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[WalkingWicket37]

How can that be?

custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=30551.0

Sorry Jake, just for you, I should have said:

Got a new icon today, weighs 2lb13 but picks up 2lb9!

[Vitas Cricket]

I got an icon today.
While I was waving it round I thought "this must be about 2lb9 -2lb10"
I whacked it on the scales and it's 2lb13! Still, it picks up light (even lighter than I first thought now I know the dead weight) and feels nice in my hands, what more do you need?

Sorry Jake, just for you, I should have said:

Got a new icon today, weighs 2lb13 but picks up 2lb9!

Cheeky

I think it's fine to try and guess the weight of a bat from pickup, it's all part of the fun. But once the weight is known, to then Put a precise number on exactly how much lighter it picks up is madness.

[WalkingWicket37]

Cheeky

I think it's fine to try and guess the weight of a bat from pickup, it's all part of the fun. But once the weight is known, to then Put a precise number on exactly how much lighter it picks up is madness.

I know exactly what you mean.
I guessed the bat was 2lb9/2lb10 from the pickup, which feels light.

Now knowing the weight is 2lb13 I can say it picks up very light for its weight. I wouldn't put a number on it though as that's both pointless and meaningless.

[CrickFreak]

I think it all depends on how it feels with gloves on. Lot of people I know (some who played decent level of cricket) never weighed their bats or knew exact weight of their bats. Its all pickup/feel and ping.
For me, I am very particular about weight if I am buying it online because you cannot pick it up before buying. It has to be 2lb 8-9oz and that assures me that it will not pickup heavier than that. Cant take the risk of buying something heavy hoping it to pick up lighter etc.
But if I am in a store (and thats rare here), I put it on the scale only at the end just to to be sure....

[Silver Bullet]

How can that be?

custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=30551.0

it's pretty simple...

Take a 1 lb weight and tape it on to the toe of your bat. I reckon the bat will feel a lot heavier than if you took that same bat and taped it onto the splice.

Agree ?

[Seniorplayer]

By putting weight on the bottom of the bat will make it feel heavier don,t know if anyone else can remember the original plastic toe guards which slide over the toe and covered around 4 inches of the blade they made the bat  very bottom heavy.

[Vitas Cricket]

it's pretty simple...

Take a 1 lb weight and tape it on to the toe of your bat. I reckon the bat will feel a lot heavier than if you took that same bat and taped it onto the splice.

Agree ?

Of course i agree. Did you read the topic i linked to?

What does a '2lb 8oz' bat feel like though? Each and every bat feels different, 10 bats that weigh 2'8 all lined up in a row will feel totally different, so to say 'I have a bat that is 2'11 but feels 2'8' is nonsense. It may well feel light, but it can't 'feel' 2'8.

[procricket]

I will counter this I know what a 2-8 ounce bat feels like I have been using them for over 20 years so know roughly what it feels like with a high middle and low middle.

I also know when a bat without weighting them feels similar to the weight before I pick it up..

If it used for a sales point of view it is not great I agree to that but it is mainly a figure if speech.

I work more with volumes of wood for the weight or density as the forum calls it nowadays and also in the models of weight distribution over pick up.

Got to say  people think too much into things.

I remember the plastic  cover over the toe well