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Freak of a GN e41 Bat - WEIRD Edges - is this possible?!
« on: January 08, 2013, 01:48:23 PM »
Some of the Gray-Nicolls bats that we hand picked a month ago have just been delivered to us, and it includes a bizarrely massive (and quite attractive) e41 500.

It weighs 2lb 8.3oz but has, get this, 47mm edges?!! What's even weirder is that the other edge is just 44mm.  I never really took time to measure both edges of bats before, as I assumed that the size of one would be the same as the other.  Clearly I was wrong.  Is this just a complete one-off, or have others experienced the same with other bats??

I will post some pics of the bat later...
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Re: Freak of a GN e41 Bat - WEIRD Edges - is this possible?!
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2013, 01:51:28 PM »
for a bat that size to be that weight id expect a very light cleft, no spine height or concaved to within an inch of its life. sounds like the bat maker was having an off day and missed a couple of mm of one edge.be interesting to see the pics when you can
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Re: Freak of a GN e41 Bat - WEIRD Edges - is this possible?!
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2013, 01:52:02 PM »
crap workmanship or your tape measure is wrong. I had a bat like this and I sanded the edge down.
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Re: Freak of a GN e41 Bat - WEIRD Edges - is this possible?!
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2013, 01:53:13 PM »
Wow, pictures please? Profile and down the spine picture for concaving etc?

Appreciate it.
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Re: Freak of a GN e41 Bat - WEIRD Edges - is this possible?!
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2013, 01:56:19 PM »
Quote from: Red Ink Cricket on January 08, 2013, 01:51:28 PM
for a bat that size to be that weight id expect a very light cleft, no spine height or concaved to within an inch of its life. sounds like the bat maker was having an off day and missed a couple of mm of one edge.be interesting to see the pics when you can

There is a fair amount of concaving, but I've seen bats with a fair bit more... Pics to come shortly...
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Re: Freak of a GN e41 Bat - WEIRD Edges - is this possible?!
« Reply #5 on: January 08, 2013, 01:59:44 PM »
Quote from: Cover_Drive on January 08, 2013, 01:53:13 PM
Wow, pictures please? Profile and down the spine picture for concaving etc?

Appreciate it.

Oh dear!! Put your wallet away :)
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Re: Freak of a GN e41 Bat - WEIRD Edges - is this possible?!
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2013, 02:00:48 PM »
That is really poor workmanship I have to say... You should demand GN for compensation, then sell this freak of a bat to me at a heavily discounted price!!!  :D
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Re: Freak of a GN e41 Bat - WEIRD Edges - is this possible?!
« Reply #7 on: January 08, 2013, 02:00:51 PM »
Quote from: ItsJustCricket on January 08, 2013, 01:56:19 PM
There is a fair amount of concaving, but I've seen bats with a fair bit more... Pics to come shortly...
How much do these go for?
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Re: Freak of a GN e41 Bat - WEIRD Edges - is this possible?!
« Reply #8 on: January 08, 2013, 02:02:11 PM »
It also has 17 grains... (not blemish free though)
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Re: Freak of a GN e41 Bat - WEIRD Edges - is this possible?!
« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2013, 02:05:55 PM »
You do occasionally get this with GN bats. I sold a GN Evo Carbo I got from the hut that looked good, was huge and went really well. Someone on here got it.
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Re: Freak of a GN e41 Bat - WEIRD Edges - is this possible?!
« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2013, 02:06:45 PM »



This is the 44mm edge...



And here is the 47mm edge...






I have checked them three times with my tape measure, and it's always read the same, so...

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Re: Freak of a GN e41 Bat - WEIRD Edges - is this possible?!
« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2013, 02:07:29 PM »
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Re: Freak of a GN e41 Bat - WEIRD Edges - is this possible?!
« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2013, 02:12:14 PM »
I'd get a refund if I was you. £240 sheets for a bat with wonky edges lol. I don't care if it has huge edges  :D
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Re: Freak of a GN e41 Bat - WEIRD Edges - is this possible?!
« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2013, 02:13:14 PM »
Simple answer is send it back! It can never feel quite right in the hands if one side weights slightly more than the other! Its a defect, and as such would either need to be rectified or sold as "seconds"
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Re: Freak of a GN e41 Bat - WEIRD Edges - is this possible?!
« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2013, 02:15:07 PM »
maybe it's a new version of the GN Edge bat. Weighted outside edge to stop you opening the face and running the ball to slip.
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