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[Tom]

I think hand-finished in England, basically means "stickers applied by on British soil".

[Bats_Entertainment]

I think hand-finished in England, basically means "stickers applied by on British soil".

I realised that. But why is it considered a selling point?

[Kulli]

I realised that. But why is it considered a selling point?

I guess they are a brand that change high end prices for what is at least perceived to be a top end product, not necessarily something people relate to products made in india, rightly or wrongly. 

[Michael.Franks1965]

IMHO, I think being hand finished in the UK would have Newbery fall under a different tax bracket as they would be importing semi finished goods. Running a couple of hundred bats through their light sanding and polish buffing a day would constitute hand finishing in England.

[shamelessshaun]

new video from Paul Talking about Newbery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzHtgPgCpiA

[Northern monkey]

Fair play to Paul
Blokes a top batmaker and I wish him every success

[Calzehbhoy]

new video from Paul Talking about Newbery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzHtgPgCpiA

Fair play to him for being open and honest about everything.

[jamesisapayne]

Fair play to him for being open and honest about everything.

I've always felt Paul comes across as someone who has integrity and honesty about his business and obvious passion for what he does.

Frankly some of the codswallop that people write on here smacks of pure petulance towards him.

I wish him all the best.

[Bats_Entertainment]

Nice video. I'll perhaps take back some of what I said!

[Bats_Entertainment]

I wonder if Chris Adams was the foot in the door...

[Biggie Smalls]

I can't help but think :
- if i want a classic newbery , i can buy a keeley .
- if i want a new newbery in a shape the batmaker actually is passionate about/fond of , i can buy an aldred .
- if i want an indian made bat , i can buy an s.s, s.g, bdm, s.f , ( or a millichamp....i joke , i joke ) etc , etc .
Newbery used to be one of those brands that i had never had , but i looked at them and often liked what i saw and thought 'one day i might get one of those' . But those days , for me , are long gone .

[adb club cricketer]

I can't help but think :
- if i want a classic newbery , i can buy a keeley .
- if i want a new newbery in a shape the batmaker actually is passionate about/fond of , i can buy an aldred .
- if i want an indian made bat , i can buy an s.s, s.g, bdm, s.f , ( or a millichamp....i joke , i joke ) etc , etc .
Newbery used to be one of those brands that i had never had , but i looked at them and often liked what i saw and thought 'one day i might get one of those' . But those days , for me , are long gone .

This option is only available to less than 0.001% of the buying public, i.e. the forumites...for the rest, newbery is newbery...if that is not the case, kooka/gray nics/nb etc.. would all have been out of business by now  in favor of sg/sondhi etc ...

[Michael.Franks1965]

Technically SG/FCS/SS/ would not be where they are now without Kooks/Puma/Adidas/GN/Slazenger/

[potzy248]

Technically SG/FCS/SS/ would not be where they are now without Kooks/Puma/Adidas/GN/Slazenger/

Why?

[sarg]

Technically SG/FCS/SS/ would not be where they are now without Kooks/Puma/Adidas/GN/Slazenger/

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