Sorry for the late post guys! yup yup been to kippax and have put in an order for my own custom designed bat!
All I can say willow willow everywhere. Theres soo much of it! Felt like a kid in a candy shop! Went upstairs to their "showroom" and they had some very very nice blades there. Particularly the colossus models were very tempting (until you see the £300 price tag!) - didnt check their weights, but very very light pick up and puts my blackcat joker to shame!
Then discussed with them what I wanted etc, and they were very accommodating to every request. I even brought in some handy drawings, and they correctly identified that the edge profile was very tendulkarish (I copied it from the m&h master - itself a copy of sachins). They even brought out some bats they had made to show whats possible with the weight etc. A particular bat they brought out had certain initials stamped in and it was destined for an England international- maybe we'll see it at lords?
It was 2'13 btw, no concaving, just a big big piece of wood.
After alot of talking settled on these final specs:
3lbs
SH Normal sized blade
12 straight grains all sapwood- They basically said whatever you want be it 7 grains or 16 grains sapwood/heartwood, they can find it for me. With all the stock they have I'm not surprised! Don't think the normal bespoke manufacture is spoilt for choice like this?
Semi Oval Wavex handle. They assured that the tech behind wavex was very sound and talked me into it. Apparently KP used to swear by them...and GM have been trying to buy the patents for it from them for years.
40mm edges
75mm spine
They even said they might not have to concave it that much to achieve those specs due to the relatively heavier weight im going for.
Heres a drawing of the side/front profiles of the bat requested. Each small square is 10mm^2. Interesting to see if they can match this!
One issue I'm having is their stickers! The green "Kippax" ones look very tacky! (looks like floro green puke IMHO) The red "wavex" one is a bit more understated because of the colour... still wayy too loud for me. I'm thinking of requesting it blank! Are there any batmakers that offer stickers for sale?
In all my excitement I completely forgot to take any photos:(. Im revisiting them sometime next week (or the following) to collect the bat and will remember to do so then!
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