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[Aldred Cricket Bats]

a lovely gold sovereign off down to newport pagnell, 2-8 absolute stunner.

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

one in its sanding process of a batch of 50 silver sovereign shapes off to a company down south grade 1 and grade 2 clefts every single one made and sanded by hand with as much love and attention as if it were for my label.
 

[procricket]

Brilliant Paul great to see people sticking with the UK we too have just done a big order to the Uk

Just seen one of your bats pass through here for a refurb very nice indeed

[Northern monkey]

Get a little Union Jack flag sticker on your bats guys
Would finish em off a treat

[eukaryote76]

Paul does put a union jack on the top of the handle. Has done on both of my bats at least: a massive 2lb 8oz players grade velocity from 2013 and a similar weight and chunky spectre this year. Paul's finish and attention to detail is second to none IMH, and the UK/ Derby connection makes an ex pat all the more proud to be using his bats in Australia!

[Blenheim Cricket]

Love the made by humans sticker adds a bit of humour, with it being a handcrafted quality bat.

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

Thanks Blenheim, yes all by hand you will be seeing some pics of some special players bats being made soon

[OwzatOllie]

Beautiful looking bats!!

[abdulwq]

Paul,
Are you one man show or you have chaps for stickering the bats;)
waiting for right offer in my budget.

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

Abdul everything is done by me

[abdulwq]

Abdul everything is done by me

Thats passion and great to know every bat is in great hands during all process.

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

Well Abdul before my cricket career I worked for a building company that worked on national trust properties and we had to do everything in the traditional manner using traditional skills.from Using block and tackle to hoist stone window heads and sills rather than cranes etc, using old lime mortar mixes and traditional timber skills. So that tactile method and love of creating something by hand is in my bones really and I truly believe that we owe past trades and tradesmen the honour of preserving the art and not just being drawn into mass manufacture or sterilising or cheapening the skills that it takes to create things by our own fair hand just because we have the option to make anything on machine at a far greater pace and cutting out that little bit of hard graft and time that it takes to create something worthwhile and with a sense of love put into it.

[Blenheim Cricket]

A true craftsman at his trade. Hats off to you and a skill level to aspire to for us all. Hopefully one day I will get there.

[Aldred Cricket Bats]

a beauty off down to Essex spectre 2-10 very very nice piece of willow indeed

[Turn Of Pace]

Paul, that Spectre looks an absolute beauty mate. Always been a fan of the Velocity, but I'm really liking the Spectre profile at the moment. It looks very well balanced with loads of wood in the hitting zone. I play with the bloke who is getting this bat, and he can't wait to get his hands on it. He's a classy bat, I'm sure he'll score bucket loads with it.