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[shoab68]

HI guys,

Refer to my earlier post with the title "a very special bat". I gave order to B3 to made me a special crown willow bat, bat is now with me.

Brief review

My required specs were                                 What I got

Willow :Crown with minimum 10  straight grains            around 12 pretty straight

Edges: Minimum 40mm                                              around 40 mm

Concaving : Minimal or nil                                          Minimal

Handle: Oval                                                          Oval

Weight : Max  upto 2.10                                          2lb & 8.5

Pick up: Light                                                        Very light

Ping : Very Good                                                   Very Good
 

Bat is excellent. I was surprised when i checked the weight which turned out to be only 2lb 8.5, mind you it is a pretty big bat with 40 mm edges and minimal(almost negligible)concaving.

Balance and pickup is almost perfect. Finishing is top notch and it pings very good. Everything is almost perfect and i am really happy with this bat.

The downside is little knot and some marks on the back of the bat and pretty average service from B3 guys.

Note

I would like to really thank Dave who has helped me in getting this absolute beauty, hats off to Dave.

Enjoy some of the pics and please post your comments negative or  positive.

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[Warneymonster]

Looks amazing


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[Ams4287]

Looks lovely mate, any pics vs any of your collection to compare profile?

Are you able to expand the 'average' service feedback?

[csnew]

Got some lovely grains on that bat! Looks great

[procricket]

Shoab

Was a pleasure i agree it was a tad slow on our behalf at times with conformation of payment  and with you being in Dubai testing for us  and agree we could have responded better but without feedback like yours our process would not be refined in which they have been. The topic of customer services did pop was broached by me on Friday meeting and there now better plans in place to see potential problems and better dealing with them.  Our process has been refined and we are and will be better.

On to the bat as you know it was plucked from a very select group of clefts it was my second choice the other had less grains yet was a tad lighter and had grains going through the toe but you did say you wanted more so that is what i did.

Glad you like the bat as i said i think it is better than my Trott which is some statement and i think the crispness of the bat is key inline with the sheer size.

It is a saved profile on the machine and one i will copy in the future for my bats you have a great eye for a great profile.
As always I'm customer driven as I'm sure you will testify just because i have joined B3 does not mean i will become blind Integrity and Honesty is my core value. I hope with my help you found our service better and better.
This is a special bat i wish it was in my collection i picked it up and played some shadow shots t Crown are selected for there size and there potential playability although i think it looks very good and this is inline with some of the White label professional bats going out.


 

[Northern monkey]

Looks very nice

Have you had chance to bounce a ball on it?
I know you spec'd it, but does it meet your expectations?
The bats I've seen of yours have been some of the best looking bats I've ever seen, ,does the b3 top the list?

Serious bat envy!

[smilley792]

Bat looks superb. The orange b3 stickers are crackers. But my mate rocks them so i cant. Lol.

On 3 of my 4 b3 the service was top notch. One i felt a little ignored, and on occassion general enquiries ober social media have been ignored.
But i hope thats just due to them being busy, forgrtting to reply knowing i would pop in if needed. As opposed to purposefully ignoring me.
As they are good guys


Goodluck with tbe bat, im sure the marks on the back will have little effect on the bats play.

[e4sby]

I've got to say the photos really don't do the bat justice. Everything about the bat was perfect and the shape is definitely one to bear in mind for the future.

Think you have to bare in mind B3 try to reply to as many emails as they can and when busy it might take longer for them to reply. I know first hand it's not always possible to reply as quickly as I would've liked.

Will be interesting Shoab to have a review after you've used it once or twice - I hope it's not a bat to just admire ha

[Six Sixes Cricket]

That's an incredible bat for 2-8.5

Looking forward to the review, thanks for putting the pics up.

[Kal]

So wanting one. Would be ordering one myself, if I hadn't ordered a BB....

[skip1973]

Shoab

Was a pleasure i agree it was a tad slow on our behalf at times with conformation of payment  and with you being in Dubai testing for us  and agree we could have responded better but without feedback like yours our process would not be refined in which they have been. The topic of customer services did pop was broached by me on Friday meeting and there now better plans in place to see potential problems and better dealing with them.  Our process has been refined and we are and will be better.

On to the bat as you know it was plucked from a very select group of clefts it was my second choice the other had less grains yet was a tad lighter and had grains going through the toe but you did say you wanted more so that is what i did.

Glad you like the bat as i said i think it is better than my Trott which is some statement and i think the crispness of the bat is key inline with the sheer size.

It is a saved profile on the machine and one i will copy in the future for my bats you have a great eye for a great profile.
As always I'm customer driven as I'm sure you will testify just because i have joined B3 does not mean i will become blind Integrity and Honesty is my core value. I hope with my help you found our service better and better.
This is a special bat i wish it was in my collection i picked it up and played some shadow shots t Crown are selected for there size and there potential playability although i think it looks very good and this is inline with some of the White label professional bats going out.

White Label pro bats? is this another grade of willow?

[procricket]

No it is bats supplied to others mate who want them without stickers.

[TopShot]

That bat looks amazing! What are we talking about price wise for a stick like that?

[sgcricket]

looks amazing shoab. would like to see your whole collection profiled on a separate thread.

[tim2000s]

Does it remind anyone else of the recent GM purist?

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