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Best bat you have owned?
« on: July 16, 2013, 12:22:17 PM »
For me it's my GM Icon DXM Original, originally a catalyst until I sent it off to be refurbished and came back stickers as an icon. It's a few years old and it goes like a gun! Loved throughout the dressing room.

Recently received an Aldred Soveriegn and once that has been knocked in and played in it will be much better then the GM which is hard to believe. It's a machine, hopefully will bring lots of runs.
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Re: Best bat you have owned?
« Reply #1 on: July 16, 2013, 12:23:46 PM »
GM Icon 606
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Re: Best bat you have owned?
« Reply #2 on: July 16, 2013, 12:25:07 PM »
Think a few responses will be from the GM range!
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Re: Best bat you have owned?
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2013, 12:26:05 PM »
Hard to seperate had a few guns. Scat, joker and laver...all awesome and all scored me heaps of runs.
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Re: Best bat you have owned?
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2013, 12:27:54 PM »
Salix praestantia! About 6/7 unevenly spaced grains but boy does it go! 3 Seasons using it now. Middles totally mashed up and held up by edge tape. Quite a substantial piece of the toe broke off - held together by edge tape again. Sounds a bit weird now like its going to break after every other ball but still going like a train!
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Re: Best bat you have owned?
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2013, 12:28:04 PM »
Which laver?
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Re: Best bat you have owned?
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2013, 12:30:09 PM »
GM luna 505, sold on here at the end of last season and boy do I miss it
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Re: Best bat you have owned?
« Reply #7 on: July 16, 2013, 12:31:06 PM »
Quote from: kaz on July 16, 2013, 12:27:54 PM
Salix praestantia! About 6/7 unevenly spaced grains but boy does it go! 3 Seasons using it now. Middles totally mashed up and held up by edge tape. Quite a substantial piece of the toe broke off - held together by edge tape again. Sounds a bit weird now like its going to break after every other ball but still going like a train!

A lad at my club says that bats are at their best when they are about to break! He has been saying that about my icon for months!
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Re: Best bat you have owned?
« Reply #8 on: July 16, 2013, 12:34:11 PM »
Quote from: badgerer on July 16, 2013, 12:28:04 PM
Which laver?

Laver Reserve. Didn't think much of it to begin with but after a few knocks it really opened up - averaged 68 with it last year so served me well so far. Also goes to show don't give up on a bat too quick like you see on here a bit :)
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Re: Best bat you have owned?
« Reply #9 on: July 16, 2013, 12:35:57 PM »
Newbery Thruxton bought from Asad at Uzi Sports and a Scat that I traded with the owner of Blank Bats, absolute sling shots just incredible bats!!
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Re: Best bat you have owned?
« Reply #10 on: July 16, 2013, 12:38:28 PM »
Quote from: Jenko on July 16, 2013, 12:34:11 PM
Laver Reserve. Didn't think much of it to begin with but after a few knocks it really opened up - averaged 68 with it last year so served me well so far. Also goes to show don't give up on a bat too quick like you see on here a bit :)

Cant agree any more! I fell out with my Icon during a spell of inconsistency and once I started scoring runs again I started to love it! A good works man should never blame his tools...
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Re: Best bat you have owned?
« Reply #11 on: July 16, 2013, 12:39:23 PM »
Newbery B52XL - went like a train from ball one and just kept getting better, even though it was an ugly mutha - and my current H4L Hattori, which didn't go particularly great for a month or so but now absoutely flies.
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Re: Best bat you have owned?
« Reply #12 on: July 16, 2013, 12:41:00 PM »
GM Purist Original. Middle was huge, Picked up really nicely. Filled you with confidence looking down and seeing it.
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Re: Best bat you have owned?
« Reply #13 on: July 16, 2013, 12:55:55 PM »
Either a slaz v100 that an old club pro got me about 20 years ago or my Redback paradox.

In terms of value for money the £50 bulldog basher is almost as good as either of those.
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Re: Best bat you have owned?
« Reply #14 on: July 16, 2013, 01:05:22 PM »
BB and ca 15000 .. Both go like rockets 
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