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[PedalsMcgrew]

Hello,

I bought a custom made bat in January of last year, made to my specs, best of the best willow, 2.11 in weight once stickered and gripped. It cost a lot of money! A few weeks later the bat arrived, I had paid extra for it to be knocked in, although when it arrived the edges were still sharp so I knocked it in myself until I had rounded them off a little. It was finished beautifully on arrival with me so I didn't kick up a fuss about the apparent lack of knocking in as I was still pretty chuffed with it. I then had a dozen or so nets before the start of the season and then played an entire season with it. At first the wood felt lifeless and the middle was very hard to find but I put that down to the very bouncy nets I was using and the low middle I had asked for on the bat not getting along together. As the season progressed the bat started to get better but it didn't improve as much as I wanted or indeed expected. Ok, I thought, it probably needs a bit more work. At the end of the season I took it to Serious Cricket to get a new scuff fitted and explained that I didn't believe that it was properly knocked in. They suggested giving it a session on their 'knocking-in' machine as they felt it was still incredibly soft. I duly stuck it on the machine, had a new scuff fitted and approached pre season nets this year with a lot more confidence in it.

Thing is, it seems to have made no difference at all! The bat is still ridiculously soft, the middle (when I can find it) seems to lack power, it feels lifeless (at least compared to my Newberry Mjolnir) when hit with a mallet and generally seems to lack any kind of 'ping' whatsoever...

 It's a brand that seems VERY highly rated on here and as far as I can see (if your all being honest) this would be the only bad bat this company has ever made....!

What can I do to try and improve it's performance? or alternatively do I just accept that I have bought a bat that doesn't suit me and move on to something else? I mean, it should have come good by now shouldn't it?

 

[Talisman]

Intrigue on a Saturday night, please God let it not be a Talisman!!!!!!

[PedalsMcgrew]

Hahaha, Your safe, It's not one of yours! It is in the top 4 of the recent Bat World Cup held on this forum and that's all I'm saying!

[procricket]

drum roll when was you down at dummer what date was the bat knocked in

[rp27]

laver?

[procricket]

do not be daft

redback or scat

Buzz somebody mentioned your dream mate

bloody hell you must be a mind reader

[Buzz]

User error? Has any one else used the bat- to get a second opinion?

[A-Swing-And-A-Miss]

Maybe the problem lies in who is holding the bat rather than the bat itself

Buzz beat me too it.

[rp27]

who were the top 4? newbery scat?

[procricket]

maybe sometimes people think there bats score the runs not the user...

better players find the middle

but then again it could be a duff bat..

Every maker bar none get it wrong sometimes


That world cup thing made me laugh half the people have never used half the bats...

[Talisman]

Well I have had a stunner end up being a bit of a dud too, it has gone through a few hands and never hardened fully, I have no idea why and it baffled some seriously knowledgeable people too. I guess it is just one of those things, it has made me aware that quite often first impressions are right when you know what works for you bat wise. I think I know after the first knock if it is the real deal or knock, harder to know when tapping unless you have had the chance to own 6+ bats and use them fully.

The beans will needed to be spilled, by pm if required, I'll keep it secret honest!!!

[Simmy]

bats are like harry potter with his wand! lol

not all bats are perfect for you!

[PedalsMcgrew]

drum roll when was you down at dummer what date was the bat knocked in

I'm down there most weeks for nets, can't remember the actual date I had it on the machine but it was towards the end of last season, say September time?

[Talisman]

That machine is fine with hard bats but kills good ones....

[procricket]

it was a redback...

I have seen many bats on that machine it better than fordhams press..

A lot of people use it Mike..

I may add i'm not one of them...