As most people are I was bored earlier this week so decided to attempt to mimic the ‘players profile’ of the GM bats.
I had purchased a Slazenger 2020 bat a few months ago for £80 from SD. It was pretty big to start with at 2lb 10 with 40mm edges and the spine doesn’t fit through the gauge (very flat face).
I did forget to take a ‘before’ picture (I’ve used a stock image below which doesn’t really capture the shape)but it was very thick at the toe with the spine running almost all the way through.
After stripping it down, squaring the toe off (about half inch taken off the bottom) I took my orbital to the toe and tried to create a more duckbill thin toe as seen on the Chroma.
I’ve been back to it once and made the duck bill a little longer.
It now comes in at 2lb 8oz with the same big edges and spine, picks up delightfully and is still very responsive.
It’s no Player Edition but it kept me entertained for a few hours anyway.
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Topic: Lockdown Bat Tampering (Read 2692 times)