I'm sure he makes great bats so don't for a minute think I am speaking negatively, but unless he does something unique which no batmaker in this country can do, I can't see the point. There are quite a number of makers on this forum and elsewhere who will custom make you a bat for quite a bit less that the figure quoted. I have a feeling he got alot of work off the back of that vid on YouTube and the ST association. I see them in the same light as Laver and Wood and Screaming Cat. Both excellent bat makers, but not so excellent that warrants me paying the premium for their services that the command. If I can get a top bat for £200, why pay £400 for one? Prestige? Bragging rights? If someone wants to spend the extra fair play to them, but I'd rather get two Newberys or Salixs than one £400 bat. Truth is a bat can only be as good as the wood it is made from, I dont believe for a moment that the best willow is solely the reserve of Messrs Laver, Graham and Millichamp.