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[Cys1]

Simmy, it's very comforting to know that they try and stick to the customers specs as closely as possible. Makes the whole buying experience so much better.

[Simmy]

took a few weeks to finalse everything matt showed me a bat that was nice but i wanted a little bit more concaving so i told him this and it was done 
arived at my door and i was like WOW. everything for the stickers to the profile n the finish was good.

the bat is so forgiving as well when u miss time a shot even off the edge of the face etc it still goes. i have seen bats where the middle has been out of this world but the rest of the blade a bit average this just has a very good middle but a very big middle.

cys i have some pics in this section some where of my bat take a look

[Simmy]

http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=9980.0

[Cys1]

Thanks Simmy! Great looking blade mate! I can see what you mean about having a nice long middle. I also love the feel of a more forgiving bat, makes a big difference when you first come in and get couple in the middle. Probably perfect for some slow and low bouncing wickets. loving the arty pics bud

[tim2000s]

This is the 666 monster that I have - LHLB:

http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=7409.msg164069#msg164069

And this is the 5* Excel, with 2009 stickers:

http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=9254.msg145571#msg145571

[Cys1]

Some more great looking bats! does it ever stop?
The more i see of the 666 shape the more i like it. A little different from the bats i have at the moment who all have a fairly low sweet spot.

[Cys1]

Would like to post some pics of some bats that i currently have to give you an idea of the shapes. Where should i post these and how do i go about doing it? Sorry, bit of an idiot when it comes to this stuff!

[jimba101]

Right, been a boring day off, decided to 'pimp' my bat out. Found a matching yellow grip and Hammer Edge to stick on it. Couple more pics in better light.....

Would like to post some pics of some bats that i currently have to give you an idea of the shapes. Where should i post these and how do i go about doing it? Sorry, bit of an idiot when it comes to this stuff!

upload your pictures to a site like photobucket, then copy the IMG code into the post

there is a thread somewhere on it i'll dig it out

[jimba101]

Would like to post some pics of some bats that i currently have to give you an idea of the shapes. Where should i post these and how do i go about doing it? Sorry, bit of an idiot when it comes to this stuff!

try this

http://custombats.co.uk/cbforum/index.php?topic=7712.0

[Cys1]

Thanks Jimba, will give it a try.
Hopefully this works.
Bat 1 - 2'10, 9 grains with 44mm edges is a SF Laminate with D&P stickers.
Bat 2 - 2'8 , 10 grains with 33mm edges is a Black Widow. my current match bat and is 1 of 10 players clefts made last year.
Bat 3 - 2'10, 8 grains with 35mm edges is a CA stickered up as a Kooka. Used by Moeen Ali while playing in Bangladesh.
Bat 4 - 2'10/5, 8 grains with 35mm edges and no concaving. It's an Ihsan 950.

These are the pics.... i hope!

[19reading87]

Interesting that you say the kookaburra was moeen Ali's and he used it in Bangladesh, how do you know this. Also very surprised a pros bat has such a big butterfly stain in it...

[tommo256]

I am looking at ablack widow, they look the muts. and where did ya get SF lam?

[Cys1]

Interesting that you say the kookaburra was moeen Ali's and he used it in Bangladesh, how do you know this. Also very surprised a pros bat has such a big butterfly stain in it...

He played some club cricket in Cape Town during our domestic season, this was one of the bats he used. As for the butterfly stain, it doesn't seem to negatively effect the performance at all. I also mentioned that this was not a Kooka but a stickered up CA which he probably just picked up for its performance. Hope this makes things clearer.

I am looking at ablack widow, they look the muts. and where did ya get SF lam?

Yup, Dave van der Walt is the batmaker for Black Widow. He's used to be with D&P but broke away a couple of years ago to start his own company. He has made me an absolute stonker and i have yet to hear a bad thing about any of his custom made bats. You can contact him and he will sort you out. I got the SF lam from D&P, another South African company. The owner got a couple on his last visit to India and i managed to bag an absolute beauty!

[tommo256]

Yeah I guess them ones are from same batch which my pros is, he picked his up from d+p absolute train

[Cys1]

Who's your Pro?