Wow, sounds like i've gotten a raw deal, lol. Where'd you get that one choppy? Yours is a SH isn't it Petehosk so would have been no good for me (I've got the Long Blade coming)
Tbh looking at some of the redbacks on the forum I'm tempted to return the Kook and get one of them.
To be frank about it, an off the shelf Kookaburra would be a decent enough bat if you didn't know any better, and I'm sure it would be a fairly decent stick.
BUT I have a couple of Kookaburra bats, and they are nice enough.....but if I compare them to some of my Newberys, Redback, Talismans, Black Cats, even Lekkas, then the Kookaburras feel ordinary!! Just my opinion, but I am pretty sure others have experienced the same!