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[Cover_Drive]

Pardon me but what's that blue insert Tom?

[Tom]

A unique rubber compound.

[tim2000s]

A unique rubber compound.

Presumably placed to reduce the amount of vibration up the handle as the longer handle will amplify any harmonics?

[trypewriter]

The mention of the Slazenger bat made me wonder. I think around that time there were one or two on the market with sloping shoulders (Newbery Excalibur etc.) that might have been a step along this route? I've actually still got an Excalibur. A big bat for its time, but apart from the shoulderless design, more in line with the bats of those days than modern bats - smaller edges, no concaving etc.