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[ItsJustCricket]

Not everyone will like me for writing this, but I couldn't help myself! 

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cricket-bat-manufacturers-vs-brands-paul-cole?trk=prof-post

[Tom]

Your bats are handmade by the master batmakers at Newbery?

[alexhilly1492]

good read and an interesting point,
i have an adidas bat with adidas stickers on it yet i know they didnt make it themsleves (and still dont know who made it now) but i should stress i bought it on pick up and feel not for the stickers. however i now after being on this forum i wouldn't buy a "main brand" bat or softs for that matter without seriously considering one of the manufacturers that i have found off this forum, hell 4 leather, B3, Rob pack etc as i know feel that knowing where the product is coming from is key.

[Seniorplayer]

Having read the Blog my view is the batmakers who manufacture  and sticker bats for other non bat making brands or sell part mades  knowing there bats will be shaped and stickered as someone elses brand must take some of the blame for misleading the public.
iMO they are ruining it for themselves as they then become competitors with these companies.


 

[Northern monkey]

It's the nature of the world these days

The brand is what's important, where the products manufactured less so, it's a fact

You say cricket bats are no longer mass produced?
I think gm and kippax have a pretty good go at mass production? And to a certain extent b3.

I'm not a fan of the cloak and dagger stuff surrounding bat brands either

[Andythomo21]

After a visit to Kippax' premises myself, they produce very few bats per year.  Their main business is dealing in willow!

[iand123]

as always you'll create debate Paul :-)

Sorry if I have misread your article so are you not stocking brands who don't make their own bats anymore, if so presume Kookaburra and Spartan are off of your list, even GN (unless you are only stocking high end UK made models)? Or is it just brands that have "lied" to you about it you won't stock them?

[WalkingWicket37]

Your bats are handmade by the master batmakers at Newbery?

http://newbery.co.uk/pages/about-newbery

Don't Newbery outsource some of their bat making?
And doesn't TK have a CNC machine? 

[Seniorplayer]

After a visit to Kippax' premises myself, they produce very few bats per year.  Their main business is dealing in willow!

Correct also Kippax are the second biggest willow merchant in the UK.

[JB]

Is Paul not just trying to say if you are paying a premium expecting an English made bat, make sure you get one and are not paying English made money for an imported bat?

I can totally understand bat makers selling bats to other brands, if I'd spent the money it required on all the necessary machinery I'd want to make sure I was getting the optimum return from it. If that meant selling to other brands then so be it

[smilley792]

Many have said its hard to make a top top loving out of your own cricket brand.


Having several cricket brands come it of your factory on the other hand....... Shouldn't decrease your income atleast.

[GDP1964]

At the end of the day it's up to the Consumer to decide wether he wants to know where and who his bat  is made by .As its your choice Paul to only sell Bats that are made by the actual bat maker himself and not by someone who out sources his bats and stickers them up. Is this any different too soft Manufactures all B&S Softs are made in India and we have our logo branded all over them selling them as Bellingham and Smith pads and gloves but we don't make them ?

[Seniorplayer]

Many have said its hard to make a top top loving out of your own cricket brand.


Having several cricket brands come it of your factory on the other hand....... Shouldn't decrease your income atleast.

It probably is hard for the smaller companies but for me brands that don't make their own bats but give the impression and allow the public to believe  that they do is just wrong.

[Six Sixes Cricket]

So who are the bat makers for

Piri Piri
CP
Phantom
Mars Cricket

Just in case I bought one and wanted to speak to the pod shaver?

[Batbuddy99]

Ha Piri Piri do NOT make their own bats