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[madanchikna]

Does any one here have experimented with a reverse bow bat.
Typically we see bow bats. But I feel the bigger the bow the ball will travel higher as opposed to farther.
With a reverse bow, the ball will tend to stay close to the ground.
That bat will be great for Test matches

I am sure many of you must have thought about this.

Inputs certainly appreciated.

[Talisman]

The bow is not there for angle of shots, it is cosmetic in most bats, you can hit plenty of shots along the floor with ease with a big bowed bat. It would also weaken the grains structure as the shape of the bow strengthens the blade.

[Howzat]

Anyone got any pics of the Angle Drive... chappell way rings a bell too did this have a sort of back set handle?

[Talisman]

That was the angle of the handle, this is a convex face.

[Str8bat]

I am a big fan of bowed blades but mostly because of the way it feels in the stance and the pick-up. Never had any problems of keeping the ball on the ground for that reason...plenty of times due to weight transfer and bottom hand issues though.
 
But I can see some logic, atleast theoretically, about the angle. Maybe it does affect marginally. I seem to have read something on the Laver website along those lines as well.