Thanks for watching. Please let us know what you think about the pace and style of the video. E.g. music, yes or no, length of the video, areas where we have tripled the speed, and if you prefer us to start the video from a raw cleft or a handled/pressed cleft as we've done previously. Also, contact your local cricket store and ask them to stock Fantail. We’re on the lookout for new stockists around the world.
Nice video explaining the bat making. The pace is good, but if you could the dimensions of the cleft (like 3ft long x4 inches wide x 2inches thick etc.,) before the start and how much is taken off at the end it will be great. Best wishes from Canada
I am a cricketer myself here in India and absolutely delighted and impressed by the videos i have been seeing. Abs wonderful and look fwd to seeing more. Cheers
Awesome video mate very therapeutic. Great to see you back as well. Agree with some of the comments, just a few descriptions of tools used at certain parts, how and why you use them ect, what you look for in a cleft before you start and how you grade them. Only like 4-5 quick chats sprinkled in. It's really great as is though!
Thanks, we usually find 10 to 15 minutes work best for our youtube channel. However, we'll be posting a 2-3 minute version on our Tik Tok and Instagram accounts.
Awesome video, thank you so much for showing your bat making process in such detail! I have a couple of questions about the oiling you showed if you don’t mind me asking. When you oiled the face before putting the bat on your knocking in machine - how long did you leave the oil to dry/ cure… or did you knock it in whilst the oil was fresh? And the same goes for before adding the scuff sheet... How much curing time do you allow there please? Many thanks, Phil
Bats are oiled overnight before knocking. After knocking and a light sand, a small amount of oil is applied to the face, and the facing is applied immediately.
Beautiful! What a glorious process to watch, both as a cricketer and a hands on guy who has done engineering, metalwork and woodwork and likes making or repairing things. You Sir are an artist! Loving the chilled out wonky beats, kinda Fat Freddie meets Mr Scruff! 😁 only just clicked that you’re a leftie too! Do you play yourself and is that how you got into bat making, or the joinery/technicality came first? 🤙
Thanks for watching. I appreciate the feedback. Playing came first at school, then picked up furniture making/woodwork later on and joined the passions together.
Why does manufacturers apply water before pressing the cleft but not raw linseed oil ? Isn't better to apply linseed so while pressing cleft gets pressed better? Please and thanks
That drawknife is so sharp! Love it. Wonder whether the wood glue will be strong enough to withstand a solid hit from the toe? Do bats these days use glue or epoxy, and are the surfaces of the two bits of wood ‘keyed’ before glue up? Here’s hoping, as it’s a piece of art
Dear @charlieNumbers: just so that you don't get confused mo chara, that "drawknife" you mention is commonly known as a "spokeshave" in other English-speaking countries (obviously apart from yours - if you're a Septic [Septic tank - Yank]). It's what it was invented for. Y'know, shaving down spokes (of wooden wheels)? MsG
Fascinating. Couple of questions. What's the shaving tool at 7m 30s? Also, how does the antiscuff stick to the blade after oil has been applied? I thought that would affect it. Lastly, wheneber I used to put antiscuff on my bats I would bend it round the edge too. Here I noticed you cut it and then put fibre tape to cover the edges. Howcome the antiscuff isn't folded round the edge and then fibre tape added on top for extra edge protection?
You develop control and accuracy with the number of hours I've used the hand tools. During the rough shaping, you get an idea of the grain direction. Then when you get into the finer work, those mistakes shouldn't occur.
You Sir are an artist! Beautiful! What a glorious process to watch, both as a cricketer and a hands on guy who has done engineering. I am from Pakistan. love your videos always.
Was just telling my European wife that the final mallet ping test is the money shot to this bat porn. Shall have my Rosco Players Edition GM Icon replicated (with a Shane Watto toe) by you blokes one day, Fantail. Keep it coming.
Very nice craftsmanship. I thought the cricket blade (without the handle) had a maximum limit and that's why the handles were longer and shorter for bats. Is the maximum limits for the bat measured from the toe to the top of the handle? Not specifically on the blade only?
Thanks, these were a demo set printed in-house, which are a replica of 1 of 4 new sets due to be released in 4 to 6 weeks. In the meantime, we can continue to print this set in-house.
Fantastic to see a craftsman at work 🎉 Music is awful and unnecessary, but turning the volume to zero (apart from when you're speaking) solves that. Great work otherwise - well done 👏
It's really appreciate, beautiful feeling when brother making a customize A grade English willow cricket bat. Hopefully he done more Amazing working skills.
I recently gave him my MRF gold edition bat which came from India for knocking and toe services he did a great job he is very polite and professional person highly recommended
Question for the masterworker: MCC law only states that cricket bats are to be made out of wood, have you tried making a cricket bat out of any other Timbers apart from English Willow?
We've only used English and Kashmir willow. I want to make a youtube series where we make bats out of different wood types and compare them to the English willow bats we make. We'd probably start with timber used for baseball bats, e.g. birch, ash and maple.
@@FantailCricket that would actually be really interesting - baseball bats seem a lot more fragile too and frequently shatter in game (even on "checked" swings without ball contact) despite a tubular shape supposedly being stronger. I wonder how something like that would fare for cricket.
Considering you use the same jig for the splice cuts, is there any reason you don't have a batch of precut handles to save time? The only reasons I could think off is to avoid handles srinking or expanding in chanigng climate or to make sure the cut is the same. But I imagine your workshop is relatively climate controlled, the handels are used up quick enough and you have a consistent jig so the cut angle will always be identical
We always do handles in batches of 10+, and because it only takes 30 seconds to change the jigs, we do not need to pre-cut handles when the lengths are adjusted for each bat. We only did this one individually for the video.
Where do you get your willow and which type is the best? I note that English Willow trees grown specifically for cricket bats (Salix alba var. caerulea) are all cloned females. Whereas Kashmir Willow trees - although genetically the same species, are predominantly male. About 2% of willow tress are Bigender.
I wish those stickers had some meaningful info on them. Like "long-blade", type of wood, weight, dimensions, manufacture date, made in ... Stickers otherwise are pointless in my view. That was some top-notch craftsmanship!
Nice watching Bairstow making his own bat.
Bairstow isse jyada Mota hai Bhai 😂
😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Been on a diet too ……
😂😂😂
It's so satisfying to watch a craftsman at work still using hand tools in the old school way. Beautiful bat by the way.
Yes bro
it's so satisfying to watch a craftsman at work still using hand tools in the old school way. Fabulous bat brother ❤
@@rajputavni01p
School?
Thanks for watching. Please let us know what you think about the pace and style of the video. E.g. music, yes or no, length of the video, areas where we have tripled the speed, and if you prefer us to start the video from a raw cleft or a handled/pressed cleft as we've done previously.
Also, contact your local cricket store and ask them to stock Fantail. We’re on the lookout for new stockists around the world.
Just don't get disappear. Keep posting love your videos.
Raw cleft start is good. Would love a little bit of commentary on the names of the tools and the reasoning behind some of the steps.
Mind blowing @Fantail
Bro this is incredible can we talk some business?
Love the video
Beautiful ! Love the way he made the cricket bat and knocked the bat, put the oil and taped it. The bat also looks awesome.
Nice video explaining the bat making. The pace is good, but if you could the dimensions of the cleft (like 3ft long x4 inches wide x 2inches thick etc.,) before the start and how much is taken off at the end it will be great. Best wishes from Canada
Jhonny bairstow has such a good brother he is making a bat for him
😂
I am a cricketer myself here in India and absolutely delighted and impressed by the videos i have been seeing. Abs wonderful and look fwd to seeing more. Cheers
Thanks a ton
So Bairstow's been making bat during his rehabilitation period, NICE 😊
Johny bestow 6 stroker front straight I and toe squared
Gimstrikes (gimsaw) quality
Fri and selae griper) giftoo clas quality heat air straw resist propeller to air leveled
Air index it's quality flat straight no curve
Thumb ankle sticker taper
Awesome video mate very therapeutic. Great to see you back as well. Agree with some of the comments, just a few descriptions of tools used at certain parts, how and why you use them ect, what you look for in a cleft before you start and how you grade them. Only like 4-5 quick chats sprinkled in. It's really great as is though!
Thanks for your ideas. We can add some of that to future videos. We did the same for some of our previous bat-making videos.
Something oddly satisfying about bat making. Especially the pings😊
Keep the videos coming.
Lots of love from India
Youre watching this at 3 am means youre indian only know
🙏🙏🙏🙏👍🏼👍🏼
What do you do if you cut the bat little extra than needed while making the bat. Do you grade it more or dispose it? 4:39
Jonny bairstow is so humble, he makes his own bats ❤❤❤❤
😂😂
Would love to know more about some of the tools. The roller especially and also that knocking mallet is amazing!
For sure, we've started a new channel called @fantailparlour which will include more detail about what we do.
Great video, well paced, good level of detail, and concise explanations.
Was great to see you back after 8 months.....just suggestion - keep the video length upto 10 mins only. Love from India
Thanks, we usually find 10 to 15 minutes work best for our youtube channel. However, we'll be posting a 2-3 minute version on our Tik Tok and Instagram accounts.
@@FantailCricket where you based mate ??
@@chohanraj I think from Newzealand
@Lachit Barphukan first read my comment and then open ur mouth
Awesome video, thank you so much for showing your bat making process in such detail! I have a couple of questions about the oiling you showed if you don’t mind me asking.
When you oiled the face before putting the bat on your knocking in machine - how long did you leave the oil to dry/ cure… or did you knock it in whilst the oil was fresh? And the same goes for before adding the scuff sheet... How much curing time do you allow there please? Many thanks, Phil
Bats are oiled overnight before knocking. After knocking and a light sand, a small amount of oil is applied to the face, and the facing is applied immediately.
Beautiful! What a glorious process to watch, both as a cricketer and a hands on guy who has done engineering, metalwork and woodwork and likes making or repairing things. You Sir are an artist! Loving the chilled out wonky beats, kinda Fat Freddie meets Mr Scruff! 😁 only just clicked that you’re a leftie too! Do you play yourself and is that how you got into bat making, or the joinery/technicality came first? 🤙
Thanks for watching. I appreciate the feedback. Playing came first at school, then picked up furniture making/woodwork later on and joined the passions together.
Any job from ur bat factory...
Why does manufacturers apply water before pressing the cleft but not raw linseed oil ?
Isn't better to apply linseed so while pressing cleft gets pressed better?
Please and thanks
I have a fantail bat! Amazing performance. Hit a boundary on third game with that bat.
That drawknife is so sharp! Love it. Wonder whether the wood glue will be strong enough to withstand a solid hit from the toe? Do bats these days use glue or epoxy, and are the surfaces of the two bits of wood ‘keyed’ before glue up? Here’s hoping, as it’s a piece of art
Dear @charlieNumbers: just so that you don't get confused mo chara, that "drawknife" you mention is commonly known as a "spokeshave" in other English-speaking countries (obviously apart from yours - if you're a Septic [Septic tank - Yank]). It's what it was invented for. Y'know, shaving down spokes (of wooden wheels)?
MsG
A piece of art and Hardwork, it was lovely to watch this video
Fascinating. Couple of questions. What's the shaving tool at 7m 30s? Also, how does the antiscuff stick to the blade after oil has been applied? I thought that would affect it.
Lastly, wheneber I used to put antiscuff on my bats I would bend it round the edge too. Here I noticed you cut it and then put fibre tape to cover the edges. Howcome the antiscuff isn't folded round the edge and then fibre tape added on top for extra edge protection?
It looks beautiful bro.. excellent skills and offcourse you got top end tools😊
This hand made manual process gives me chill. what if you cut too deep at the final stage?
You develop control and accuracy with the number of hours I've used the hand tools. During the rough shaping, you get an idea of the grain direction. Then when you get into the finer work, those mistakes shouldn't occur.
Nice to see you back ❤️. Do more bat repairing and fixing videos. Love from India ❤️
Thank you! We'll definitely get some repair videos made.
Great work and dedication... lovable profession...
Good to see some guys know about Custom Making work in Cricket Bats
For a sec I thought Brirstow got retired frrom International cricket & started making cricket bats 😂😂
You Sir are an artist! Beautiful! What a glorious process to watch, both as a cricketer and a hands on guy who has done engineering. I am from Pakistan. love your videos always.
Was just telling my European wife that the final mallet ping test is the money shot to this bat porn.
Shall have my Rosco Players Edition GM Icon replicated (with a Shane Watto toe) by you blokes one day, Fantail. Keep it coming.
Does the surface curves makes difference in performance and its advantages and disadvantages
biggest dream of every cricket lover 😢
Cricket bat is the most beautiful thing human ever created.
Finally you're back. Great to see you. Now don't stop posting
Thanks, we'll do our best.
A piece of art! Wonderful.
Hard working Jhonny Bairstow making his own Bat... Was he a Carpenter before!!? 😅
Is it possible to buy glue that you use and black material to create toe guard!
jhonny Bairstow Preparing bats for England team For upcoming t20 world cup 😂
Very nice craftsmanship. I thought the cricket blade (without the handle) had a maximum limit and that's why the handles were longer and shorter for bats.
Is the maximum limits for the bat measured from the toe to the top of the handle? Not specifically on the blade only?
Loving these decals. Do these come standard now?
Thanks, these were a demo set printed in-house, which are a replica of 1 of 4 new sets due to be released in 4 to 6 weeks. In the meantime, we can continue to print this set in-house.
Okay best video out there! Straight to the point and crisp video. Thank you so much! Life Saver!
ANOTHER VIDEO FINALLYYYYYYY much love from hamilton
Thanks, gotta love the tron.
Fantastic to see a craftsman at work 🎉 Music is awful and unnecessary, but turning the volume to zero (apart from when you're speaking) solves that. Great work otherwise - well done 👏
Watching Jhonny Bairstow's channel after a long time. 😊❤
Love from India 🇮🇳
2023
It's really appreciate, beautiful feeling when brother making a customize A grade English willow cricket bat.
Hopefully he done more Amazing working skills.
It’s great to see you brother after long time now make more videos like this ………. Love ❤from India ❤❤
How much does the cleft actually compress by when put under the press? A couple of mm?
Beautiful piece, amazing work 👍 as always love your videos ...❤
Thank you very much!
@@FantailCricket bat price
Beautiful work really satisfying....I am genrally the type of person who wants to see short videos but this kept me going....❤
I recently gave him my MRF gold edition bat which came from India for knocking and toe services he did a great job he is very polite and professional person highly recommended
Thanks
Can I have the name or any link of that tools that you used during convexing the top of the bat ?
Question for the masterworker: MCC law only states that cricket bats are to be made out of wood, have you tried making a cricket bat out of any other Timbers apart from English Willow?
We've only used English and Kashmir willow. I want to make a youtube series where we make bats out of different wood types and compare them to the English willow bats we make. We'd probably start with timber used for baseball bats, e.g. birch, ash and maple.
@@FantailCricket that would actually be really interesting - baseball bats seem a lot more fragile too and frequently shatter in game (even on "checked" swings without ball contact) despite a tubular shape supposedly being stronger. I wonder how something like that would fare for cricket.
Plzz help me
How do I buy the FANTAIL bat, are international orders welcome?
Work of art 👏
Thanks Adam.
I will never look at a cricket bat the same way again. You make works of art. Beautiful process.
Who r u😂
The pace is good.. music is perfect.. do as you do.. love every bit of it.. some commentry and tips in between would be added perks for viewers..
Talk about what makes you the best cricket bat maker in the world.. you are really good at it..
Thanks & noted!
Yeah, a good idea
FINALLY! Glad to have you back
Thanks, more videos on the way.
I enjoyed the process of making part of the bat next time i would love to see the hole process not just the blade alone
Why handle is joint separatly to the bat and why it is not carved out of the same wood plank.
Can u shift the same bats in India.. If yes how much it costs
Love to see someone with gopro playing with your handmade bat. Do tie up with some local cricketer.
Great idea, you can currently see them in use on the NZ domestic scene.
What did you put or stick on the toe? And where can I find it? I really need a toe guard
i would like to see a video of the whole procedure starting from the beginning. like from a log of tree to cricket bat.
You are doing so hard work to create a bat best of luck your future
What is that min carving tool called. You used it 7:23 min into the video
Superb craftmanship🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Can modify edges of bat not to go slip catches. Or go over the slip?????
The shape of the bat looks very pleasing. Beautiful bat.
Which glue you used to attach handle with bat???
Fevicol
That band saw jig is genius considering how simple it is
What type of qualifications do you need to work for Fatail
Regarding bat making/repairs, we don't look for qualifications, just the right attitude and desire to learn and improve.
I am from India. How would I buy this type of Bat?
Wonderful craftsmanship
Considering you use the same jig for the splice cuts, is there any reason you don't have a batch of precut handles to save time? The only reasons I could think off is to avoid handles srinking or expanding in chanigng climate or to make sure the cut is the same. But I imagine your workshop is relatively climate controlled, the handels are used up quick enough and you have a consistent jig so the cut angle will always be identical
We always do handles in batches of 10+, and because it only takes 30 seconds to change the jigs, we do not need to pre-cut handles when the lengths are adjusted for each bat. We only did this one individually for the video.
Where do you get your willow and which type is the best? I note that English Willow trees grown specifically for cricket bats (Salix alba var. caerulea) are all cloned females. Whereas Kashmir Willow trees - although genetically the same species, are predominantly male. About 2% of willow tress are Bigender.
Nice watching Bairstow making his own bat
Amazing to watch the efforts that go into that sole soothing knock sound ❤
I wish those stickers had some meaningful info on them. Like "long-blade", type of wood, weight, dimensions, manufacture date, made in ...
Stickers otherwise are pointless in my view.
That was some top-notch craftsmanship!
What's the last yellow thing added to the bat before putting the stickers
what kind of wood do you use?
just so beautiful man. next time a need a cricket bat, i know where to go :)
2:04 "that bat sounds weird, oh its a song"
Which country made the fantail bats
Can you design scoop bat
What a Beautiful video it is.
So satisfying to watch.
Pure Masterpiece 👌🏻
Deserved a Like 100%
Which wood did you use for blade ?
Very satisfying video,great stuff👌🇿🇦
We need this bat how much price this bat
Love that splice jig. 🏆
How much time did the whole process take from start to finish? ! Just a curious subscriber.
6:11 what's the name of the tool mate?
I'm in love with the profile of this bat
What's the price ???
This guy can really handle his hand tool well to get the most out of that hard wood…
How to buy bat from you?
Great to see you back.
Is there any availaable bat for tennis ball bat?
What kind of glue is used to attach handle?
Love to see making of a bat
Brother, which wood are you using?
How much would be for that bat ??