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[rickjames]

Wonder how many emails The Doctor has in his mailbox, haha.

[well past my peak]

Wonder how many emails The Doctor has in his mailbox, haha.

about a 100, so piss off missing out on the offer, was away playing cricket, come on B3 second round?

[Number4]

about a 100, so piss off missing out on the offer, was away playing cricket, come on B3 second round?

But by you missing out it gave me a chance to sample one of these highly regarded B3 bats  . Waiting for it is killing me though 

[JG]

I've changed my mind on the shape so many times, but rather than go for an oversized monster that will purely be for show (no pun intended). I decided to go for a different approach and head down the route of going for a replica of McCullum's Bat as it seemed like a nice enough shape and (hopefully) wouldn't come in too heavy.  Only got to man up and stick with it now really !!!

[potzy248]

I've changed my mind on the shape so many times, but rather than go for an oversized monster that will purely be for show (no pun intended). I decided to go for a different approach and head down the route of going for a replica of McCullum's Bat as it seemed like a nice enough shape and (hopefully) wouldn't come in too heavy.  Only got to man up and stick with it now really !!!

What does his bat look like. I heard the Commentators say he was using a 3lb beast.

[JG]

in terms of dimensions it does, in no way, compare to the massive bats warner was using in the ashes this year. It just looks like a slightly smaller/lower profile version of the conventional duckbill. I would recommend having a look on google for him batting against Sri Lanka. I'm sure that there is some room to tinker and get the weight down.

[JG]

On review; it does look rather porky! I could be in for criticism as to my hypocrisy towards the bat 

[ch1p]

trip down to B3 complete and what a great experience it was.

Arrived and its great to see the quality of the bats within the showroom that are available for you to just pick up and swing about, as well as the rack of pro bats that are great to look at as well.

First of all Streaky pointed me in the direction of the DB2, which although being a great shape it wasn't exactly what I wanted although not far off. Plus I wanted to have a look at the bat mapping process just out of interest so we set about mapping my old bat. Within minutes Streaky had my bat up and was making slight tweaks, I wanted the same shape but bigger (My old bat is a fair few years old now). Streaky made a few recommendations all of which made sense to help the pick up and make the bat stronger, it has always had really thin shoulders and was prone to breaking up there. He then gave me the option of focusing on making the edges bigger, spine or both. We finally decided on the shape and to me it looks really good and exactly what I wanted, so im excited to go and pick up the finished article.

It's great to sit there and be able to work on exactly what you want especially whilst being able to questions streaky's knowledge and find out exactly what would work and see the thinking behind every part of the shape and handle as im really picky with my grip set up.

I've left the cleft selection down to streaky himself, just giving him a slight nudge on how id like it to look as I have no doubt it'll perform just fine.

I'd reccomend getting to the factory if you can, its great just to have a look around although I wouldnt reccomend taking any type of card, i also left with pads, gloves and keeping gloves 

[procricket]

Glad you had a good day pal I always recommend going down there if your close if not you can do the mapping via Skype.

For me the design process is brilliant and gives a insight into bats you don't always get

[sanredrose]

Glad you had a good day pal I always recommend going down there if your close if not you can do the mapping via Skype.

For me the design process is brilliant and gives a insight into bats you don't always get

Any plans to open a store in US ?

[WalkingWicket37]

Wait, B3 are back after Christmas?
That means I can look forward to an email from Streaky about having a shape mapped! 

[Gelds]

May have just got back from B3 with something to knock in!! 

Pictures to follow in due course! They've some cracking bats down there and customer service second to none, as always!

[Number4]

I'm sure he is too busy sending my bat to worry about your mapping

[northernboy1987]

I'm sure he is too busy sending my bat to worry about your mapping

Incorrect. He's obviously far too busy sorting my new bat out 

[smilley792]

Think he's far to busy dealing with the 80 cars parked in there car park today......