Thank you to everyone for your responses. My apologies as there was a typing error. Its actually £400 I'm paying for the bats. I thought £200 for a g1 bat sounds great. The company is called woodberry. They have v high ratings and reviews on etsy for all their bats. All the customers seemed impressed with their purchases. Do you guys think its g1?
Here is a link to the company on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/WoodberrySports?ref=shop-header-name&listing_id=886850785&from_page=listing
It's a very good price if it's actually G1 English Willow (grown in England and not India or Eastern Europe) and is free from defects etc. I see a lot of 'G1' bats on Instagram etc which have defects, or bark incursion etc with filled in holes which would have been bought as sub grade clefts. I know this goes on and I've heard from willows suppliers that some brands will take a lot of their sub grades and make G1s from them (stickers can hide a lot!)
Now it maybe that they're selling G1s for 200 quid, but why would you if that's my way below market value? G1 Clefts to buy in raw state aren't cheap and you have to buy a good percentage of other grades to get G1s, you can't just buy G1s alone. So, it doesn't make any sense to sell these cheap. So that doesn't add up on to me.
In terms of reviews, these can come from anywhere and be manipulated. Not saying these are, but it's not difficult so I'm always wary of online reviews such as these. They also claim a guaranteed 10-20% extra power, which is almost impossible to quantify and prove. I'd also like to know more about their lifetime guarantee for handles and also where in the MCC laws it bc states 44mm is the max edge size.
However, this is the kicker for me though.....the picture below is taken from a batmakers workshop in the UK, as is the other on showing the bat in the vice. In recognize the press, the background, vice and the sandpaper discs. i can almost say with 100% certainty, this isn't where these are made. Personally, that would be a red flag to me. Appreciate he doesn't state they are, but using someone else's pictures to promote your own work/brand etc isn't great form.
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