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[chaudhari21]

there have been a lot of people that have been asking me to look at your collect and I just did. I am so impressed by far my favorite bat I could say all of them is this one. Just awesome.

[chaudhari21]

pete how long did it take you to collect all these bats?

[petehosk]

BAT 44 - SF Sapphire

Ok - time to get this going again....
Here is a large profiled SF bat direct from SF! Basically a friend of mine who knows the main guys at SF complained about the quality of SF bats we've seen in the UK being a little shabby! And therefore they sent this bat!
It has some interesting writing on the handle, but this may just be one of a batch meant for him, OR just a profile copy!
Either way not too bothered what it means, as the bat itself is knocking in very well 
She weighs 2'9.4 with a light aero grip on - so 2'10 with a standard ribbed thick grip. The profile is huge with 40mm+ edges and awesome middle.
We have started playing this in with bola machine and it is responding beautifully 
This is definitely the kind of bat which plays well on front foot, back foot and every shot in between!

But a picture says a thousand words....so will let them do the talking! 

[petehosk]

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[ajmw89]

Is that tape instead of string on the handle?  Looks mahoosive!

[petehosk]

[PedalsMcgrew]

Had a hit with this a couple of times. Very impressed! It's genuinely huge for the weight and compares very well to other 'pro used' bats Pete has in his collection. Looks like Stanford do make some stunners after all!

[petehosk]

[petehosk]

The tape is on top of the string! I believe that some like the handle with added stiffness.

And yep Pedals - this does go well, and it's not played in yet....so the best is yet to come 

[lukemannionzimbabwe]

Pete, you could open a cricket shop mate

[Number4]

SF looks a very skinny handle Pete. Is it a thin handle?

[petehosk]

A little skinny but not as bad as some I have used!