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JG

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My B3 Crown, what a beauty!
« on: January 29, 2016, 12:53:25 AM »

Bought this last year after seeing the ZiZi profile on the thread. Inspired by the design I decided to jump on the opportunity to get my hands on it as per usual I made the 'I need a thicker toe on that' amendment which was aptly made up by the doctor. If i am honest, this bat was made from a beautiful low density cleft with a metric poo tonne of grains which I shall leave you to count  :D

Vitals going on what I can remember:

Edge;      40mm
Spine:     58mm
Weight:   2.11
Pick up:  <2.9 ish

Reluctancy to use such a beautiful specimen of a bat led me to not use it for a long time just so I could show off the pristine blade to all of my club mates to enforce a bit of envy which I am sure a lot of people loved  ;) but after a barrage of people telling me its not worth buying it if i don't use it, I was forced into action by giving it to a big slugger to see whether they could do something with it so any edge marks would not be my fault. Noble, i know  :-[

The best way I can describe it is and i can directly quote it 'all round chunk' because the toe and shoulders are in excess of 17mm each I believe. With that chunk the bat performs beautifully and just has a massive slap when the ball comes off anywhere on the blade. I have only netted with it so far and cannot fault it but I am in love with the new bat I got so this may take a back seat somewhat. Cannot wait to use it in the uni season and see where to go from there but I will leave you to decide what you think about it, enjoy!  :)









I think that based on the two bats I have received from B3, they are pumping out some absolute guns and lovely looking guns at that. Some times there are a lot of things (mainly bats) one should own and in my opinion a B3 is most definitely one of them.
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Re: My B3 Crown, what a beauty!
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2016, 01:12:54 AM »

Well that is a spectacular piece of willow... Not a massive fan of the profile but that's a personal thing.....  Very impressive none the less though
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Re: My B3 Crown, what a beauty!
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2016, 01:15:32 AM »

I understand that tbh, I jumped a bit soon and it looks a bit weird because there is almost no spine so its just all edge with nothing else really! Hence why I changed up and went for the new one in the bargain section. Wish I waited a tad longer
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Re: My B3 Crown, what a beauty!
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2016, 02:19:13 AM »

Beautiful wood  :D Looks like someone drew that bat with hand.
On Serious note, looks absolute gun. take care of that baby.
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Re: My B3 Crown, what a beauty!
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2016, 04:08:17 AM »

lovely stick you've got there...love the profile seems a real belter
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Re: My B3 Crown, what a beauty!
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2016, 04:14:56 AM »

That looks beautiful. Bat has more grains than the runs I scored last season [emoji57]


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Re: My B3 Crown, what a beauty!
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2016, 04:19:52 AM »

My my !! The grains even on the back of that thing !!
Fair profile I'd say for all round stroke play.


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Re: My B3 Crown, what a beauty!
« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2016, 04:31:46 AM »

That's a neat piece of wood..

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Re: My B3 Crown, what a beauty!
« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2016, 04:39:39 AM »

yeah I was admiring the grains then realise I was looking at the back of the blade, I hope it goes as well as it looks
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Re: My B3 Crown, what a beauty!
« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2016, 05:08:59 AM »

Very nice looking crown. Hope it serves you well..
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Re: My B3 Crown, what a beauty!
« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2016, 06:55:38 AM »

Oh wow impressive grainage
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Re: My B3 Crown, what a beauty!
« Reply #11 on: January 29, 2016, 07:31:55 AM »

Grain count is impressive and the bat finish looks stunning !
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Re: My B3 Crown, what a beauty!
« Reply #12 on: January 29, 2016, 08:30:51 AM »

Stunning bat, that's also not a bad profile

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Re: My B3 Crown, what a beauty!
« Reply #13 on: January 29, 2016, 09:17:22 AM »

Easily one of the most impressive pieces of willow I've ever seen - the grains are incredible.

Cracking purchase, I quite like the profile actually!
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Re: My B3 Crown, what a beauty!
« Reply #14 on: January 29, 2016, 09:50:11 AM »

Great bat this I love it I will sort some pictures of the crowns but we don't have many in stock.

JG great bat pal
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