Had thought about it for a while, but recently took the plunge to pick up a part made off the forum and got shaping - so here is my first batmaking attempt. Decided to aim for a fairly classic shape with a long middle and full profile, but in a short blade/longer handle combo - coming out to roughtly 1/2" longer than a standard bat.
Started out with one H4L partmade:
After shaping she looked like this:
And after a good sand here we are, went for a Laver-esque toe:
Concaving? No thanks.
Angled toe to stop feathering
Still needs binding, pressing cracks glueing and a bit of a final polish, but I'm pretty happy! Shape came out well after some warming my way into working on it, wasn't planning to have the middle extend as high up as it does but liked the way it came out! She's on the weighty side at roughly 2.10 in current form so I'm hopeful it'll come out around 2.12 which I'm fine with, bit heavier than I'd usually use but wanted to keep as much wood in there as possible, it feels good in the hands so we'll see how we go. Tapping it up feels very nice indeed so I'm feeling hopeful!
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Topic: Edge batmaking (Read 42560 times)