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[adb club cricketer]

Gray Nicolls (non AUS ones)

[sachin200]

Oh I feel sorry for you, you have no idea haha It had all gone wrong by 2011 and the biggest Kahuna! I'm talking about the 2005ish original big Kahunas which were a whole different ball game and not Indian made I think. That original run of bats were pure magic, I'd love to know where they were made.

Does anyone know who made the 2005/06 big Kahunas? Was Rob Pack with Kokaburra back then?

[Biggie Smalls]

A bit of a side note , but... if I could 'brand' some bats for my own personal use ive always wanted to get 'wonderbat' engraved on the front and back of a blade ( the reference is of an episode of the simpsons where they make  a spoof of the movie The Natural. ... in both the movie and the Simpsons episode the hero , robert redford and homer simpson , respectively,  find a piece of wood that has fallen from a tree after the branch has been struck by lightning , and use it to carve a baseball bat ). In the Simpsons homer engraves 'wonderbat' onto his chosen weapon . I'd love to do the same thing using laser engraving or burnt in stamping .

[LBWCandidate]

Kook.

[Tom]

A bit of a side note , but... if I could 'brand' some bats for my own personal use ive always wanted to get 'wonderbat' engraved on the front and back of a blade ( the reference is of an episode of the simpsons where they make  a spoof of the movie The Natural. ... in both the movie and the Simpsons episode the hero , robert redford and homer simpson , respectively,  find a piece of wood that has fallen from a tree after the branch has been struck by lightning , and use it to carve a baseball bat ). In the Simpsons homer engraves 'wonderbat' onto his chosen weapon . I'd love to do the same thing using laser engraving or burnt in stamping .

AdCal can probably do this for you, they do laser engraving as a one-off. You'll just need to supply a blank bat.

[Sitonit]

A bit of a side note , but... if I could 'brand' some bats for my own personal use ive always wanted to get 'wonderbat' engraved on the front and back of a blade ( the reference is of an episode of the simpsons where they make  a spoof of the movie The Natural. ... in both the movie and the Simpsons episode the hero , robert redford and homer simpson , respectively,  find a piece of wood that has fallen from a tree after the branch has been struck by lightning , and use it to carve a baseball bat ). In the Simpsons homer engraves 'wonderbat' onto his chosen weapon . I'd love to do the same thing using laser engraving or burnt in stamping .

Always love the dark brown laser engraving on some special Edition Slaz bats, like, "The Don" model.

A few years ago, this was sold out and I called the Slaz Australia head office to source me one (just because of my love with that laser engraving).

They searched all of their official retail dealers and finally sourced one last piece available at some little store in some small Australian city.

[Biggie Smalls]

Always love the dark brown laser engraving on some special Edition Slaz bats, like, "The Don" model.

A few years ago, this was sold out and I called the Slaz Australia head office to source me one (just because of my love with that laser engraving).

They searched all of their official retail dealers and finally sourced one last piece available at some little store in some small Australian city.

Yeah ... those were the first laser engraved bats i ever saw , and still the best engraving I've seen . I still remember the maroon colourway of the first 'the don' bat that came out too ! Oh , the days when i still liked slazenger , how i miss you !

[OwzatOllie]

Never liked Hunts County stuff or SF

[petehosk]

Never liked Hunts County stuff or SF

@WalkingWicket37 is going to be after your blood!! 

[WalkingWicket37]

Never liked Hunts County stuff or SF

Clearly never used a Hunts have you?
Come for a net with me and you'll be converted;

[tom line]

Never liked Hunts County stuff or SF

That might not be just a coincidence

[OwzatOllie]

Don't like them, plain and simple!

A man knows what he likes and what he doesn't

CA is another brand I avoid...

[Sitonit]

I think I am not a great big fan of MRF and Spartans either.

Sometimes I wonder how Slaz is still in the bat market? There bats are hardly popular anymore.

[Bat Wizard]

I live cricket, eat cricket, dream cricket. For me pointing
Out on any brand or bat may not be good. Though I have
In my opinion to only unlike a brand due to quality issues,
Else for me every bat is good, if it performs then very good.
Will just rate from poorest to poor from what I have seen
or used :
1) Slazenger
2) Nike
3) Reebok
4) Spartan
5) Addidas
6) Puma

[Buzz]

There are problems with a list like the above due to the outsourced nature if the cricket industry.

If you don't like slazenger, but like New Balance or Protos then it feels a bit odd to me (not saying that is the case here, but making a generalisation)
I don't know where Nike, Reebok and Puma bats are made, but they may also be made in a similar place, or made by SF.
You also don't like Spartan or Adidas, but Ton isn't on your list.

It comes down to the perception of stickers. Which is sad.