Our bats and their grading
Our bat profiles are created with minimal concaving which allows the bat maker to pack maximum willow into the playing zone. The bat shapes are all about performance and the coverage of the sweetspot across the blade. Our bats are designed for all types of players with emphasis being placed on pick-up, balance and performance rather than the need to reduce scale weight.
Limited Edition
- The very best English Willow
- Oversized lightweight cleft
- Maximum straight grains
- Mostly blemish free face/playing area
- Superb pick-up
- Semi-oval handle
- Top 5%-10% of available English Willow
Pro Reserve
- Grade 1+ English Willow
- Usually 8-9 grains even grains
- Big edges
- Sizeable spine height
- Superb pick-up
- Semi-oval handle
- Graded on performance & looks
Players
- Grade 1 English Willow
- Usually 6-7 grains
- Big edges
- Sizeable spine height
- Superb pick-up
- Semi-oval handle
- Graded on performance
Performance
- Grade 3 English Willow
- Generally 4-6 grains
- Big edges
- Sizeable spine height
- Graded for performance
- Likely to have blemishes or marks on the face of the blade
Superfly (Butterfly Stained willow)
“Butterfly Stain”, so called as it resembles the wings and body of a butterfly. Butterfly stains appear due to weather conditions and pruning of the Willow tree. It is thought to add strength to the finished bat, giving longer life of the bat with much less likelihood of the bats breaking. The stained area therefore tend to be harder with the ball “pinging” off it very nicely. We call this grade Superfly – the ball really flys off the strained area!
