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[Canners]

Il be honest with all - Vantage source there willow from elsewhere pressed/handled. I then get it down to required weight/profile, shape shoulders and get to the correct width, sand, bind the handle and apply finish.

I have experience of pressing and the process of making a bat by hand from scratch which i learnt with Choice Willow but as mentioned before presses are very expensive and difficuilt to get a good one so it is easier and more cost effective to have this done elsewhere. Hopefully something we will be able to achieve in the future.

fair play mate......

in all honesty it doesnt bother me if the bats are pressed elsewhere and just shapped etc, all i want is a bloody good bat

[Talisman]

Dan I am very pleased with your honesty, I genuinely believe you are doing nothing wrong in your set up as the time and money you would have to spend to match your current arrangement would be huge. And I would like to add that Dan has asked me many times about finding a press suitable for him as he wanted to fully make himself.

When Vantage gets bigger you will be able to get something made to match the "sub".

[Simmy]

top probs for dan coming out! LOL

me and tom had a nice long discussion about this last night. doesnt really matter if its a pre handed cleft or what because it still takes alot of skill to actually make the bat. not much u can do with just a block of wood with a stick in it.

more cost efective as well

[Beachcricket]

Dan, you're a bat maker to me, with or without the press. The willow would not adequately serve its purpose without you. The fact that you've made an effort to understand the process is perhaps an indication as to the difference.

A bat maker cares about the where's, why's and who's of the process rather than being satisfied with finishing whatever turns up?