Topic: 2 X Custom mades required....? (Read 5917 times)

seedy · « **Reply #30 on:** November 20, 2009, 09:32:17 AM »

And I don't want stowfords willow thanks alot Norbs!

Roger manges it somehow? As do many of the asian manafacturers, why can't the English batmakers? Do we just want increased profit margins? I certainly know if I was to get two bat CF would get close price wise, infact I had two bats fron Charlie for 180 prior to him moving into his shop.

Am I missing something?

SAF Bats · « **Reply #31 on:** November 20, 2009, 09:48:34 AM »

I won't tell my stowfords willow you said that it is quite sensitive

As you say each to there own Seedy.... it is to do with costs though! You can upgrade and down grade willow but it will average out so
I find it suprising that G1 willow can be consistently sold for �100 and there are no other options on grade available... If you are just buying G1 from the willow merchant you'd have to pay a premium for G1 only if you get it sold to you in one grade only as normally the prerequiste is you have to buy a range of grades as part of the order [It make sense to do this as well]. Even if it is a G1 order only you'd have to down grade some of that G1 willow. All for a �100 a bit strange for a completely handmade bat

SillyShilly · « **Reply #32 on:** November 20, 2009, 10:00:27 AM »

Good for Roger - but if people try to compete with that pricing then it would be disastrous..........the only way most companies could realistically compete with that kind of price is to just get every bat imported from india.....then you loose the sense of a bat being handmade from england - from that happening i would imagine a lot of the smaller companies could not compete and you would not get the likes of SAF, Redback, Hell4leather even existing......but this is just my thoughts on it.

Tom · « **Reply #33 on:** November 20, 2009, 10:02:55 AM »

There's no need for other manufacturers to match Roger either, �180 is pretty much the standard minimum for a G1 bat on the market. Why slash your margins?

SAF Bats · « **Reply #34 on:** November 20, 2009, 10:12:24 AM »

Like I said each to own but personally I cant see the margins in it at that price. Then again why should I worry it is not me selling them

petehosk · « **Reply #35 on:** November 20, 2009, 10:21:02 AM »

True - everyone will offer their own individual service, which will differ from maker to maker.
Its a competitive market, but there is room for most of the makers out there I think.

As I said before, i will be trying Solitaire to see what he offers. At that price he deserves a chance at least!!
I don't expect for his bat to be as good as Redback or Screaming Cat, as that would be unrealistic for that price.
But if he offers a decent quality copy with the same spec as the Redback for example. Then that would be an excellent way of practicing to an identical bat in the nets (with the Solitaire) and saviing the Redback for matches. In my eyes, that would be a great service if the bat was anywhere close to that performance of the Redback, and would mean that the Redback would perform better for longer, as I wouldn't need to practice or net with it all the time!!

But I guess we will have to see if this woorks out soon really!

thedon · « **Reply #36 on:** November 20, 2009, 10:24:57 AM »

seedy did you ever get those pictures from talisman re the solitaire plank he got? I would be very interested in seeing them

seedy · « **Reply #37 on:** November 20, 2009, 10:58:21 AM »

I did but I have deleted them unfortunately, to me there was nothing to a miss with it other than a small profile! I don't care about huge edges etc all I am interested in is performance and I won't fully review a bat until I have used it.

SillyShilly · « **Reply #38 on:** November 20, 2009, 11:06:16 AM »

Seedy i saw that bat, i picked it up and even weighed it.......2.13 for something with such a small profile was shocking!!! The handle was cheap and the amount of concaving done by roger meant that he had scooped out all of the middle and left a tiny little ridge on the back........i would not be happy if i paid �100 for that.

However, if he did me an exact replica of my current newbery and it had nice clean grains then i would be happy......i think when next pay day comes i will have to get a bat off him and review impartially.

SAF Bats · « **Reply #39 on:** November 20, 2009, 11:14:43 AM »

bounced a mallet on it, tap it and listened to it I didn't need to use it after that

Actually let me add here.... I shouldn't really be forming an opinion based on one bat, as I think that is what Seedy is eluding too

seedy · « **Reply #40 on:** November 20, 2009, 11:43:08 AM »

Yup I am norb, see what roger produces over these next few bats as a few other lads are after some I think. Liam

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