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[mad_abt_cricket]

ST - shape
Based on a shape of a great batsman's bat, not sure how much I am successful in making this profile...

Weight -- 2.14.3
Max Edge -- 35 mm
No concaving..

Would love to hear feedback!

[Alvaro]

I do like your out and about with a cricket bat shots.
Was this one made with a sharpened plane?

[mad_abt_cricket]

No, majority of wood shaving I did with Travisher ...

[RightArmRapid]

Should cross out the l&w on the bat cover and write "st" in felt tip pen

[mad_abt_cricket]

Should cross out the l&w on the bat cover and write "st" in felt tip pen

unfortunately, short on bat covers.. trying to find a good supplier to make me atleast blank ones if not ST.

[mad_abt_cricket]

As Promised, made some videos this time around, though the lack of space don't really help to make a good video, I still hope the experts here would give some valuable advice. Most of the wood shaving is via travisher which might be unconventional but I find it effective...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvkmCzIYbHE&feature=youtu.be

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwMa44ATQAg&feature=youtu.be

[SOULMAN1012]

lovely bat mate, your not a sponsor on here are you??

[petehosk]

Love the profile on that bat...no concaving either! Nice!!
Not the largest profile for the weight - Would be interesting to see what a 2'9/2'10 looked like.
But whatever weight you do, that profile is great! 

[Blazer]

Lovely profile again. Tendulkar's bat has a square shoulder rather than a steep one and the edges are more or less uniform right thorugh to the shoulder.
If you don't mind me asking what sort of sandpaper grit do you use to finish them ?.

[mad_abt_cricket]

Love the profile on that bat...no concaving either! Nice!!
Not the largest profile for the weight - Would be interesting to see what a 2'9/2'10 looked like.
But whatever weight you do, that profile is great! 

Thanks Pete!
Next bat will be around 2.10

Did made some light bats in the past:
http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=19249.msg303701#msg303701
http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=17885.msg285719#msg285719

[mad_abt_cricket]

lovely bat mate, your not a sponsor on here are you??

No Mate... I am not based in UK

[mad_abt_cricket]

Lovely profile again. Tendulkar's bat has a square shoulder rather than a steep one and the edges are more or less uniform right thorugh to the shoulder.
If you don't mind me asking what sort of sandpaper grit do you use to finish them ?.

You are right, Sachin's bat has changed quite a bit and personally I do not like the current shape he is using. I am a big fan of this one though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-qEgwJRV3s

Regarding Sandpaper I use, starting with 120, 180, 240, 320, 400, 600, 800, 1000, 1500

[Blazer]

I am a huge fan of MRF stickered Sachin's bat back in the day. The bat you made has a nice sheen to it , hence asked about sanding .

[tushar sehgal]

why the sloping/angled shoulders? looks lovely just curious abt the shoulders, weight reduction? what is the edge and spine height on this bat.. btw glad to see the vids...must take a really long time to shape a bat...

[mad_abt_cricket]

why the sloping/angled shoulders? looks lovely just curious abt the shoulders, weight reduction? what is the edge and spine height on this bat.. btw glad to see the vids...must take a really long time to shape a bat...

Thanks Tushar, intact it is the tiredness that lead me not to make the shoulders squarer. For me it takes long time to shape shoulders and the cleft had quite a slope present, which I decided to leave it...

The edge max is 35mm  and spine max is around 55mm.