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kenbriooo

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Re: My new bat...
« Reply #30 on: March 03, 2010, 02:17:52 PM »
Leo my friend did not knock his bat in at all and it survived pretty well the first net session, however he does wish he had put a bit of time knocking it in.  But I think aslong as you do the edges and toe and face soft/older balls it will only take about 30 to 60 minutes.  But I'd probably do more with a bat like that!
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Re: My new bat...
« Reply #31 on: March 03, 2010, 02:24:58 PM »
Personally I think it is worth giving the bat as much protection as possible so trying to give it at least two hours knocking in - however tedius, especially with it being the preseason indoor net season where bowlers have been known to use terrible or cheap balls, which can ruin many a wonderful bat... just a thought (and maybe from slight experience a few years ago...) :(
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Re: My new bat...
« Reply #32 on: March 03, 2010, 02:43:16 PM »
Looks a cracker, i'm still a little confused how fake bats can be pictured on the forum...Let alone sold, but I don't know the exact details.
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Re: My new bat...
« Reply #33 on: March 03, 2010, 02:49:16 PM »
Genuine Puma, how can it be fake? Maybe you are moving in the wrong circles Bully ;)
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Re: My new bat...
« Reply #34 on: March 03, 2010, 02:51:23 PM »
cool great stuff so this is the 300$ model available through the mcgrath foundation website?
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Re: My new bat...
« Reply #35 on: March 03, 2010, 03:00:39 PM »
Does it look like a grade 3 willow bat to you Liam?
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Re: My new bat...
« Reply #36 on: March 03, 2010, 03:03:55 PM »
only just realised dom that the one on the mcgrath foundation website is a grade 3.... its labelled as a 6000 thats why i thought it was a G1.

My mistake.
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Re: My new bat...
« Reply #37 on: March 03, 2010, 03:22:34 PM »
Quote from: Talisman on March 03, 2010, 02:49:16 PM
Genuine Puma, how can it be fake? Maybe you are moving in the wrong circles Bully ;)
So by that I guess the bat was purchased through Julian at Puma with them receiving the full money for the bat?
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Re: My new bat...
« Reply #38 on: March 03, 2010, 03:25:43 PM »
Quote from: Buzz on March 03, 2010, 02:24:58 PM
Personally I think it is worth giving the bat as much protection as possible so trying to give it at least two hours knocking in - however tedius, especially with it being the preseason indoor net season where bowlers have been known to use terrible or cheap balls, which can ruin many a wonderful bat... just a thought (and maybe from slight experience a few years ago...) :(

That's my concern Buzz.....and why I probably won't use my Newberys until outdoor nets start when I can have some throw downs with some old balls that I have procured myself....It does seem a little strange that our Coach only provides crap bat breaker balls [which shall for future reference be referred to as 3B's]
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Re: My new bat...
« Reply #39 on: March 03, 2010, 03:31:49 PM »
Quote from: Tom on March 03, 2010, 03:22:34 PM
So by that I guess the bat was purchased through Julian at Puma with them receiving the full money for the bat?
Agreed, also if he bought the stickers "as an experiment" surely it would have to be applied to a genuine plain Puma Mcgrath Foundation?  And why would Mike do this if he had the original in the first place, as he can see the sticker quality. 
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Re: My new bat...
« Reply #40 on: March 03, 2010, 04:12:02 PM »
Guessing it is a pros puma supplied blank and mike applied the gen stickers
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Re: My new bat...
« Reply #41 on: March 03, 2010, 04:14:33 PM »
Correct Liam, Gareth use your brain, if you buy a Mcgrath bat they come with stickers. He also sells the stickers to make money for the charity...
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Re: My new bat...
« Reply #42 on: March 03, 2010, 04:25:48 PM »
But how do we know it's still a genuine Puma?  We don't, unless you have proof.
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Re: My new bat...
« Reply #43 on: March 03, 2010, 04:28:53 PM »
Quote from: Bully on March 03, 2010, 04:25:48 PM
But how do we know it's still a genuine Puma?  We don't, unless you have proof.
I think in this case it makes no difference as the stickers are sold for charity... I appreciate there is a desire to take the proverbial out of a certain member of the forum - but I don't see this as the same as buying a blank plank and stickering it as a £300 kookaburra and putting it on ebay... especially as when the bats are sold they are typically a low grade bat, as you have identified above...
« Last Edit: March 03, 2010, 04:32:36 PM by Buzz »
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Re: My new bat...
« Reply #44 on: March 03, 2010, 04:36:14 PM »
Julian at Puma?, have no idea about the marketing world you high fliers mix in Tom, us grunts at the bottom of the pile are just concerned with willow and making the best possible bats from it. I guess you know that brands who can't and don't make their own bats buy them in from those that can, sometimes those that can will not always ship on a bat for some reason, it that case it can end up elsewhere, like this one has.
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