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Re: Butterfly grade bats ??
« Reply #15 on: February 13, 2016, 11:36:04 AM »
Approx £145
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Re: Butterfly grade bats ??
« Reply #16 on: February 13, 2016, 11:50:33 AM »
Had both Aldred and B3 butterfly bats and they've been great, Paul Aldred in particular makes a beautiful bat.
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Re: Butterfly grade bats ??
« Reply #17 on: February 13, 2016, 01:48:47 PM »
I have an Aldred G1 Butterfly and it is one of the few custom bats I own that met ALL my specs. Weight? Check. Location of sweet spot? Check. I had requested a very high sweet spot. 1.5 grips? Check. Bow? Check. He took care of every detail! For a 2-12/2-13 bat, it picks much lighter.
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Re: Butterfly grade bats ??
« Reply #18 on: February 13, 2016, 02:06:05 PM »
I'm a great admirer of Paul's work. I visited his workshop 2 years ago where he made me a gold sovereign butterfly. Beautiful bat and finished to a very high standard.  However, I did find it a bit too toe heavy which was entirely my fault given I had plenty of opportunity to ask him to take a bit more weight off it. Anyhow last winter I sent it back to him for a refurb, and asked him to reduce the weight a little, and it came back good as new and perfect pick up for me, and scored me a good few runs last season (by my standards). Best performing bat I've ever had, and though I'm certainly no hitter, @Boondougal will attest to its performance since he was hitting it like a tracer bullet at our last oval net.
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Re: Butterfly grade bats ??
« Reply #19 on: February 13, 2016, 02:58:48 PM »
Has anyone got any photos they can upload of their butterfly bat(s)? Interested to see what the majority of them look like with colour/grains etc
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Re: Butterfly grade bats ??
« Reply #20 on: February 13, 2016, 03:04:22 PM »


This was my butterfly. It has since moved on to a teammates kit bag.
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Re: Butterfly grade bats ??
« Reply #21 on: February 13, 2016, 03:09:18 PM »
Quote from: sammmyt1 on February 13, 2016, 02:58:48 PM
Has anyone got any photos they can upload of their butterfly bat(s)? Interested to see what the majority of them look like with colour/grains etc


Behold!

http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=32189.0
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Re: Butterfly grade bats ??
« Reply #22 on: February 13, 2016, 03:12:45 PM »
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Re: Butterfly grade bats ??
« Reply #23 on: February 13, 2016, 03:21:06 PM »
Cheers, some of them look incredible. 9 Grains and a large Butterly stain right across the sweet spot must make it a cannon
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Re: Butterfly grade bats ??
« Reply #24 on: February 13, 2016, 03:23:24 PM »
Quote from: sammmyt1 on February 13, 2016, 02:58:48 PM
Has anyone got any photos they can upload of their butterfly bat(s)? Interested to see what the majority of them look like with colour/grains etc


Paul's original pics... Mine's the one on the left

http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=27867.msg465313#msg465313
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Re: Butterfly grade bats ??
« Reply #25 on: February 13, 2016, 03:33:14 PM »
They vary greatly.

2 on the left are butterflies



One on the right



Poor picture but




And last one From b3

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Re: Butterfly grade bats ??
« Reply #26 on: February 13, 2016, 03:51:26 PM »
Quote from: sammmyt1 on February 13, 2016, 02:58:48 PM
Has anyone got any photos they can upload of their butterfly bat(s)? Interested to see what the majority of them look like with colour/grains etc




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Re: Butterfly grade bats ??
« Reply #27 on: February 13, 2016, 03:56:03 PM »


Here is my Norfolk butterfly, very straight and clean grains.
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Re: Butterfly grade bats ??
« Reply #28 on: February 14, 2016, 07:24:16 PM »
Quote from: felix on February 13, 2016, 02:06:05 PM
I'm a great admirer of Paul's work. I visited his workshop 2 years ago where he made me a gold sovereign butterfly. Beautiful bat and finished to a very high standard.  However, I did find it a bit too toe heavy which was entirely my fault given I had plenty of opportunity to ask him to take a bit more weight off it. Anyhow last winter I sent it back to him for a refurb, and asked him to reduce the weight a little, and it came back good as new and perfect pick up for me, and scored me a good few runs last season (by my standards). Best performing bat I've ever had, and though I'm certainly no hitter, @Boondougal will attest to its performance since he was hitting it like a tracer bullet at our last oval net.

Absolutely nothing wrong with that bat @felix... i have to say it is one of those bats that just feels good in the hand which makes it easier to connect with the ball and use its potential. I've been buying a few bats recently but an Aldred is still high on my list to own. I would have no issues in buying a butterfly from him, or most of the other sponsors



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Re: Butterfly grade bats ??
« Reply #29 on: February 14, 2016, 07:29:25 PM »
Butterflies vary a LOT. Have had ones with huge great stains, or here's my Aldred when it was new:
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