CJI Series Butterfly  Brand New To Our Range

•New Model CJI Series Butterfly is made from Butterfly Staining English willow, Butterfly stain has a unique place in the world of the batmaker. Butterfly stained willow may not have the aesthetics of a true white grained cleft. They do, however, often perform exceptionally well. The ball can really ping off a bat with a butterfly stain, so much so that some professionals only use bats with butterfly stains. Butterfly stained bats have often come and gone as the market dictates. Mainly this is due to fashion, rather than a detailed understanding of what causes a butterfly stain, and what properties a bat with a butterfly stain contains.

Hugh Barty-King’s wonderful book ‘Quilt Winders and Pod Shavers, The History of Cricket Bat and Ball Manufacture’, eloquently describes how the stains are formed in the tree: “Cracks caused by the trees swaying unduly in the wind, and taking with it some of the tannin from the bark. The rising and falling sap spread the stain slightly up and down, leaving faint lines like the wings of a butterfly. The process continuing year by year stained each succeeding ring to a greater or lesser degree, till finally the full design resembled a whole moth or butterfly. Such stains became known as ‘butterfly markings.’”

•Slight curve to the blade , Mid position middle for English Wickets with superb pick up.

•Full profile back spine height 65mm + and very thick edges approx. 38-40mm Duck Bill Toe.

•New striking embossed stickers. As used by many top players around the Dorset and Hampshire cricket leagues and including at the highest level in first class cricket.

•Weights available 2lb 8ozs - 2lb 12ozs

•Men's Standard Size Short Handle Butterfly Staining English Willow.