Making of Kashmiri Willow Bats

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Came across the following pictures which I thought would be interesting to share with you guys;

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Some more..

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[shirazi_r]

CD, pics don't seem to be working.

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Refresh your browser, they are working perfectly fine for me...

[shirazi_r]

Strange, they're still not showing up. :S

[askmoi]

some r showing up but not all

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Wired, I tried 3 different browser and it is working on each :20:

[momin97]

there show in up a box with a red cross

[Cricketismylife]

Yeah, few are showing - few others arent.

Good pics by the way- where did u get those bro?

[momin97]

if you dont mind uzair bhai can you please try to reload these pics on a new thread

[wiseguy]

Wasim akrammmmm!!

[cricket_fan1]

Very nice All images are working may be not working due to slow speed of connection .

[SalmanK]

Now those are *real* handmade bats :D wonder what the pressing is like on them :D

(btw, all pictures are showing for me)

[cric_fan82]

Great pictures CD bhai

[momin97]

man, im getting jelous

[Knightrider]

why???

[Cricketismylife]

Do we know what factory it is?

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Yeah, few are showing - few others arent.

Good pics by the way- where did u get those bro?

I got them from Getty Images.

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Okay guys here are the links of each pictures (I tried my best to have them in same order as above one);

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/109187521/Getty-Images-News

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/109187527/Getty-Images-News

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/109187518/Getty-Images-News

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/109187482/Getty-Images-News

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/109187550/Getty-Images-News

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/109187528/Getty-Images-News

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/109187607/Getty-Images-News

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/109187536/Getty-Images-News

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/109187543/Getty-Images-News

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/109201728/Getty-Images-News

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/109201715/Getty-Images-News

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/109187524/Getty-Images-News

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/109187532/Getty-Images-News

http://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/109187544/Getty-Images-News

Hope this works

[Ummer Khan]

The bat making art of kashur(kashmiri) batmakers is quite reminiscent of biblical times......man they still use the age old techniques and tools.....

Their primary target is QUANTITY rather than QUALITY...............................

btw great work CD

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JazakAllah Khair Ummer Bhai!

Since you're from Kashmir do you know anything about this factory?

[momin97]

why???

because i cant see the pics and everyone is applauding them

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because i cant see the pics and everyone is applauding them

Please see post 19.

[Ummer Khan]

Since you're from Kashmir do you know anything about this factory?

i don`t know the inside out of these places but yes i know where exactly these are,these bat manufacturing units are located about 30-40 kms from my city.......

as i mentioned in my earlier posts in other thread that the quality of the willow is not actually that bad as it is made out to be.....the main problem with these guys is the lack of basic funding and hence their techniques lack research and the tools are not up to date(rather they are primitive).....

pressing on the bats is almost non-existent and the ACHILLES seems to be the handles,which i must admit are horrible

[momin97]

thanks uzair bhai finally got to see them and are they all kashmir willow