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Re: Lower end bats dont perform-True?
« Reply #45 on: September 03, 2017, 04:15:31 PM »
Quote from: WalkingWicket37 on September 03, 2017, 11:12:10 AM
I heard him say that he preferred butterfly willow on TMS the other day. He said it on the radio so it must be true...

How much would it cost us mere mortals to have Tony from Hunts make us a bat from a butterfly cleft?
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Re: Lower end bats dont perform-True?
« Reply #46 on: September 03, 2017, 06:31:22 PM »
Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on September 03, 2017, 04:15:31 PM
How much would it cost us mere mortals to have Tony from Hunts make us a bat from a butterfly cleft?

They're priced the same as G3 from memory, I think I paid £135 for mine.

I'm sure @Vitas Cricket can arrange one for you (assuming Hunts have some butterfly clefts in)
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Re: Lower end bats dont perform-True?
« Reply #47 on: September 03, 2017, 06:55:52 PM »
Quote from: WalkingWicket37 on September 03, 2017, 06:31:22 PM
They're priced the same as G3 from memory, I think I paid £135 for mine.

I'm sure @Vitas Cricket can arrange one for you (assuming Hunts have some butterfly clefts in)

Thanks.

I'm happy with the (Hunts) bat I've got, for now.  But it's reassuring to know that for £135 you could get a bat fit for one of the all-time greats? (Admiittedly he didn't hit that many big sixes.)
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Re: Lower end bats dont perform-True?
« Reply #48 on: September 04, 2017, 07:58:50 AM »
Quote from: WalkingWicket37 on September 03, 2017, 11:12:10 AM
I heard him say that he preferred butterfly willow on TMS the other day. He said it on the radio so it must be true...


It's quite possible that some of Boycs bats were Butterfly as  it was common  to bleach the willow white
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Re: Lower end bats dont perform-True?
« Reply #49 on: September 04, 2017, 08:09:16 AM »
Quote from: InternalTraining on September 03, 2017, 03:39:12 PM
^ What did you pay for it?

For the TC560 - It cost me all of £100. And certainly seemed to test better than higher up models in the range / in the DC range. Totally object to paying £350 for something off the shelf when you can get a custom for less, which you can have input over. Only issue is, is I couldn't get this for Wednesday! Haha.
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Re: Lower end bats dont perform-True?
« Reply #50 on: September 04, 2017, 08:18:44 AM »
Quote from: Seniorplayer on September 04, 2017, 07:58:50 AM

It's quite possible that some of Boycs bats were Butterfly as  it was common  to bleach the willow white

Even pro bats?
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Re: Lower end bats dont perform-True?
« Reply #51 on: September 04, 2017, 08:22:10 AM »
Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on September 04, 2017, 08:18:44 AM
Even pro bats?

I can see the logic of bleaching a pro's bat in some ways; if it doesn't alter performance, then surely it's a sensible business decision. Kids want to emulate the pros - so if they use a butterfly, the kid will but it'll still be in the cheaper grading range so not be as profitable. Bleach it the pro bat, it looks like a top end one, and bang - I must have that one :)

Probably more towards the modern day game mind... haha!
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Re: Lower end bats dont perform-True?
« Reply #52 on: September 04, 2017, 08:28:09 AM »
Quote from: OllieWalker39 on September 04, 2017, 08:09:16 AM
For the TC560 - It cost me all of £100. And certainly seemed to test better than higher up models in the range / in the DC range. Totally object to paying £350 for something off the shelf when you can get a custom for less, which you can have input over. Only issue is, is I couldn't get this for Wednesday! Haha.
Every time I've looked at a range of NBs in a shop I've been really confused by the idea that anybody would see them and then choose to buy the higher end models! Only difference usually seems to be the grade sticker, and there's been plenty of reports on here and elsewhere of the low grade ones pinging.
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Re: Lower end bats dont perform-True?
« Reply #53 on: September 04, 2017, 08:53:52 AM »
Quote from: edge on September 04, 2017, 08:28:09 AM
Every time I've looked at a range of NBs in a shop I've been really confused by the idea that anybody would see them and then choose to buy the higher end models! Only difference usually seems to be the grade sticker, and there's been plenty of reports on here and elsewhere of the low grade ones pinging.

Some people love a sticker..! Happens a lot with mass produced bats; I believe Kookaburra used to have some belters in the lower end of the range!
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Re: Lower end bats dont perform-True?
« Reply #54 on: September 04, 2017, 10:42:49 AM »
Quote from: OllieWalker39
Probably more towards the modern day game mind... haha!

I'd like to believe that Boycott wouldn't have entertained such nonsense. (See my earlier use of the quote from his book.)
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Re: Lower end bats dont perform-True?
« Reply #55 on: September 04, 2017, 10:58:28 AM »
A friend of mine purchased an RS butterfly willow bat from TheCricketShed recently. The bat was on sale and he got it for £50...the plan was to use it as a net bat but when we got our hands on the bat the ping was unbelievable. He oiled it and knocked it in, and I played a few throw downs in the nets the other day. the ping is unbelievable and my friend is planning to use it has his match bat.

The moral of the story is that if you are lucky enough, you can definitely find diamonds in the rough.
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Re: Lower end bats dont perform-True?
« Reply #56 on: September 04, 2017, 11:02:02 AM »
Quote from: mo_town on September 04, 2017, 10:58:28 AM
A friend of mine purchased an RS butterfly willow bat from TheCricketShed recently. The bat was on sale and he got it for £50...the plan was to use it as a net bat but when we got our hands on the bat the ping was unbelievable. He oiled it and knocked it in, and I played a few throw downs in the nets the other day. the ping is unbelievable and my friend is planning to use it has his match bat.

The moral of the story is that if you are lucky enough, you can definitely find diamonds in the rough.

I was thinking of buying one of those when they were £100!
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Re: Lower end bats dont perform-True?
« Reply #57 on: September 04, 2017, 11:04:42 AM »
They are still 100 on website.
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Re: Lower end bats dont perform-True?
« Reply #58 on: September 04, 2017, 11:15:12 AM »
Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on September 04, 2017, 08:18:44 AM
Even pro bats?

Yes I had  one  they were a bright white
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Re: Lower end bats dont perform-True?
« Reply #59 on: September 04, 2017, 11:35:41 AM »
Quote from: Bats_Entertainment on September 04, 2017, 11:02:02 AM
I was thinking of buying one of those when they were £100!

Definitely worth it even for £100...my friend got it in an end of season sale where they had put up a few bats.
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