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Is this common??

[Viper Cricket]

They are English willow but made in Pakistan. It's all about whether you feel they press the bats as well as English batmakers and whether the handles are decent. That's the only difference to this and a TK bat

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They are English willow but made in Pakistan. It's all about whether you feel they press the bats as well as English batmakers and whether the handles are decent. That's the only difference to this and a TK bat

Whats a TK Bat?

And also, (Sorry for all the questions i'm just intrigued) so the handles aren't purchased over here its purely the willow?

[Viper Cricket]

I'm not sure about the handles

TK is the name of a batmaker that makes bats for a lot of brands .... So he makes a bat without branding and companies plonk their stickers on it

[procricket]

They are English willow but made in Pakistan. It's all about whether you feel they press the bats as well as English batmakers and whether the handles are decent. That's the only difference to this and a TK bat

There bats are as well pressed in the main if there from a reliable source but i guess this is half the problem with fakes and scams rife unfortunately.

Now there is also something in there temperature and drying process which gives them a slight advantage i feel they tend to have bigger bats because of the moisture level but that can mean trouble with damages...


Handles on the sub contient have got better but you might struggle to find a Asian bat with a oval handle


For me there nothing in English or Asian bats well performance or quality wise

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Damages in what respect? splitting of their bats etc?

Just looking through their profile now and they have plenty of videos showing bats being made by hand, obviously this doesn't mean they are high quality of course

[procricket]

All bats carry a risk but dryer bats with less moisture in them will carry a greater risk mate.

Handmade bats do not guarantee anything i'm afraid.

[Viper Cricket]

They might split if they are too dry

Imagine leaving your bat in the boot of your car over summer then using it, it may be a bit brittle

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Ah I see

So, (another question looming guys) companies based here in the UK selling bats made in India and Pakistan... do they do well or are they playing second fiddle to companies using English techniques?

[procricket]

What are English techniques???

I use a bat designed by a Doctor on a machine.

In the main cheeper bats are seen as inferirior and 90 per cent of people go with stickers and big brands because it what they know or what there dad used.

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sorry

by techniques I mean pressing, drying out

[Viper Cricket]

What you will find is they are a lot cheaper. All the Indian players use Indian made bats so they are as good as English made bats IF you get the top Indian bats.

[Viper Cricket]

And that is a BIG IF

[procricket]

Yes and No

Some press individually and some just have a system and pot luck but i don't think it down to region in the main.

Drying is more to do with environment

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Safe option is to just stick to UK made bats then I suppose?