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ItsJustCricket

Brand New batch of Blank Bats now In!
« on: March 31, 2016, 01:02:56 PM »
Hello all,

Hopefully a little less controversial than our last few interactions, I return to what the forum likes best. Lovely wood! Got our latest batch from the guys at BB (they sent us 13 SH bats and we decided to keep 7 of them), and they are stunners! We've got a variety of shapes: the B1, B2 and B4. We have 3 in 2'8 and 4 in 2'9.

Here are them all - some serious grainage!



The 2'8 ones are here -



The 2'9 ones are here -



The B1 is a shape similar to the Newbery Platinum or Affinity Carbine, with a fuller profile as you can see.







The B2 shape is similar to a Phantom Shadow or similar, with a long, low middle, spine running all the way through the toe.







Finally, the B4 shape has the duck bill toe that seems to be in fashion at the moment, with the pick up being exceptional as a result.








What I must say is how picky we were with these bats. I think every one of the ones we rejected would be on the shelves of many stores, we are just so incredibly picky. They are also remarkably good value for money. £284.99 for handpicked G1+ English willow these days is pretty special!

Anyway, a peace offering! Enjoy some lovely wood! If anyone wants any more details, send us a PM or email!

Thanks,

CBD
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Re: Brand New batch of Blank Bats now In!
« Reply #1 on: March 31, 2016, 01:36:22 PM »
Lovely bats for sure but how is this handpicking? Didn't you decide to stop stocking GM because you would have had to do the same...get some sent in and then returned what you didn't like?
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Re: Brand New batch of Blank Bats now In!
« Reply #2 on: March 31, 2016, 02:19:38 PM »
Put your pitch fork away pal!
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Re: Brand New batch of Blank Bats now In!
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2016, 02:34:20 PM »
Quote from: bostoncricketer on March 31, 2016, 01:36:22 PM
Lovely bats for sure but how is this handpicking? Didn't you decide to stop stocking GM because you would have had to do the same...get some sent in and then returned what you didn't like?

The definition of handpicking is selecting bats for stock from a larger number. Unlike GM who send you the bats on your order, which you are expected to stock (unless maybe one or two a season aren't quite right.)

So yes, this is handpicking. It ticks those boxes. We selected a number of bats, from a larger pool, discarding the ones we didn't like.

Yes, we took a greater proportion than in some other companies (the large brands we select maybe 1 in 20 bats which we look through), but that's more a testament to Blank Bats' quality than anything else!

We would do this type of handpicking more often if we could. It saves us train fares and train time, and allows our customers to still get the guarantee of handpicked cricket bats!

CBD
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Re: Brand New batch of Blank Bats now In!
« Reply #4 on: March 31, 2016, 03:38:03 PM »
I think this is a reasonable approach to handpicking and the bb bats are wonderful I have had them as my match bat for the last 4 seasons...
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Re: Brand New batch of Blank Bats now In!
« Reply #5 on: March 31, 2016, 04:14:11 PM »
Like the bb1 shaped bat
That's a profile that works well, and the willow looks very nice
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Re: Brand New batch of Blank Bats now In!
« Reply #6 on: March 31, 2016, 04:16:54 PM »
These TK or Nottm made?
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Re: Brand New batch of Blank Bats now In!
« Reply #7 on: March 31, 2016, 05:48:19 PM »
Quote from: bostoncricketer on March 31, 2016, 01:36:22 PM
Lovely bats for sure but how is this handpicking? Didn't you decide to stop stocking GM because you would have had to do the same...get some sent in and then returned what you didn't like?

Getting sent a batch and only keeping what you want I'd say is hand picking (unless they couldn't send all back etc). Bit picky buddy
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Re: Brand New batch of Blank Bats now In!
« Reply #8 on: March 31, 2016, 05:58:31 PM »
B1 profile looks very attractive  :)
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Re: Brand New batch of Blank Bats now In!
« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2016, 06:07:38 PM »
Quote from: petehosk on March 31, 2016, 05:58:31 PM
B1 profile looks very attractive  :)

Got a lovely b1 profile from blank bats today
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Re: Brand New batch of Blank Bats now In!
« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2016, 06:14:31 PM »
Quote from: ItsJustCricket on March 31, 2016, 02:34:20 PM
The definition of handpicking is selecting bats for stock from a larger number. Unlike GM who send you the bats on your order, which you are expected to stock (unless maybe one or two a season aren't quite right.)

So yes, this is handpicking. It ticks those boxes. We selected a number of bats, from a larger pool, discarding the ones we didn't like.

Yes, we took a greater proportion than in some other companies (the large brands we select maybe 1 in 20 bats which we look through), but that's more a testament to Blank Bats' quality than anything else!

We would do this type of handpicking more often if we could. It saves us train fares and train time, and allows our customers to still get the guarantee of handpicked cricket bats!

CBD

Well written CBD @ItsJustCricket. Excellent post of some great bats.
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Re: Brand New batch of Blank Bats now In!
« Reply #11 on: April 01, 2016, 12:26:02 AM »
Some nice looking bats there.
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Re: Brand New batch of Blank Bats now In!
« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2016, 12:37:05 AM »
Low middle bats...great for the UK market but what about other places.
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Re: Brand New batch of Blank Bats now In!
« Reply #13 on: April 01, 2016, 02:26:34 AM »
Always a big fan of BB bats
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Re: Brand New batch of Blank Bats now In!
« Reply #14 on: April 01, 2016, 10:13:11 AM »
Love the look of these. Might have to see how far I can stretch... The B1 and B4 look lovely.
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