Topic: Butterfly (Read 147746 times)

Kulli · « **Reply #180 on:** March 20, 2014, 09:59:54 AM »

Quote from: SkipperJ on March 19, 2014, 09:30:59 PM

Hey Paul,
Does the location of the butterfly stain on the blade matter at all?
For example, does a stain at the toe make the toe stronger?
Does a stain in the middle of the sweet spot make the middle better/pingier?

Just incase you missed it, something I've always wondered, though i guess answering it may drive up the demand for certain types of butteryfly bat and down others.

Wickets-then-runs · « **Reply #181 on:** March 20, 2014, 10:40:04 AM »

Imagine if where the stain is actually performs better: we will be ordering "grade 1 butterfly" bats.... This could completely throw out all we have grown up believing...

Aldred Cricket Bats · « **Reply #182 on:** March 20, 2014, 02:18:12 PM »

My feeling is and I'm not a scientist and don't profess to know everything there is about willow only what I have learnt through hands on making is, the stain tends to be harder so therefore if it is in the middle of the bat it takes longer to open up than normal but performs fantastically well when it does and in my experience from using them has a different sound to it. If the stain is near the toe in theory it should strengthen the bat but as I say to everyone it is at the end of the day a piece of wood coming up against a hard ball. Unfortunately now days due to 20/20 people seem to think that you can hit Yorkers to the moon and back...WRONG. You could be Viv Richards if you don't middle it or somewhere near you ain't hitting it out the ground. Keep an eye out in the butterfly section as we have ordered a lot more and I reckon we've picked some beauties so may well be doing something slightly different in our selection choices, we will see.

tim2000s · « **Reply #183 on:** March 20, 2014, 02:39:49 PM »

What I also noticed Paul, is that due to the additional stiffness around the stain, it changes the vibrational characteristics of the bat at that point and you get more of the hand stinging vibration.

Aldred Cricket Bats · « **Reply #184 on:** March 20, 2014, 03:17:32 PM »

Quote from: tim2000s on March 20, 2014, 02:39:49 PM

What I also noticed Paul, is that due to the additional stiffness around the stain, it changes the vibrational characteristics of the bat at that point and you get more of the hand stinging vibration.

You don't once it's opened up. That's because it is naturally harder, they tend to take longer to open up than a normal piece of willow does.

Aldred Cricket Bats · « **Reply #185 on:** March 20, 2014, 03:20:02 PM »

Here's a lovely velocity off out to Australia 2-8 and a real nice feel to it

SkipperJ · « **Reply #186 on:** March 20, 2014, 03:48:19 PM »

Quote from: Aldred Cricket Bats on March 20, 2014, 02:18:12 PM

My feeling is and I'm not a scientist and don't profess to know everything there is about willow only what I have learnt through hands on making is, the stain tends to be harder so therefore if it is in the middle of the bat it takes longer to open up than normal but performs fantastically well when it does and in my experience from using them has a different sound to it. If the stain is near the toe in theory it should strengthen the bat but as I say to everyone it is at the end of the day a piece of wood coming up against a hard ball...

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Paul, the best insights often come from experience.

MD2812 · « **Reply #187 on:** March 20, 2014, 04:34:50 PM »

Quote from: Aldred Cricket Bats on March 20, 2014, 03:20:02 PM

Here's a lovely velocity off out to Australia 2-8 and a real nice feel to it

Wow! Envious of that bat!!

The way the butterfly flicks around on the back of the bat looks like a flame to me!

Paul if you don't mind telling (and presuming the aussie buyer doesn't mind) what was the price of this bat?

With a butterfly cleft do you know how it will look before the finished product?

Aldred Cricket Bats · « **Reply #188 on:** March 20, 2014, 04:55:42 PM »

All our butterfly's are �135 shipped in the uk. You have an idea how they are going to look yes but always lovely to see the transformation when sanded and polished

ProCricketer1982 · « **Reply #189 on:** March 20, 2014, 04:59:07 PM »

Ok.. Now I'm getting impatient seeing all these

Aldred Cricket Bats · « **Reply #190 on:** March 20, 2014, 05:20:35 PM »

Patience dear boy patience

ProCricketer1982 · « **Reply #191 on:** March 20, 2014, 06:30:59 PM »

Quote from: Aldred Cricket Bats on March 20, 2014, 05:20:35 PM

Patience dear boy patience

Haha. Never was a virtue of mine. I am learning though.

Number 11 · « **Reply #192 on:** March 21, 2014, 02:04:05 AM »

Lovely staining especially on the back. If only willow was harder I'd use butterfly as flooring or furniture.

felix · « **Reply #193 on:** March 21, 2014, 12:27:38 PM »

Well my Gold Sovereign has arrived, it's gorgeous. It's absolutely superbly finished and I don't think the butterfly stain even looks ugly, it gives it character. I wonder if I should have gone for a tiny bit lighter pickup, I can feel it's a tad heavier than my usual 2-8 but I'm splitting hairs. Can't wait to use it, must be patient! Been getting some funny looks playing air shots in the office.

One question Paul (and might help other customers), you say they'll take a bit longer than some bats to "open up", I don't have the luxury of being able to spend hours in the nets, so would loads of extra knocking in with the mallet concentrating around the butterfly mark help to get it ready quicker?

ProCricketer1982 · « **Reply #194 on:** March 21, 2014, 12:31:16 PM »

Quote from: felix on March 21, 2014, 12:27:38 PM

Well my Gold Sovereign has arrived, it's gorgeous. It's absolutely superbly finished and I don't think the butterfly stain even looks ugly, it gives it character. I wonder if I should have gone for a tiny bit lighter pickup, I can feel it's a tad heavier than my usual 2-8 but I'm splitting hairs. Can't wait to use it, must be patient! Been getting some funny looks playing air shots in the office.
One question Paul (and might help other customers), you say they'll take a bit longer than some bats to "open up", I don't have the luxury of being able to spend hours in the nets, so would loads of extra knocking in with the mallet concentrating around the butterfly mark help to get it ready quicker?

I'll more than happily hit a few 1000 balls on he bowling machine with it if you want

Can have it back to you by next weekend

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Kulli

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