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Win £100,000 with Gunn and Moore

Gunn & Moore
GUNN AND MOORE BAT MAKING PROCESS

Gunn & Moore's cricketing pedigree is undoubted.

Since 1885, our craftsmen have been handmaking superior bats from English Willow in Nottingham, England and we have been supplying quality equipment to satisfy cricketers around the world.

The following pictures will give you a flavour of our batmaking process, which is exactly the same for all our English made bats whether they are for the test, club or schoolboy cricketer.

The five stages of riving
Stage 1: Marking and opening a round of timber

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Stage 2: opening a round of timber: Wood wedges inserted

Stage 3: opening a round of timber: Driving wedges through the round

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Stage 4: The round split

Stage 5: Round split open

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Preparing the cleft

A round re-assembled, for illustration purposes only, having had clefts split and trimmed

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Managing Director, Peter Wright, an authority on bat willow, selects only the finest timber for Gunn and Moore English Willow Bats

Barking - removing bark from riven cleft

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Willow naturally seasoning and drying after riving, typically for 12 to 18 months

Cane naturally seasoning before being made into handles

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A treble spring handle under construction

Turning a handle

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A turned handle shown over unturned handles

Precision fit of handle to blade

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Checking the set of the handle

A skilled craftsman adjusts the balance and pick up of every bat a shaving at a time

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A few deft strokes of the draw knife blends the handle to the blade

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Single plane strokes ensure a superlative finish

Sanding and polishing

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Gunn & Moore finish individually checked and approved before final stage

Final inspection. The cricketer's guarantee of quality

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