Todays Agenda - Keep track of your production

[Scott Battram]

Up today is a couple of UpperBody pads for Perry and a fellow from Australia, both will be featuring our new lightweight material usage and breathability properties we did for an inline goalie in California!

[Scott Battram]

Finishing a set of gear for Chip E. in California, Blocker/Catcher and pads will be on the way Monday!

[Scott Battram]

Gear completed this week and later part of last.

Chip E - Full Combo
Jeremy S - Full Combo
Chris A - Full Combo
Wayne S - Glove Combo

[Aussie_Goalie]

Who's the guy in Australia?? It's definetely not me, unless your sending me a present haha.

[Ryano42]

Maybe we should start an Aussie "Gear for Beer" foreign aid program going! :cool:

[Downfall]

They're done! :D:cool:

[Ryano42]

Oh yeah! Merry Battmas!!! :D

[Downfall]

Pics! Pics! :d

[giddys]

That would be me:)

[Scott Battram]

Correct Matt... Your upper is on the way...

I will have to send out your sliding bridges this week as our die for cutting the slot broke a couple weeks ago, and i just got my new one, which I had them make the slot a little over 1/8" in height to eliminate the vertical travel of the slider... so over all, our sliding toe bridges just got better as a result of a broken die!

[Gators76]

Wheres my stuff?

















....****, I didnt order any:(

[Aussie_Goalie]

Giddy, who you play for mate?? Any chance u play in the AIHL?

[giddys]

Just the club up here at rocky,coulpe of the guys played in oceanieas last year. So the level is pretty good.

[Aussie_Goalie]

AH sweet, i just play Senior B down here and just started ice.

[LBR119]

Tischa said she had mine scheduled for the last week in September. Is mine next on the line??? :)

[Scott Battram]

Yours are up for this week Leandro, will ship them by Canpar on Wednesday!

[king tut]

Mine, Mine, Mine?????????????????????????


...Bruno...:p:o:rolleyes::D

[Scott Battram]

Gloves are lacing today Bruno! Blocker just needs the board laced in, and the catcher just has to be laced. Pads are up for Wednesday or Thursday!

[king tut]

Scotty, Just keep me informed..Just mailed Tischa for some payment info..Love to see some pics of the gloves and pads..

Thanks Again, Bruno...:D

[Cerberus1]

Hey Scott.
You have finished my gloves, right?
I know you're really busy, but do you think you could post some pictures of them?
Please?
I can't wait to see what they look like. :D

[Scott Battram]

Sure I will do that this evening for you... we modified the catcher graphic a little because I know you wanted flames on it and the back really doesnt allow for graphics, so we did a flame job inside the scoop portion of the catcher and moved the paw print to the thumb side, it turned out quite nice and lets the flame theme flow through the entire set!

[Cerberus1]

Wow, that sounds great.
Thanks so much in advance.

[stats32]

Any word on my set, Scott? I've e-mailed Tischa twice asking for a completion date, but have yet to receive a response. :(

[king tut]

Scotty, Im also waiting to hear from Tischa on some final total questions that I have.

...Bruno...

[Scott Battram]

Tischa has been super busy this week in the evenings doing some studying required for her "day" job. So she hasnt had a chance to get to all the emails.

Claire, your gloves are done pads will be started Friday.

Bruno, the Canadian dollar and US dollar are practically the same right now, and the figure you emailed seems to be on the right track, but you should here from her today as she is off work and is doing some of the business stuff today.

[LBR119]

Hey Scott......how's everything coming along? when you said Wednseday did you mean today or next Wednesday?

[king tut]

Scott, NO problems at all..When she gets time, no rush. Hows the pads comming and any pics of the gloves?????

Thanks Much, Bruno...

[Scott Battram]

Working on the pads right now Leandro, should have them done tonight. Bruno you are up for Tomorrow on the pads... I will try to get a bunch of photos up tonight!

[king tut]

Thanks, Oh Majestic One...

...Bruno...

[Jester]

I had an opportunity to drop off my CA to Scott in person today and saw Cerberus1's pads. That is one sweet set. WOW!

[LBR119]

Will there be pics today?:D:D:D

[Scott Battram]

Yes... just finishing them up right now!

[Beccaraptor]

You should put a live webcam in the room so people can see their pads being made :D

[Scott Battram]

Hmmm... I can see it now... the next new Reality TV Show on TLC "Canadian Goalie Pad" !!!!!

Or... maybe I could charge per view or sell advertising to help "offset" the cost of running the webcam and internet connection! haha

[LBR119]

The suspense is driving me crazy....:(

[Ryano42]

Welcome to Battram World... :D

(I bet it looks great! ;) )

[king tut]

Welcome to my nightmare...:p


...Bruno...:D

[Zapmehome]

Scott, do you have any gear being used in the NHL ?

cheers
Bruce

[Cerberus1]

The suspense is driving me crazy....:(

Tell me about it! I'm goin' insane from the waiting!

[Ryano42]

Patience young Battram Jedi...tis' worth the wait...

And if there is any Battam gear in the NHL it will never see the light of day; it costs thousands of dollars to get your name "in the show"

That would add $100 easy to the cost of our gear...and Scott would work at the whim of the stars and WE would be at the back of the line.

No thank you... :)

[Cerberus1]

Does every goalie in the NHL get paid to wear a specific brand? Even Tim Thomas wearing Smith gear?

[Zapmehome]

yes, I think its high stakes business, probably get their gear for free, or even get paid to wear the "brand"....one day...

[Scott Battram]

Usually the higher profile players will get endorsement deals. Some company's will not pay the goalie but with the infiltration of the shoe industry into hockey with the deep pockets the players know there is money to be had. If the companies name is on the gear, they have paid the NHL the fees to have the name visible. Tim Thomas switched to another brand did he not? I am bet that some money may have persuaded him, since he was always a loyal user of Smith gear.

[king tut]

I love Tim with all the gear he goes thru. He was in Bauer One95s now hes in Velo 3s with the Bauer blocker and a Itech Trapper. you gotta love that...

...Bruno...

[LBR119]

I love Tim with all the gear he goes thru. He was in Bauer One95s now hes in Velo 3s with the Bauer blocker and a Itech Trapper. you gotta love that...

...Bruno...

Ya...I used to be a Brand whore. Everything had to match. But now I'm discovering different properties for gloves. I'll eventually order a set of Battram gloves. More for the quality and reputation not because the brand will be matching my pads.:cool:

[HotBranch!]

The money can be quite significant. After Stephane Richer had his first 50 goal season for the Canadiens in the mid to late 80s, he was courted by Chimo who were offering him $10K to use their stick.

Going into last year's playoffs, Ray Emery got into a bit of trouble with Brian's. He was paid to wear Brian's, but when he got hurt early on, he tried Gerber's glove, preferred it, and wore it for a good chunk of the season. Then Brian's reminded him where his bread was buttered, so to speak, and he wore the Brian's glove in the playoffs.

I believe that Mike Richter was signed by Bauer to wear their gear, but I suspect he had his old Vaughn pads re-branded to read Bauer because the pads he was wearing were nothing like the Reactor pads that Bauer was selling at the time.

Luongo and Brodeur both get their masks from Michel Lefebvre, but they are branded as RBK (and previously Heaton and CCM for Brodeur and Koho for Luongo). In the same way that companies pay to have their stickers on player's helmets in the world championships, the equipment manufacturers pay to advertise on the league's best goalies.

[LBR119]

Getting to see the pic was totally worth the wait!!!! Now I have to wait for it to get here. :(

I think we need a Battram support group;)

[king tut]

Cant wait to see my pics..The suspense is killing me..


...Bruno...:rolleyes:

[Cerberus1]

Getting to see the pic was totally worth the wait!!!! Now I have to wait for it to get here. :(

I think we need a Battram support group;)

I completely agree with everything you just said. :D
I'm really excited, but a little nervous to.
The Fury pads seem to come with a lot of options for the strap setup and such. I've never given much thought to how tight I should do up the straps, or where I want them to be, or getting maximum pad rotation. I just got told to do up the top ones loose and the bottom ones tight. I guess its gonna take a bit of experimentation.
Reading other peoples posts on there strap setups has been really interesting.

[Vision]

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Luongo and Brodeur both get their masks from Michel Lefebvre, but they are branded as RBK (and previously Heaton and CCM for Brodeur and Koho for Luongo). In the same way that companies pay to have their stickers on player's helmets in the world championships, the equipment manufacturers pay to advertise on the league's best goalies.

Lefebvre hasn't built "lefebvre" masks in quite some time. The label on the mask may have little relevance to whom actually built the mask. See manny fernandez last year.

::m