Well after being out of the country for 3 years thought i would go and get a bat made for me and it looked like Kippax was closest so i went there after seeing a review of Calvin1mac Stallion thought i might as well at least look what they had after seeing so many of them in the 80's and 90's.
Well there service is quality meet up with Calvin and Chris Leaf head of sales and talked all things cricket for over a hour then started looking at bats in my weight range and pick up range as Chris rightly stated.
Top bloke is Chris he really knows his stuff and let me feel at ease knocking bats up with a ball and not just a mallet.
Well after a few emails to them i went there with the intention of a totally custom bat including selecting my own cleft but after a chat with Chris on the phone i thought he knows more than i do so best let them select that then when i got there a certain shape caught my eye and from that moment on it was no longer a custom bespoke bat but a pre made shape and what a shape it is.
I picked up loads of bats tested them then finally selected the one which i thought picked up the best.
I have gone against my old natural way of not liking heartwood and also the number of grains i normally like around 9-11 at most but this just picked up a dream and tapped up so well.
It was the wavex model but me being me didn't like the stickers and they changed them to the classic K Kippax Legend stickers with wavex handle fitted
The bat spec is as follows
2lb 7.8oz
41mm Edges
21 Grains
here the photos....
Had a great afternoon thanks to Chris and more importantly thanks to Calvin good stuff mate and a good shout with kippax a great company bigger than most realise with the willow exporting and who would have thought a Yorkshireman buying the first round...
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