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A new addition
« on: March 25, 2012, 08:57:56 PM »
On a beautiful Sunday I took the chance to head into deepest Essex to have a look at the Blank Bats offering. Mike had recently visited the batmaker dude so I took the chance to head over and be the first to get the pick of the willow as it came in.

Mike handed me a mallet and left me to it. The bat on the right is the one I picked up:





It weighs 2lb 8oz, with a similar profile to some of the Screaming Cats out there. It's a great piece of willow. Really happy with it. I'll take some better photos tomorrow in the sun!
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Re: A new addition
« Reply #1 on: March 25, 2012, 09:02:08 PM »
Love the light colour of it. Very nice shape, reminds me of myself, CHUNKY.

Where did Mike meet you? Sugar hut?  :D
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Re: A new addition
« Reply #2 on: March 25, 2012, 09:05:59 PM »
Met me at the train station, where he managed to get clamped and spent out £250 for getting that removed. Was an expensive day for Mike!
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Re: A new addition
« Reply #3 on: March 25, 2012, 09:08:51 PM »
Oh please, you should not have told me that!!  :D Sorry, really have got to laugh.

These clampers need to take a day off.

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Re: A new addition
« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2012, 09:26:20 PM »
Turned out to be a very expensive day for me :(
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Re: A new addition
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2012, 11:32:41 PM »
Looks very good, stickers look quite nice too!

Overall very good looking bat, I'm sure it will play extremely well too!

I hope you score tons of runs with it!
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Re: A new addition
« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2012, 11:35:52 PM »
Quote from: Cover_Drive on March 25, 2012, 11:32:41 PM
Looks very good, stickers look quite nice too!

Overall very good looking bat, I'm sure it will play extremely well too!

I hope you score tons of runs with it!

CD don't worry we still have plenty of orange stickers for your new piece of high class willow
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Re: A new addition
« Reply #7 on: March 25, 2012, 11:49:52 PM »
Stunning profile on that stick :)
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Re: A new addition
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2012, 11:57:22 PM »
Thanks TW

big old bat for 2.8 also ;)
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Re: A new addition
« Reply #9 on: March 26, 2012, 12:15:35 AM »
Tom pal, did you see BlankBats Twenty20 bats? If so then how were they? How was handle, feel etc etc (everything really lol)

I'm after Canners for one of them but that guy seems like ignoring me, Stig etc everyone is getting one and poor Cover Drive is in poverty :( :(

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Re: A new addition
« Reply #10 on: March 26, 2012, 03:31:48 AM »
Very nice stuff! Love these bats. Good work BB. Sad to hear about the clamping incident though  :(
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Re: A new addition
« Reply #11 on: March 26, 2012, 06:40:40 AM »
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Re: A new addition
« Reply #12 on: March 26, 2012, 07:40:23 AM »
Thanks simmy, luckily I paid by c card, I am phoning them today to dispute the transaction- fingers crossed I will not get charged
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Re: A new addition
« Reply #13 on: March 26, 2012, 08:25:21 AM »
good lad!

my mate got clamped a few months ago in london,

they left it abit lose so he just took his suspension stut off and slid it out lol
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Re: A new addition
« Reply #14 on: March 26, 2012, 08:30:43 AM »
Nice looking bat, though not blank... and no edge stamp? (thought the edge stamps were cool!)
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