Been thinking for a while about splashing out on something 'special' from B3 after seeing plenty of crackers going out down there.
I'm good mates with Dave and know he would look after me. He told me there were a couple of ugly low density clefts and I decided to take the punt. Having seen the DW1 (I know it as something different) or 2766 I knew the profile I wanted.
I wanted a heavier bat than the Charlie French I currently use.
Streaky and B3 don't like to use the low density clefts for this kind of bat but seen as I'm a mate of Dave they made an exception. They like to use these for bats weighing 2.7/2.8.
Here are a couple of photos
It's an absolute beast - I couldn't be happier with it. Definitely not a looker but does seem to have a stiff blade and I have no doubt it will become an immense weapon even in my hands.
A few statistics
Edge size - 41mm
Spine height - 63/64mm
Toe - 23mm
Weight - 2.11.6 with GM ripple and scuff
Very very minimal concaving
Couple of photos compared with my Cf which weighs 2.10 on the nose. The B3 is literally about 10-12mm bugger all round and zero concaving compared with the CF
Very happy with the service Streaky, Dave and the rest of the B3 team. Having seen first hand, I know the amount of hard work that's put into every single one of their bats. I dread to think how many hours Streaky works.
One last comment - Dave put a photo of this on Twitter and Derbyshire's Gareth Cross contacted him trying to nab my bat!
Think that covers everything - sorry if I've babbled on too much.
Hopefully my new LV mallet comes this week so I can get this ready for Saturday.
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