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[toenails97]

Having seen these stickers in the flesh on JB's bat they look a lot better in person!

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

Glad you like toenails

[JB]

I need to get it knocked in so we can test it out in the nets on the 22nd!!!

Tony is right, the stickers look even better when you see them and I was a fan of them in the photos!!

The finishing is outstanding Paul, taps up lovely with a ball!! Thanks

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

Here's another beauty off out on Monday 2-9

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

I need to get it knocked in so we can test it out in the nets on the 22nd!!!

Tony is right, the stickers look even better when you see them and I was a fan of them in the photos!!

The finishing is outstanding Paul, taps up lovely with a ball!! Thanks

Glad you like jb packed as many runs as I could fit into it so don't waste them all in the nets. No good being a net player be a middle player.

[toenails97]

I need to get it knocked in so we can test it out in the nets on the 22nd!!!

Tony is right, the stickers look even better when you see them and I was a fan of them in the photos!!

The finishing is outstanding Paul, taps up lovely with a ball!! Thanks

Yeah Jon, I'm getting my python knocked in some more and might be able to have a sly use of my new bat for Christmas so there's plenty of bats for us to use!
Really like the profile on your aldred, has loads of wood in the driving area! Then again the way you were smashing the ball with the kudos so does that!
Only critic I had with the aldred is that it wasn't as nice and soft as your H4L so maybe that could be a thing for the future Paul?

[trypewriter]

I think that unless you are an expert (which I am not) it's a bit hard to assess pressing. I bounced a few ball up and down on my Supreme and thought it was quite soft pressed as seam marks were easily visible. However, another guy gave it a few taps with a mallet and pronounced it to be fairly hard pressed in his opinion. - I still think it's quite soft.

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

Ahh pressing. Well if you under press will feel good allow for thick edges but will have a chance of breaking up quicker. Harder pressed will take a tad more knocking in but will open up. Tough one isn't it as professionals get free bats so doesn't matter too much to them if it breaks customers don't want to keep breaking bats and also as a bat maker if you kept getting bats back that break you won't be in business very long and the butterfly bats are a bit harder naturally

[toenails97]

Ahh pressing. Well if you under press will feel good allow for thick edges but will have a chance of breaking up quicker. Harder pressed will take a tad more knocking in but will open up. Tough one isn't it as professionals get free bats so doesn't matter too much to them if it breaks customers don't want to keep breaking bats and also as a bat maker if you kept getting bats back that break you won't be in business very long and the butterfly bats are a bit harder naturally

Yeah I completely agree, I've used hard pressed bats in the past that have turned to rockets after a season; but I just love the soft sound they make like a trampoline. It wasn't pressed like a rock, to be honest just pressed like my Salix when I first got it but personally I like a softer blade...I loved the profile though Paul so never know you may get a message for a G3/Butterfly model!

[FvanN]

Can these be ordered with slight differences to the face and toe?

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

What do you mean by differences to the face and toe.

[FvanN]

What do you mean by differences to the face and toe.

After studying the photos I retract my comment regarding the face (as it is flat enough)  but as for the toe I was thinking square. 

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

You can have a square toe without a problem I'm not a fan of square toes but if that's how you like them no problem.

[Jaffa]

Me a bit thick.

Can someone explain why a harder pressed bat takes longer to open up yet a bat with more grains (and less sap wood which is naturally harder I believe) or a butterfly stain is supposed to go from the off?

Have I misunderstood or am I missing something?

[Bats_Entertainment]

Me a bit thick.

Can someone explain why a harder pressed bat takes longer to open up yet a bat with more grains (and less sap wood which is naturally harder I believe) or a butterfly stain is supposed to go from the off?

Have I misunderstood or am I missing something?

Butterfly will supposedly take a while to get going, like a harder pressed bat. I wouldn't want to attempt to give definitive answers on this subject, though.