May 02, 2012

First of all sorry for not posting in a while, I have been a bit busy with GM 2013, which got me thinking about how you the cricketer select a bat? When designing a new bat its important to think who (what type of player will this bat suit) and what does that player want, [...]

Apr 13, 2012

With the last project all wrapped up and on display. It was nice to get some positive feedback about it. Whilst it didn’t make its way to the intended customer, I’m more than happy to keep it. I’ve had some enquiries about making other planes for people and will be undertaking this work in due [...]

Judging a bat by its….. edge. Big edges, everybody’s talking about them, on the forum, in the shops, in the dressing room. I like to go undercover into cricket shops and listen to people when they are choosing a bat, I often hear ”look at the size of this edge, its bigger than that one“ and on [...]

Apr 10, 2012

The story, of Salix, began when Andrew Kember was in his mid teens, he aquired wood, cane, rubber and made his first cricket bat. Robertsbridge based Podshaver, John Newbery was so impressed with what he saw that he took Kember on as his apprentice in 1984. Kember went on to gain further experience at Gray [...]