Updated: Bamboo poles group buy

5 x 3meter poles at 20/25mm diameter (like mine) = £30 (2 quid per meter/mallet)

or

50 x 3meter canes at 16/18mm diameter (similiar to ski poles) = £42 (app. £.30 per meter/mallet)

As for 'wicked high quality' bamboo. I can't seem to find any UK suppliers that grades their bamboo. Apparently there is a big difference in grades and it comes down to silica in the soil which shows itself as brown dots in a cross-section of pole.

Wicked List:

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Moog - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Moog - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia

 - 2 poles 16/18mm dia

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Moog - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia

  - 2 poles 16/18mm dia

Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia

(Is this bamboo really strong enough to use? I have seen old traditional mallets with bamboo shafts but do you think that it will really last a game? )

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Moog - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia

• 2 poles 16/18mm dia
  Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
  Tomasito - 2 poles 20/25mm
  

£2 per pole! That is a bargain.

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Moog - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia

• 2 poles 16/18mm dia
  Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
  Tomasito - 2 poles 20/25mm
  Andy - 3 poles 20/25mm
  

Otto, I have a bamboo mallet that some Berlin players brought over for Shoreditch tourney last year and left at my house. It's been sat out in my garden most of this time, used a couple times. I've put a new head on it and Ali (Los Coños) used it throughout the Oxford tourney, Gabes used it in a game and I used it the other night at Mitch, so yea I reckon Bamboo is strong enough. The question is whether or not we can source Bamboo in the UK that's strong enough?

Andy, that's £6/pole, 3 mallets per pole. So you've put yourself down for 9 mallets worth of bamboo...

Bill, I'll search around for single 16/18mm canes. That price is quoted for 50 3meter canes (under 20mm they're no longer poles but called canes). Or we may need to put that one off unless there's more interest.

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Moog - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia

• 2 poles 16/18mm dia
  Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
  Tomasito - 2 poles 20/25mm
  Andy - 3 poles 20/25mm
  Hassan - 2 poles 20/25mm
  

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Moog - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia

• 2 poles 16/18mm dia
  Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
  Tomasito - 2 poles 20/25mm
  Andy - 3 poles 20/25mm
  Hassan - 2 poles 20/25mm
  Gabes - 2 poles 20/25mm
  

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Moog - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia

• 2 poles 16/18mm dia
  Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
  Tomasito - 2 poles 20/25mm
  Andy - 3 poles 20/25mm
  Hassan - 2 poles 20/25mm
  Gabes - 2 poles 20/25mm
  zoe - 2 poles 20/25mm
  

@mike,it's got to be strong enough. The same material is used for horse polo mallets.
i might be able to find a decent source. i know of someone who makes/fixes them.

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Moog - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia

• 2 poles 16/18mm dia
  Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
  Tomasito - 2 poles 20/25mm
  Andy - 3 poles 20/25mm
  Hassan - 2 poles 20/25mm
  Gabes - 2 poles 20/25mm
  zoe - 2 poles 20/25mm
  Chan - 2 poles 20/25mm
  

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Moog - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia

  - 2 poles 16/18mm dia

Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
Tomasito - 2 poles 20/25mm
Andy - 3 poles 20/25mm
Hassan - 2 poles 20/25mm
Gabes - 2 poles 20/25mm
zoe - 2 poles 20/25mm
Chan - 2 poles 20/25mm
dt - 2 poles 20/25mm

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter

    - 5 poles 16/18mm diameter

Moog - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter
Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia

  - 2 poles 16/18mm dia

Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
Tomasito - 2 poles 20/25mm
Andy - 3 poles 20/25mm
Hassan - 2 poles 20/25mm
Gabes - 2 poles 20/25mm
zoe - 2 poles 20/25mm
Chan - 2 poles 20/25mm
dt - 2 poles 20/25mm

curiosity aroused! bamboo mallets? bamboo heads? bamboo knee pads! :D

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter

    - 5 poles 16/18mm diameter

Moog - 1 poles 20/25mm diameter
Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia

  - 2 poles 16/18mm dia

Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
Tomasito - 2 poles 20/25mm
Andy - 3 poles 20/25mm
Hassan - 2 poles 20/25mm
Gabes - 2 poles 20/25mm
zoe - 2 poles 20/25mm
Chan - 2 poles 20/25mm
dt - 2 poles 20/25mm

I misunderstood the pole/mallet ordering, edited my order now.

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter

    - 5 poles 16/18mm diameter

Moog - 1 poles 20/25mm diameter
Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia

  - 2 poles 16/18mm dia

Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
Tomasito - 2 poles 20/25mm
Andy - 3 poles 20/25mm
Hassan - 2 poles 20/25mm
Gabes - 2 poles 20/25mm
zoe - 2 poles 20/25mm
Chan - 2 poles 20/25mm
dt - 2 poles 20/25mm
horatio - 2 poles 20/25mm (or whatever equals enough for two mallets).

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter

    - 5 poles 16/18mm diameter

Moog - 1 poles 20/25mm diameter
Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia

  - 2 poles 16/18mm dia

Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
Tomasito - 2 poles 20/25mm
Andy - 3 poles 20/25mm
Hassan - 2 poles 20/25mm
Gabes - 2 poles 20/25mm
zoe - 2 poles 20/25mm
Chan - 2 poles 20/25mm
dt - 1 poles 20/25mm

• 1 pole 16/18mm dia
  horatio - 2 poles 20/25mm (or whatever equals enough for two mallets).
  

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter

    - 5 poles 16/18mm diameter

Moog - 1 poles 20/25mm diameter
Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia

  - 2 poles 16/18mm dia

Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
Tomasito - 2 poles 20/25mm
Andy - 3 poles 20/25mm
Hassan - 2 poles 20/25mm
Gabes - 2 poles 20/25mm
zoe - 1 x 3 meter pole 20/25mm

    1 x 3 meter pole 16/18 mm

Chan - 2 poles 20/25mm
dt - 1 poles 20/25mm

• 1 pole 16/18mm dia
  horatio - 2 poles 20/25mm (or whatever equals enough for two mallets).
  
  

sorry just re-editing

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter

    - 5 poles 16/18mm diameter

Moog - 1 poles 20/25mm diameter
Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia

  - 2 poles 16/18mm dia

Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
Tomasito - 2 poles 20/25mm
Andy - 3 poles 20/25mm
Hassan - 2 poles 20/25mm
Gabes - 2 poles 20/25mm
zoe - 1 x 3 meter pole 20/25mm

    1 x 3 meter pole 16/18 mm

Chan - 2 poles 20/25mm
dt - 1 poles 20/25mm

• 1 pole 16/18mm dia
  horatio - 1 pole 20/25mm
  
• 1 pole 16/18mm
  

Out of interest does anyone have any experience drilling or cutting bamboo?

IIRC from my childhood it's easy to split and hard to drill?

Having said that:

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter

• 5 poles 16/18mm diameter
  Moog - 1 poles 20/25mm diameter
  Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
  
• 2 poles 16/18mm dia
  Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
  Tomasito - 2 poles 20/25mm
  Andy - 3 poles 20/25mm
  Hassan - 2 poles 20/25mm
  Gabes - 2 poles 20/25mm
  zoe - 1 x 3 meter pole 20/25mm
  1 x 3 meter pole 16/18 mm
  Chan - 2 poles 20/25mm
  dt - 1 poles 20/25mm
  
  • 1 pole 16/18mm dia
    horatio - 1 pole 20/25mm
    
  • 1 pole 16/18mm
    Khornight - 2 poles 20/25mm
    

cutting should be fine, i wouldn't drill it. you'd have to glue it.

Thanks mike for correcting me about lengths. I'll change mine to 1 x 3m pole which should make 3 mallets.

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter

• 5 poles 16/18mm diameter
  Moog - 1 poles 20/25mm diameter
  Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
  
• 2 poles 16/18mm dia
  Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
  Tomasito - 2 poles 20/25mm
  Andy - 1 pole 20/25mm
  Hassan - 2 poles 20/25mm
  Gabes - 2 poles 20/25mm
  zoe - 1 x 3 meter pole 20/25mm
  1 x 3 meter pole 16/18 mm
  Chan - 2 poles 20/25mm
  dt - 1 poles 20/25mm
  
  • 1 pole 16/18mm dia
    horatio - 1 pole 20/25mm
    
  • 1 pole 16/18mm
    Khornight - 2 poles 20/25mm
    

Mike - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter

• 5 poles 16/18mm diameter
  Moog - 1 poles 20/25mm diameter
  Bill - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
  
• 2 poles 16/18mm dia
  Otto - 2 poles 20/25mm dia
  Tomasito - 2 poles 20/25mm
  Andy - 1 pole 20/25mm
  Hassan - 2 poles 20/25mm
  Gabes - 2 poles 20/25mm
  zoe - 1 x 3 meter pole 20/25mm
  1 x 3 meter pole 16/18 mm
  Chan - 2 poles 20/25mm
  dt - 1 poles 20/25mm
  
  • 1 pole 16/18mm dia
    horatio - 1 pole 20/25mm
    
  • 1 pole 16/18mm
    Khornight - 2 poles 20/25mm
    vidal - 2 poles 20/25mm diameter