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[wilkie113]

This bat is the one Dean had in the for sale section a while back. He had a few sticks in his bag for us all to have a go with at the Shrewsbury net, so I decided to take a punt on this butterfly bat that was rejected by Mr Fisher. Mr Fisher was mad for rejecting this, it's an absolute cannon lol.
Used this in 3/4 nets now and it's sounding very nice.

I was a bit dubious of what it would be like when I bought it, admittedly I normally like a clean blade with around 8-10 grains. But this has really changed my mind on blemished/stained bats. It's not all about the grains and clean blades if you want something to perform. I think this is only going to get better. Goes extremely well in the nets as I say, forgiving middle, and a nice pick up

Weight is 2'9 3/4,
Mid middle does extend quite low which the profile doesn't suggest.
36mm edge at the highest point 56/57mm spine
5/6 grains with a big ass butterfly stain around the middle of the blade, and one on the back of the toe.
Was finished extremely well too, even though it had been floating around in Dean's bag for a while.
Will definitely be in the bag for match days next year.

Apologies the pictures aren't the best

[19reading87]

White grip that bad boy up.

I love the way your cheapest bat could be your best!!

[wilkie113]

White grip that bad boy up.

I love the way your cheapest bat could be your best!!

Haven't got a white snake grip dude, and having a shock absorba on it doesn't feel right for some reason!

It is a gun though lol, need to thank Dean for it, so thought I'd give a little review.

[Vulcan Cricket]

cheers tom told you you would like it some time its not all about loads for grains  cant beat a bit of butterfly wilow

[wilkie113]

Looking forward to using this again tonight, top stick and will be difficult to choose what I'm going to use next year with this beauty and the H4L.

Not to mention the copy of the H4L off Ryan

[Ryan]

Looking forward to using this again tonight, top stick and will be difficult to choose what I'm going to use next year with this beauty and the H4L.

Not to mention the copy of the H4L off Ryan

You'll have some quality bats to choose from then

[Duffers]

Ivegot a Butterfly Hellfire and that goes like stink as well!

[trypewriter]

JS Wright have some interesting things to say about butterfly marks - all good.

[wilkie113]

They do go extremely well, and it shouldn't really come as a surprise given that butterfly stains have superior strength. Mines a worldy lol

[Vulcan Cricket]

my last 4 bats have been butterfly willow tuff as old boots one of them is 4 years old 

[ACM0608]

I had a gm apex with a large butterfly stain just below the middle and it flew in that area. The willow was much harder and it sounded a bit odd when it hit there but it really went.

[The_Bird]

Here is warsops opinion of butterfly bats;


'The Butterfly is only available in adult sizes and is made from a special type of timber found in about 1% of cleft supplied. There are distinctive 'Butterfly' Markings on the blade. The timber is more suitable for the harder hitting player, i.e. offering a more resilient timber. A traditional shape with warsops famous red and black transfers and special Butterfly Logo. As with all our bats, it is made from Grade A Timber providing top quality bats for all levels of cricket'

[Vulcan Cricket]

we dont grade it as  A .  also hes bit hard to start with but onces they get going they sounnd and go sweet

[tim2000s]

we dont grade it as  A .  also hes bit hard to start with but onces they get going they sounnd and go sweet

I think the warsop grading relates to the mcc rules. All their bats can be used in proper cricket!

[Vulcan Cricket]

We use A ie for bats pros would use but with bats with the tsi its B even thow the tsi makes no diffents to how the bat plays