully it will get some use in the nets over winter and i will see if it preforms like a grade 1
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: atscricket on September 30, 2010, 05:00:23 PM
It looks very much a fake bat.....no way u can hide such big knots!!!! MRF CAMEO is normally a better quality then this ( cosmetically )
Title: Re: Grade 1?
Post by: Perkins17 on September 30, 2010, 05:20:17 PM
it was the same as this with two little ready to play stickers either side of the bat below the stickers

(http://www.dreamcricket.com/dreamcricket/pavilion/images/products/bats/mrf_wizard_400laraLE_bat_big.jpg)