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[Mortimer]

Harsh - I had an awesome Powerspot!

Were Gray Nics amongst the first to try Carbon handles?

I thought that was Gunn and Moore

[Colesy]

Really? There are a couple at our club, could've sworn they had 4 green scoops?

[Mortimer]

Didnt GN first take the shoulders off of a bat that was then made popular by the Newbery Excalibur?

GN had supelite variants of some models that short blades and slightly reduced shoulders, this was in the 60's 70,'s and in to the early 80's


They also had a volcano model that was shaped like the Slazenger WG, this was introduced about 194 and was in response to the Newbery Excalibur

[Mortimer]

Really? There are a couple at our club, could've sworn they had 4 green scoops?

That was the Scimitar

[Colesy]

Ahh the Scimitar! Thanks Mortimer

[Canners]

The scimiter i had was one of the nicest bats ive had, I used to love gray nics bats and wouldn't get anything else

i had the sabre 1000, scimiter and the Millenium which all had scoops out of them

[Mortimer]

A topic yesterday got me thinking about innovations that GN have tried with bats. Last year was the double sided bat, now this year it is the Edge.

Have there been any other ones in the past? I dont know much about the history of bats and GN seem to discontinue the bats after a year

In the early 80's they also did a laminated bat, called the laminate, but it was laminated across the bat; with two pieces of harder wood for the edges and a softer piece in the middle

[Damo1583]

I loved my dynadrive from the late 80's......got over 5000 runs with that bad boy!

[PedalsMcgrew]

I've still got my Dynadrive, although it has seen better days! If you look at the profile even now it hasn't dated that much...great bat that was.

[Talisman]

Warsop did double sided bats in the 70's, GN are home of scoops.

[Damo1583]

Is it true they are brining the Scoop back next year?

[Tom]

They're reintroducing a retro bat, yes. Probably the scoop.

[johnnyw]

Does anyone know if there are any good books on the history of bats?

[tim2000s]

It's funny how the scoop is held in such awe, yet in order to get the best from it, you have to be a touch player with amazing timing. A bit like some of the shark's fin bats we see I suppose. 

[SempreSami]

It's funny how the scoop is held in such awe, yet in order to get the best from it, you have to be a touch player with amazing timing. A bit like some of the shark's fin bats we see I suppose. 

True dat, I recall someone writing in one of the cricket magazines that in the wrong hands it could feel like playing with a table leg.