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[well past my peak]

Seen a few post of late mentioning 1 inch longer handle and 1 inch shorter blades.

Not ever having one, but the suggestion make sense to me,
So same profile, same willow same handle shape,but two bats with differ dimensions , my question how do they compare?

[Sivlar13]

I find the bats with the shorter blades have a slightly better pick up, especially as I like to use heavier bats. Many people claim that because they're tall they struggle to use them but I'm 6'3" and find using them better than a normal length blade. That being said I did get yorked on Saturday but I suppose it's all down to personal preference!

[well past my peak]

Many people claim that because they're tall they struggle to use them but I'm 6'3" and find using them better than a normal length blade.

but if you're adding an inch onto the handle, your stance, where you hold the bat should be the same.
yeah

[Sivlar13]

Absolutely, nothing will change to be honest, the only thing that does change is the top inch of the blade which will hardly see any use at all, best off putting the wood nearer the middle.

[Ams4287]

As it's the forum buy one and have a go - kippax, B&S, bb, H4L or various others offer a shorter blade / longer handle option I believe

[Alvaro]

I have a Red Ink like this. 2.10. Picks up great, and really goes. JUST a G3, it took a few knocks to get used to, but then my T20 batting has never been so good.

[Seniorplayer]

Bats with a  1 inch longer handle and  1 shorter  blade were introduced by Mongoose to give the Batsman increased Leaverage when playing a shot I had a Black Cat for the shorter format of the game but couldn't get on with the longer handle as it felt in the wAy so I sawed an inch off the top of the handle  didn't notice any difference.

[Vitas Cricket]

It can make a difference if your bottom hand sits right at the bottom of the handle, almost resting on the shoulders. Other than that it mostly means a bigger profile assuming all other variables are the same, not sure there is much balance difference, it might be other factors that often come combined with a shorter blade that make it pickup better; counter balance handle, duckbill toe, etc.

[WalkingWicket37]

Weren't Newbery the first to (sort of) do this with the Excalibur?

It's such a small difference I'm sure people wouldn't notice it unless they were told 

[ppccopener]

can't use a long handle short blade at all-have I ever tried one? no of course not   

the Excalibur had the shoulders cut off but far as I remember normal sized blade.

The UZI when it came out had a normal sized blade for the C6 model and a short blade longer fish fin handle for the other models of the UZI.

I think.....so Newbery were the first I reckon

[smilley792]

People who claim they can't use them because they are tall, or say things like "the handle sticks out to much" are using them incorrectly!!

You hold the handle in the same place you would a normal bat. It really is that simple, but the amount of people I see pick up an mmi3 and hold it halfway down the handle and say "how do you reach Yorkers" baffles me.

it's a short handled bat! Not a kids size 4 bat, stop over thinking and just hold it in the same place.

[Sivlar13]

People who claim they can't use them because they are tall, or say things like "the handle sticks out to much" are using them incorrectly!!

You hold the handle in the same place you would a normal bat. It really is that simple, but the amount of people I see pick up an mmi3 and hold it halfway down the handle and say "how do you reach Yorkers" baffles me.

it's a short handled bat! Not a kids size 4 bat, stop over thinking and just hold it in the same place.

Couldn't agree more! They always put their hands at the bottom of the grip and claim that it would be impossible to use. Someone who sold a Warbird on here claimed that he couldn't use it because he was too tall, the Warbird is like 1.5cm shorter, it's barely noticeable!

[Alvaro]

People who claim they can't use them because they are tall, or say things like "the handle sticks out to much" are using them incorrectly!!

You hold the handle in the same place you would a normal bat. It really is that simple, but the amount of people I see pick up an mmi3 and hold it halfway down the handle and say "how do you reach Yorkers" baffles me.

it's a short handled bat! Not a kids size 4 bat, stop over thinking and just hold it in the same place.

It took me the couple of games to get used to the gap when holding it in the same place as usual.

[shax12]

I have started using a shorter blade bat with a standard size handle not long handle and to be honest I found it much better as balance and pick up seemed better and I could play shots all around easier.

But I don't think it's a big difference. Every batsmen bats a different way and need a bat which suits their style of play. Look at pros some have standard size bats, some long blade/short blade or long handle.
We spend so much on bats that's looks and play well but do we really buy the right bat that suits the way we bat.

[dcullen8]

As with shax, shorter blade short handle for my b3. Not too sure anyone really uses that extra top inch or so on the longer handle models (although i could be wrong) so is it for balance or to purely keep the overall bat length standard? Being short & having loads of room left on my handle i could probably go short blade with SSH, assuming the bat would pick up/ feel the same.