Nice selection there @Chad, is the xiphos light as well as huge? I have a LH extreme which is only 2’ 9 and has no chance of going through the gauge
It's quite the brute! I think around 2.14, pings over a large area, and just feel like you could nail anything in the slot for 6. Incredible shape, the Kronos is kind of similar I guess, but doesn't quite have the imposing factor a Xiphos has. To be honest, with the way regulations are now, surprised a Xiphos-esque bat hasn't appeared! I guess we're just waiting on SS to do that.
Love the look of those Powerbows, Force was the first bat I ever purchased as a 15 Yr old. They look lovely and nostalgic
I was going to get a GN for my first bat when I was around 14/15 - I think the 3 star Phoenix/Longbow/Powerbow were around £120! I really wish I did now, but I went for a Purist 303 instead, as it was cheaper and all I could afford, and I preferred the shiny stickers. That bat was farrr too heavy for me. :/
This Force is quite a beast itself, just massive everywhere!
Nice collection Chad, classic shapes.
Always wanted a xiphos bat as I love the shape but never really saw any in the shops to try out, apart from a couple of extreme models which were quite frankly huge but picked up like dogs.
The powerbow and predator were such great shapes too.
One of the guys in our club had a Phoenix extreme and that thing seriously flew. Profile was enormous but you needed 3 grips to get the pickup right
I don't think I ever saw a bad Phoenix, I had a 5 star one which I bought off a chap for £65, which broke after a few uses. Absolute gun though!
Wow..what a collection and as said earlier these bats should be templates for new profile shapes
love the powerbow and the predator
that xiphos is a monster
golden days of GN
I do wonder what that same cleft would be made into today with more modern drying. I guess everything is always better through rose tinted glasses! They're still popping out some incredible bats at Robertsbridge, which I hope to share soon.
I had a lovely Xiphos, the whole thing was middle and very forgiving. My favourite recent GN without doubt
This one is like that too. I don't know what it is about GN, they always came up with profiles that make me go WTF (ie. Scoop, Dynadrive, Phoenix, Nemesis, Xiphos, etc etc), but it is only after they're discontinued that I appreciate just how nice they were!
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