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Posted - 06/07/2009 : 11:24:04

I went down to the Warsop workshop last Friday with the hope of purchasing a new bat. The workshop, although in the 'middle of nowhere', was clearly signposted on its road. I was welcomed into the workshop by the man and the two ladies (unfortunately i do not know their names) and shown into a room with all their stock. In short handle, there were about 7 Venoms, 15 Platinums, 20 Superior and Butterflies and the odd Schimitar Bow and 5 Star here and there. I began looking through all the bats in short handle and eventually found this Platinum which felt absolutely brilliant in my hands:

It weighs 2lb 10, has 33mm edges, 10/11 grains and 2/3 of which are heartwood. There are a few blemishes on the face but the heartwood does a good job of disguising them and this was easily the best Platinum there in terms of grains. At the moment I am knocking it in so I will report back on how it plays later, but at first hit, the bat pings very nicely off the bat mallet.

The service was top notch, as already mentioned, I received a nice greeting from all who worked there and whilst I was browsing bats, I got regular check ups to see if I needed any help, which is always nice. I also brought in another bat which had split open on its back for a verdict on whether it was repairable or not-I was given an honest opinion: it can be fixed but there is a high chance the bat will splinter in the repair process. As well as this, one of the girls gave me a detailed explanation on how to knock in my new beauty the right way and a knocking in information sheet just in case I forgot. I also bought some 'keeping inners, which were the wrong size so I had to trek back into the shop soon after leaving to ask if I could change-they said yes without hesitation. They even made the ol' mother a cup of coffee when we were there. The only bad part about the visit was that there were many things they didn't have in stock. All in all though-absolutely brilliant service from very friendly, knowledgeable people!

As well as the 'keeping inners I bought, I also bought a pair of the Butterfly batting gloves, some batting inners and 2 extra octopus grips. I was also given a free bat cover with the bat which is a nice extra to be given. Here are the gloves, batting inners and the bat cover: