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[SAF Bats]

Why would you want to make the handle lighter it is the only thing you have to really help you counter balance the toe end.

[Master-Basterd]

Why would you want to make the handle lighter it is the only thing you have to really help you counter balance the toe end.

Well, Are over seas pro Ant Bullick who plays for otago in NZ has his hands so far down the handle that his right hand comes over the bat shoulders. Couldn't you do a 50/50 handle where the bottem half is normal weight and the top half is some super duper light material ?

[Tom]

The bat would pick up heavier.

[Master-Basterd]

The bat would pick up heavier.

As i said, im no nerd lol. How would it be heavier ?

[Washington]

i think what tom is getting at is that if you move the weight closer to the middle of the bat instead of the evening it out over the entire length of the bat it will be like a big lump of wood . . .wouldn't actually make it heavier just heavier pick up

[Washington]

Plus you are only catering for your overseas player and they way he holds the bat and not the general market

[Tom]

As i said, im no nerd lol. How would it be heavier ?

Counterbalances, pivots etc.

Imagine you've got a see saw. Your hands are the middle of the see saw. On one side you've got 2lb of wood, the otherside is 8oz of handle. Decrease the weight of the handle and the see saw will tip towards the wood more meaning it picks up heavier. The Impala Redback and Newbery Merlin are examples of bats which had heavier handles to make the bat pickup lighter.

[Master-Basterd]

Sorry, will pipe down

Have loads of different theory's ready to be shot down ! ahaha

[Fusion]

Tom, you could post a pic of the bat I made for your brother, I will try and send a pic a bat called The Stradivarius. It's full of holes and has a concave face.

Bill

[Master-Basterd]

Tom, you could post a pic of the bat I made for your brother, I will try and send a pic a bat called The Stradivarius. It's full of holes and has a concave face.

Bill

Concave face :S ?

[Tom]

Bill, I have pics of both the Stradvarius and the prototype you did which I'll post later.

[Fusion]

Thanks Tom

[leeroy_acko]

Great thread guys, really interesting this one.

If you are looking to reduce weight, going back to the hole theory, why not look at the shoulder less bats, or the first woodworms, and lose weight from a useless area. I think willowstix (or something) are trying it again- its in AOC cricket mag.

How about we try making an aluminium bat?!!

I would actually be interested in having a go with one in all seriousness... like the new carbon hockey sticks.

[Washington]

I think the biggest challenge for any batmaker is incorporating any innovations without deducting from the design of a bat . . .to me the shoulderless bat (was it centurion) was ugly, woodworm faired a little better i think but was it more a gimmick than an innovation?

[leeroy_acko]

agreed, cool thread though. I guess the mongoose is the latest thing, which Tom knows a thing or two about.

Would be interested to hear how their first year shaped up, and what sales looked like, and seeing what model was more popular. would be interested to see how the shorter bats stack up against a traditional one.