Not sure I would go with that, I would see what black Friday deals Tim is doing over the next few days and buy one direct or from a retailer.

About 30 seconds into this video you'll see how to use it.

https://youtu.be/TsLdCy7dhPo?si=7ONaR49ANt1yb9BL

I can't tell you how annoying I find it that the grip in the video is on upside down, but that aside it all looks fine.

Hi

My friend was considering this

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/387624873598

I know grains are not everything but is likely to be a pro bat or too hard to tell ?

Not cheap either , is it slightly used and refurbed ?

I have bought and sold things with the seller previously. He’s a nice genuine guy and the bat is brand new, he sent me a few snaps of it when he received pictures of the cleft from Keeley

In my experience, Tim does test the bats and I trust his judgement - the guy has more years in the industry than most.
I have a few "pro" bats and some have superb grains, whereas one or two are not as pretty but respond incredibly to both mallet and ball!
I would simply view them as excellent performance bats - not worth too much overthinking about which sponsored player or where they were heading for.
But if Tim has rated them as that quality, then they will be quality!

I agree mate. He's forgotten more about bat making than I and most others know no doubt. I wasn't meaning to be disparaging about Keeley. My point was, it won't play any better or worse than any other I wouldn't have thought. As all bats that come out of Keeley will be great bats.

 Its also why I struggle with the grading on performance, as in my opinion nobody can really say 100% if a bat will be better than another just after it's been made. Most will Grade as 'Pro' these days based on size I'd have thought.

For that money, I'd personally buy direct from Keeley rather than from eBay.

£500 on a bat and £3.71 on posting it!! 🤪