Right well as you chaps know there has been much scepticism over Roger's work even though i have had an absoloute belter last year some of you lads wouldn't believe it! Well anyway, glad to see a great review from custom Dan and see that his solitaire was excellent!
Obviously after having a gem of a bat from a bat maker you want the same again, so after my equipment arrived back from Australia after a jaunt playing in Melbourne the bat was straight off to Roger to have two replica's made. Roger was always at the end of the phone and was happy to reply to my text messages generally straight away, he was also happy to reply to me asking for updates on roughly when the bat would be ready.
After recieveing the bat it took roughly a 7-10 days for me to recieve the two new blades back! Excellent service and to say i was amazed was an understatement.
When Roger called to ask for payment he stated that he had got some lighter clefts and the profile on both was the same but had chunkier edges and more wood in the spine, i was happy with this so long as the weight gripped was at 2lb 13oz as i asked.
Well this is what you have been waiting for, the snaps:
BAT 1:
Weight: 2.13
Edge Height: 38 mm
Spine Height: 68 mm
Grains: 8 straight unblemished Grains
BAT 2:
Weight 2.13
Edge Height: 37mm
Spine Height: 66 mm
Grains: 8 straight unblemished Grains
Again i will reiterate that people who say a bat is super dooper ping tastic without playing against a hard ball are clowns, however you do get an impression from a tap with the mallet, and as with my last solitaire these are absoloute Gems, the profile is huge, the wood sounds fantastic off the mallet and i am itching to get in the indoor nets and give them a run out.
Just another point to clarify, many people say to me, do you only rate solitaire because they are cheaper than everybody else? No i don't i rate solitaire as they are cheap i rate them because they produce top quality bats! I don't have a money limit to buy bats and could happily buy a 300 quid L.e from GM or a 250 pound newbery but there is no need when Roger can make such fantastic bats, totally custom for a fraction of the price.
Fill your boots lads and don't get ripped off. 10/10 again Solitaire and Roger Weston.
Liam
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