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[SurreySam]

Always enjoyed watching their videos, but they stopped uploading for over a year.

However, this last month there has been a resurgence in content and a re-launch.  So thought I'd share the link on here, for those who enjoy watching some bat making and repair videos.

Youtube channel link :  https://www.youtube.com/c/FantailCricket/featured

[Chad]

Thanks for sharing - I did remember watching their videos. Very well made video, and don't think I could grow tired of watching bats being shaped - just something about it.

[brokenbat]

Absolutely love their channel - no idea about the quality of their bats though.

[Guyfawkes]

Their videos are excellent quality. I find them strangely therapeutic! Ha ha

[thegowerwaft]

Glorious... 15 mins of watching a craftsman make a bat. Enjoy.

https://youtu.be/kxuxCRtCxE8

[MichaelM]

Always enjoyed watching their videos, but they stopped uploading for over a year.

However, this last month there has been a resurgence in content and a re-launch.  So thought I'd share the link on here, for those who enjoy watching some bat making and repair videos.

Youtube channel link :  https://www.youtube.com/c/FantailCricket/featured

Watched it yesterday, enjoyed very much

[Chompy9760]

Glorious... 15 mins of watching a craftsman make a bat. Enjoy.

https://youtu.be/kxuxCRtCxE8

Lovely!  Watching those fantail vids was a big reason why I took an interest in batmaking.  Great to watch, and well edited.  I don't remember him having a press in the earlier videos, so good to see them evolving.
 
On one of the newer videos they repair a bat that many would regard as firewood, and it comes up a treat!  I'd still question how long it would last before further delamination, but the job they do is incredible.

[marsbug]

Lovely!  Watching those fantail vids was a big reason why I took an interest in batmaking.  Great to watch, and well edited.  I don't remember him having a press in the earlier videos, so good to see them evolving.

Totally the same for me too! I watched (and re-watched) so many of their videos, to get a closer look at bat making. Which then led me down a rabbit hole of finding every other bat-making video I could find. They are really nicely filmed and edited, but I'd like to see a video where a bat-maker talks through their thinking as they are making the bat - so what they are doing and why, and if they change what they are doing based on anything that comes up in the willow (for example).

And I spotted the press as well. Always interesting and exciting to see any bat-maker doing this. Hats off to all of you!