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WalkingWicket37

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What are these marks??
« on: January 14, 2014, 10:44:33 PM »
Hi guys

Just wondering if anyone knows what these marks are??
I love the bat and think they add character, but I have no clue what they are.
Just curious really.

Please excuse the photos, bad light and an iPhone (but you can see the marks clearly)




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Re: What are these marks??
« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2014, 11:01:50 PM »
Hi mate, might be worth asking Perkins17 - he is almost certain to know considering he may even have had a hand in making it.
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Re: What are these marks??
« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2014, 11:05:00 PM »
Quote from: Vitas Cricket on January 14, 2014, 11:01:50 PM
Hi mate, might be worth asking Perkins17 - he is almost certain to know considering he may even have had a hand in making it.
Cheers Jake
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Re: What are these marks??
« Reply #3 on: January 14, 2014, 11:22:14 PM »
Staining

There is no movement in the grain is there?
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Re: What are these marks??
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2014, 06:55:43 AM »
Tiger stripes ??  ;)
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Re: What are these marks??
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2014, 07:33:21 AM »
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Re: What are these marks??
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2014, 09:34:09 AM »
look like tide marks from a particularly heavy period of rainfall.
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Re: What are these marks??
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2014, 11:46:43 AM »
They are the remnesce of a butterfly which I tend to find "ping" very well. It has no effect on the bat in a bad way and is only really round in lower grade stuff due to it not looking very pretty in a shop to the average buyer.
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Re: What are these marks??
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2014, 10:04:56 PM »
Quote from: Perkins17 on January 15, 2014, 11:46:43 AM
They are the remnesce of a butterfly which I tend to find "ping" very well. It has no effect on the bat in a bad way and is only really round in lower grade stuff due to it not looking very pretty in a shop to the average buyer.
Thank you for confirming mate.
I can tell you now the bat pings very nicely.

And as far as only being lower grade willow, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I'd rather have a bat like this any day than a perfectly clean face (but I'm a strange creature).
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