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peplow

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Reserve or Special Reserve?!
« on: April 09, 2011, 05:24:21 PM »
Right now considering these are both top quality sticks and the only difference in them is the looks as both have upmost of performance. Take into consideration what you have seen before on here and on websites, one costing near £400 and one £250, i have a few bits of willow, Bat 1,2,3,4 and 5 put an r for reserve or s for special reserve for what you would perceive to expect and accept for the prices etc etc...

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bat one 12 grains,
2 has 10 grains
3 has 9 grains
4 has 10 grains
5 has 9 grains. 

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Re: Reserve or Special Reserve?!
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2011, 06:34:12 PM »
Politics aside I would not pay a premium for any of those based only on looks, which is all we can go on from here.
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Re: Reserve or Special Reserve?!
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2011, 06:36:09 PM »
s for all at best tbh, none of them look that nice to me.
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Re: Reserve or Special Reserve?!
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2011, 06:38:02 PM »
1.R
2.Heritage
3.S
4.S
5.Legend
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Re: Reserve or Special Reserve?!
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2011, 06:40:04 PM »
Let's not beat around the bush. They only get a certain amount of willow in a year and you are being offered what is left after the best bits have been cherrypicked.

It comes to something when I feel confident I could go to my local (crap) cricket shop and pick out at least 6 bats which wip the floor with those based on looks. And most for 1/4 the price...
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Re: Reserve or Special Reserve?!
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2011, 06:43:37 PM »
on looks, i'd say they should all be special reserves. i'd argue both my H4L 5*'s are better looking than all of these... Performance is obviously totally different though, you'd have to let me have a go with them ;)

i'd take one of the salix grade 4's with half heartwood anyday :D
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Re: Reserve or Special Reserve?!
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2011, 06:48:15 PM »
Ok.
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Re: Reserve or Special Reserve?!
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2011, 09:28:31 PM »
I would say......

1. R
2. S
3. R or S (depending if the could of marks are trick of the light on the scuff sheet or not?)
4. S
5. S
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Re: Reserve or Special Reserve?!
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2011, 09:30:37 PM »
is reserve higher than special reserve? :S
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Re: Reserve or Special Reserve?!
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2011, 09:31:58 PM »
yes, supposedly better grains
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Re: Reserve or Special Reserve?!
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2011, 09:31:59 PM »
Allegedly.
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Re: Reserve or Special Reserve?!
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2011, 09:35:46 PM »
oh wow okay, that makes no sense
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Re: Reserve or Special Reserve?!
« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2011, 09:36:44 PM »
Nothing makes sense any more.
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Re: Reserve or Special Reserve?!
« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2011, 09:37:47 PM »
well spending £400 on a bat certainly doesnt
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Re: Reserve or Special Reserve?!
« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2011, 09:37:52 PM »
Pete they are willow marks not scuff sheet.
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