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[Kulli]

I know we - mostly - all want as big a bat as possible for the weight, and some are even prepared to go way over their usual weight for a big bat if the balance is right but are people really so obsessed over it that 1-2mm makes the difference.

I have lost count of the times on here I've seen someone looking for a bat and the edges have to be at least 52mm, 25mm at the toe, 17mm at the shoulder etc. Does anyone really pick up a bat, have a hit with a mallet and then think, nah, edges are only 51mm, not having that?

I think I like a big bat as much as the next guy, but I'm not sure I've ever even measured the edges of my bats, nevermind ordered a new ones based on it. Is it just because we can?

[SteffanLangholz]

Well.. I have a set of well functioning bats. Buying a new one is redundant for me, unless it ticks a box I fancy ticking. In this case it could be edgesize.

But no, if the bat goes, I don't give a hoot about its looks.

[Number4]

I think a lot of it has to do with " Mine is bigger than his "

[Kulli]

It just strikes me as a touch odd to buy someone custom made from a world class craftsman and then impose a set of restrictions upon him.

[Alvaro]

A little knowledge is dangerous, I guess?

[JK Lewis]

Big edge is just fashion I think, certainly I had bats back in the 80s / 90s with relatively thin edges and they went like trains. In my little workshop I find myself following the fashion, I guess because it is what people ask for. Inevitably this will turn back at some point, players will want to ask for 'traditional' style bats in order to be different.

[Calzehbhoy]

Maybe it's just what somebody would like? I don't particularly need a new bat at all (who does) but am on the look out for a large bit of willow that is just large! It's the same reason people buy 50+ or Warner bats.

Do I think it will make me a better player? Absolutely not. Do I want it as a vanity project, absolutely!

[swark]

When I was growing up (70s and 80s) the sign of someone with a really good eye was a player who could bounce the ball on the edge of the bat at least 10 times. That doesn't appear to be quite as much of a challenge anymore ...

[Bats_Entertainment]

When I was growing up (70s and 80s) the sign of someone with a really good eye was a player who could bounce the ball on the edge of the bat at least 10 times. That doesn't appear to be quite as much of a challenge anymore ...

I can do 50 with a thin-edged bat, even in my late forties, so I must have a very poor batting technique?

[swark]

I can do 50 with a thin-edged bat, even in my late forties, so I must have a very poor batting technique?

  Never said it was a fool-proof identification system. I certainly used to do far better with that test than any on-field batting performances.

[ppccopener]

Might be interesting to see if you asked a batmaker to make you the best shape he thinks(the batmaker) with only the price to pay and a weight what shaped bat you would end up with?

And how many of us on the forum would be happy with the end result.

So...if they had a blank canvas totally apart from weight and price.

I don't know myself... If I was to guess it would be a bat with smaller edges. 

[Gurujames]

Might be interesting to see if you asked a batmaker to make you the best shape he thinks(the batmaker) with only the price to pay and a weight what shaped bat you would end up with?

And how many of us on the forum would be happy with the end result.

So...if they had a blank canvas totally apart from weight and price.

I don't know myself... If I was to guess it would be a bat with smaller edges. 

Isn't that just any 'off the shelf' bat?

[edge]

Isn't that just any 'off the shelf' bat?

That would be what the batmaker thinks will sell best, not necessarily what he thinks is best!

[Bats_Entertainment]

I suspect it would be close to a traditional shape.