Grade 1 english willow designed for all round stroke makerslong swell positioned towards the middle of the blade for superb balance and pick uplight concaving and weight removed from behind the shoulders and toe for a superlight feel and to allow for huge powerful sweet spot and edgessemi flat face allows maximum bat profile and powerall senior models hand made from quality unbleached seasoned english willownatural finish oiling and knocking in is requiredtraditional 9 cane triple spring handle