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[CrickFreak]

Was a long weekend and had no games which is always bad for the wallet.
Had lot of time so went to see a friend who owns indoor training facility and also sells equipment. He is also the distributor for Spartan in US which meant lot of Spartan bats all over the place.
Picked up quite a few bats mainly Spartans. First impression - the LEs are all good, nice pick up and ping.
I went there to get Spartan MC LE small mens but then saw this SS DK19 and decided to go with it. Wanted to own a SS for sometime now but the retailers I spoke to were like this profile is not possible in this weight blah blah.... Finally found one....

About the bat -
Weight - 2lb 9oz (couldnt believe it. Checked at the store and the post office, same weight)
Grains - 9 straight grains
Concaving - None
Edges - 38 mm
Spine - 65 mm
Ping - Impressed so far. Best from a new bat I have ever seen
Pick up - Nice. I really cant judge if it picks up 2lb 7oz or 8 oz or whatever. 1 oz is too little for a human to tell the difference. I usually put the gloves on and try to practice the shots I play most often and if it feels good, then thats the bat.

Michael Clarke was in US when they opened the store and they had requested him to bring one of his personal bats. I got couple of pics of that bat too. The bat weighs 2lb 10.2oz (surprising  ). I thought he used 2lb 6-7oz. Pics of inaugration - http://www.cricmax.com/GalleryPublicInfo/Gallery/2

Here are pics of both the bats -

SS DK19 -







Michael Clarkes bat -

[Marc28]

The SS looks a good one,
As for the Clarke bat i'm surprised how many red marks are above the middle of the bat and also how many are around the inside edge as well.

[mujju]

Lovely profile of that SS ..

[Danny1981]

I love the look of that SS

[AverageCricketer]

That's up there with the BB hulk profile.

[Wickets-then-runs]

The SS looks a good one,
As for the Clarke bat i'm surprised how many red marks are above the middle of the bat and also how many are around the inside edge as well.

Julian Millichamp told me that when he would get the bats he made for the pro's back for a refurb, the inside edge would be absolutely smashed to bits. He doesn't bow his blades at all but reckons that the likes of Gilchrist would hit the ball so hard and consistently in the middle that when he got the bat back, it would have a bow in it...

[procricket]

I saw online stockiest have The Dk19 bats agree a grea shape looks very nice. 

Bats do bow over time naturally

Smashing profile that

[procricket]

And the one I have seen had dk19 stamped in the back!!

Lovely bats all of them mind.

[csnew]

That ss looks great. How much did that set you back?

[CrickFreak]

The SS looks a good one,
As for the Clarke bat i'm surprised how many red marks are above the middle of the bat and also how many are around the inside edge as well.

They had requested him to bring his own bat for the inaugration. Not sure if its his actual match bat or one of the rejects.
I should correct the post....