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The Willow

The Willow in Our Cricket Bats

The Willow is maintained for the lifecycle of the tree, circling the trees with the hand and rubbing off buds .

The rounds are all hand split and then clefted. The willow is then wax-ended and left to dry

Once the clefts reach the required moisture content. Each cleft is graded based on looks, weight and tone.

Inaugural Willow [Rare Pro Willow]

Reserved "players" willow, very high on performance but also very rare. This willow is solely there to perform, it has unrivaled rebound qualities and is the best performing willow available

Implicit Willow [Limited Edition]

Made available to us by our willow supplier as our Implicit Edition range to celebrate our win in All Out Cricket. The nearest thing to a limited edition willow for us and is available now! Loads of clean grains [12+] and tap up great.

Premier Willow [SAF Grade 1]

Premier willow, top of the range willow that comes to life as you are knocking it in. As I put it this willow looks great and sounds great and produces a superb cricket bat. The willow sent to All Out Cricket!!!

Principal Willow [SAF Grade 2]

Principal Willow, this willow comes to life after knocking in and a few nets session. When it starts to work you've got yourself an excellent cricket bat that can rival Premier willow

Stowfords Willow [SAF Grade 3]

May not be a hit with the Kids but it will be a hit on the square. Some absolutely great pieces of willow in this grading section