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Re: Norfolk Cricket Bats
« Reply #15 on: October 09, 2013, 09:32:35 AM »
I'm originally from Norfolk but have never heard of them. I happen to be going back in a few weeks so might pop in and have a look.
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Re: Norfolk Cricket Bats
« Reply #16 on: October 09, 2013, 09:38:31 AM »
'Cricket brands', eh?
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Re: Norfolk Cricket Bats
« Reply #17 on: October 09, 2013, 09:59:37 AM »
Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on October 09, 2013, 09:38:31 AM
'Cricket brands', eh?

i dont understand this question? If you make it clearer then im sure people will help out with your query.
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Re: Norfolk Cricket Bats
« Reply #18 on: October 09, 2013, 10:12:09 AM »
I wasn't putting it down or ridiculing it I merely said the bats look almost identical to each other and the pads look like every other pad... They may well be the best bats and pads on the market but they certainly don't stand out from the crowd... Even the branding looks same old same old i.e Newbery, Black Cat, Blenheim etc etc etc.
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Re: Norfolk Cricket Bats
« Reply #19 on: October 09, 2013, 11:23:09 AM »
Problem is to do a UK made bat costs money and to return a healthy margin then £200-300 is the retail price for the bat. Everybody on here then says it's too expensive for an unknown brand. If you do it cheaper then chances are you are importing from India. Everybody then says it's dodgy/handle falls to bits/worse quality etc etc. Not sure any smaller brand can win under those circumstances!

Pads look rubbish for £90. Online stockist probably sell them for £25.
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Re: Norfolk Cricket Bats
« Reply #20 on: October 09, 2013, 12:06:15 PM »
Quote from: GarrettJ on October 09, 2013, 09:59:37 AM
i dont understand this question? If you make it clearer then im sure people will help out with your query.

There are perhaps too many of them? And we're not even allowed to know who makes their bats...
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Re: Norfolk Cricket Bats
« Reply #21 on: October 09, 2013, 12:32:35 PM »
Ok

All you need to know is TK is allegedly involved in some way with every single bat on this forum bar Aldred, Kippax and Rob Pack.
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Re: Norfolk Cricket Bats
« Reply #22 on: October 09, 2013, 12:41:34 PM »
Quote from: GarrettJ on October 09, 2013, 12:32:35 PM
Ok

All you need to know is TK is involved in some way with every single bat on this forum bar Aldred.

We might not be a sponsor yet but TK is nothing to do with us! haha, There are a number of UK makers after all (granted a lot of companies do use TK, and I can't blame them either!)
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Re: Norfolk Cricket Bats
« Reply #23 on: October 09, 2013, 01:10:46 PM »
Quote from: GarrettJ on October 09, 2013, 12:32:35 PM
Ok

All you need to know is TK is involved in some way with every single bat on this forum bar Aldred.

Quote from: GarrettJ on October 09, 2013, 12:32:35 PM
Ok

All you need to know is TK is involved in some way with every single bat on this forum bar Aldred.

I'd be intrigued to here your thoughts on how TK is involved with Blueroom and RPC....

Please enlighten me. Maybe I'm missing a trick or need to tell Rob he's wasting his time at work everyday!!
There are a small minority that actually MAKE their own bats still.... Blueroom, H4L, Aldred, Choice are just a few I can think of On here. And there's a few that grow and harvest their own willow as well.    Let's not tar everyone with the same brush. Pretty sure anyone who doesn't use TK would pipe up on this as well if they saw it.

But, yes, a lot are involved with outsourcing and have to pay a fee to have the product manufactured elsewhere and in turn need a price to turn profit.
« Last Edit: October 09, 2013, 01:14:18 PM by Rob Pack Cricket »
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Re: Norfolk Cricket Bats
« Reply #24 on: October 09, 2013, 01:43:09 PM »
there was a small article on Rob Pack in last week telegraph magazine
nice to see a traditional batmaker being appreciated for his craft :)
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Re: Norfolk Cricket Bats
« Reply #25 on: October 09, 2013, 01:52:08 PM »
Ummm what is TK?
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Re: Norfolk Cricket Bats
« Reply #26 on: October 09, 2013, 01:55:44 PM »
Quote from: Rob Pack Cricket on October 09, 2013, 01:10:46 PM
I'd be intrigued to here your thoughts on how TK is involved with Blueroom and RPC....

Please enlighten me. Maybe I'm missing a trick or need to tell Rob he's wasting his time at work everyday!!
There are a small minority that actually MAKE their own bats still.... Blueroom, H4L, Aldred, Choice are just a few I can think of On here. And there's a few that grow and harvest their own willow as well.    Let's not tar everyone with the same brush. Pretty sure anyone who doesn't use TK would pipe up on this as well if they saw it.

But, yes, a lot are involved with outsourcing and have to pay a fee to have the product manufactured elsewhere and in turn need a price to turn profit.

Apologies, i forgot about Kippax and yourselves.

I thought he at least presses or handles every single bat ever made on here doesnt he?
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Re: Norfolk Cricket Bats
« Reply #27 on: October 09, 2013, 01:57:07 PM »
Quote from: Krs on October 09, 2013, 01:52:08 PM
Ummm what is TK?

dude formerly of Newbery who alledgedly handles and presses a lot of clefts for a lot of brands. He is widely regarded as one of the top 5 batmakers in the world.
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Re: Norfolk Cricket Bats
« Reply #28 on: October 09, 2013, 02:25:05 PM »
Ive seen a lot of the bats this year having seen our boys play against a lot of norfolk sides, they seem to go well. Isnt the maker heavily involed with great witchingham?
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Re: Norfolk Cricket Bats
« Reply #29 on: October 09, 2013, 02:40:37 PM »
maybe he is a proper old school batmaker after all

Forma professional speedway rider for hackney and sheffield . Now making cricket bats for some of the best players in the world . Norwich
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