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[stevie]

Looks good, i like the sticker's.

[yvk3103]

The bat seems great.

I would be getting mine shortly (has already been made and delivered to my friend in Melbourne).

The shape and profile created by Julian is a hybrid between A series 1 and series 2. As the shape and prifile turned put to be totally new, Julian signed the bat on the back for me.

Can't weight to get it in my hands.

Julian oiled it (2 coats) and put a anti scuff.

With the oling and antiscuff the bat weights (dead weight) 2lb9.5oz but picks-up like a 2lb7oz.

Will post pictures once I get it.

[gramw]

when are you getting it brought over?

[yvk3103]

if my friend is sending it by post then this week else the week after when I meet him in Frankfurt

[jamie.c]

Really like the look of that screaming cat. Stickers are lovely

[yvk3103]

yes, the bat is a beauty. Excellent Ping. The stickers are not very imposing like on other brands, but do leave their impression.

[jamie.c]

Yeah i agree i personally like not many stickers on the bat, and just simple ones e.g Newbery, Salix.

[joshierox]

Yea its nice screaming cats ^^ wait till you see my bat just got to find the cam... any way? how can you post a new topic? i was wanting to make a new topic..?

also i find that the straighter the grains the better the bat... but its relay not about how good the bat is its about how good the player is.. you can walk out there with a fence paling and you still should be able to bat... the more expensive the bat the more power you get. also how do you post pics?

[patty93]

i always thought that the more grains the better it'll ping but the shorter it'll last.
the lesser grains the longer it'll last.
hence why i went half way and bout a kookaburra with 9 grains

[Hads45]

Grains mean very little. Honestly, get the mallet out and hit bats and tell me bats with less grains in general dont ping just as good (in most cases). Ive found through a lot of testing ok you dont want 5 grains or 3, but as long as you have enough, around 8 and they are generally even they will be the best, but even that isnt totally important. The best bat ive hit in a certain shop just had standard grains and a huge blemish in the middle which pinged like nothing else.

[Cakes]

looks quite big for 2'6 , may i ask how much it set you back ?

[Sitonit]

I have seen one of Tendulkar's bat with 21 grains and another of his bat with 8 grains. Not sure about effect of grains on the performance but I guess its more of a weight, balance, pick, and quality of the willow that matters more.

[Bulldog Cricket]

Lol

[alee]

He has videos on youtube

Fox Sports interviews Julian Millichamp

he mentions close to 1:52 about his preference

[chaudhari21]

I have always preferred between 8-12 grain. At least in all the bats that I bought that played well.  I bought a SS Matrix one time that had very tight grain but did not really play well.  Here is the pictures of it