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Yeah it is, I went for fusion labels but the custom made lables look really nice.  Give jody at kingsgrove an email if you are interested in one, I know they have plenty of willow in at the moment and he is a great guy and will help you out. Not sure how pricey it will be when you take GST off and add postage costs, but I guess it's like anything in life, you get what you pay for.

Mine wasn't any dearer than off the shelf, but I am not sure what they charge everyone, taking the tax off should go close to covering freight. The exchange rate at the moment might hurt you though, I know for me to get this Nitro PP sent over is cheaper than buying the top of the line here.

Yeah I hear you about the wife issue, is this still the birthday present though?

Originally posted by 143no Yeah I hear you about the wife issue, is this still the birthday present though?

yeah it's now going to be a belated birthday gift.

I am probably being over fussy in many regards since one 50 in the last 3 seasons confirms I am not a good enough player to really need something amazing (whilst the best player at my club regularly hits the ball over the road running next to our ground with the £45 BAS King Hitter I sold him).

Originally posted by Clobber you guys that have tried many different ones, are there any which have stood out for you?

Brands which have stood out for me so far -

Price wise and value - BAS King Hitter. My Father on his visits to India will handpick a couple, most of the time they're great bats. Around the £35 but one of them he got had 8 grains with clean face and massive profile I've crack the handle and not got round to sticking a new handle in it yet.

Willow appearance - From owning my Fusion & Redback I'd say were the best looking. However if you take a look around on the web you'll see some lovely looking CA's & AS's at around the £100 mark, not used one yet but look very nice with large profiles.

Overall - Has to be the Fusion Superbest, although the BAS has pushed it close along with an old Millichamp made Puma Signature. Another very nice one I had was a custom Kookaburra - big profile, nice willow and nice & soft.

Most disappointed by were the Kippax Custom Classic, RRP of £250 and if I'm honest I wouldn't have paid much over £90 for it. Also with the hype of L&W was slightly disappointed, went very nicely think it got 100 and 88 in consecutive games but 2 things stood out one was the poor pickup and the other was the handle shape. I'd still fancy buying another but I'd need to get a thicker more rounded handle and more meat on those shoulders.


Edited by tevans - 21 January 2008 at 5:47pm

Originally posted by Clobber Originally posted by 143no Yeah I hear you about the wife issue, is this still the birthday present though?  yeah it's now going to be a belated birthday gift...

   If you spend over 270 quid it could turn out to be the murder weapon mate!


Edited by Sledger - 22 January 2008 at 7:30am

That's the standard shape I believe and if you don't request a specific shape this will probably be the one he makes. The edges are a tad smaller on the Redback but both pick up very nicely.

But to answer your question the Redback's I think can be custom made to any shape, I remember a guy having one made to the same spec as the old SS (with the bulge at the bottom) on the CS forum

I think the top end bat is something like £165 and I guess he'd make it to your spec if requested

yeh might do that matie, postage might be an issue though, chris streater is trying to sort me a custom bdm out and another custom bat so we will see what he manages to come up with. looks like a nice bat though. anyone heard anything about pro bats? there gloves and pads look nice take a look at probats.com. you can get custom made bat for 165, dont know how good they are anyone ever had one?

Edited by hanif - 24 January 2008 at 11:31pm

If you're just playing in a playground, then I'd say if you buy an English Willow bat you'll be wasting money as it will be wrecked soon enough! You might as well look for a Kashmir Willow bat or a cheap EW bat like the Top Banana ones.

thanks

what ever suits you there made from the same material will probably cost the same, personal preference.

this r my new bats i just received em i really like the SHER LE

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/harrissabir/P1271387.jpg

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http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg37/harrissabir/P1271383.jpg

my SHER LE weighs 3lb, 15 grains, edges are 37mm thick
grade 1 English willow.  its a long handle and so is the RBK bat

You're from India...why don't you get a BDM/SG? You can get some good Kashmir Willow bats for a good price from BDM. It's probably better to buy the indian make, not because it's necessarily better, but it would be cheaper.

If all you do is play on a playground get a kwik cricket bat