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Title: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: johnnyw on December 17, 2011, 04:13:22 PM
I have seen many topics recently on knocking in bats so I have decided to make a guide for people on how to knock in a bat. I will take photos and videos along the way and I will try to be as detailed as possible. Here is the bat to start with, it is a Kashmir bat and is very softly pressed with square edges.
(http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx98/johnnyw18/DSCF08591.jpg)
(http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx98/johnnyw18/DSCF08601.jpg)
(http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx98/johnnyw18/DSCF08621.jpg)
(http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx98/johnnyw18/DSCF08611.jpg)
(http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx98/johnnyw18/DSCF08641.jpg)

I will do roughly 45 minutes on the edges and toe tonight and I will post progress photos then
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: thedon on December 17, 2011, 04:17:52 PM
good post!!!!
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: Ryan on December 17, 2011, 05:38:30 PM
Good idea!
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: 100 not out on December 17, 2011, 07:00:21 PM
Looks a real flat face
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: wilkie113 on December 17, 2011, 07:02:41 PM
Looks a nice blade for a kashmir bat!
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: 19reading87 on December 19, 2011, 10:27:01 PM
Any updates??
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: johnnyw on December 19, 2011, 11:03:53 PM
Its been a busy couple of days and i have done half an hour of knocking in. I willtake photos in natural light toorrow and hopefully have them tomorrow evening
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: langer17 on December 22, 2011, 12:43:59 PM
How have you been going with this?
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: langer17 on December 22, 2011, 03:11:02 PM
Someone has been grosly misinformed on how to knock in a bat in this video - NOT for the queezy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmKZTyiessM&feature=related
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: johnnyw on December 22, 2011, 03:26:33 PM
I have not had much time to spend on the bat so far but I have some photos which I need to upload when I am home later. I will try to do a bit more knocking in tonight aswell
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: thecord on December 22, 2011, 03:34:53 PM
Someone has been grosly misinformed on how to knock in a bat in this video - NOT for the queezy

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmKZTyiessM&feature=related[/url]


Horrible stuff indeed,  maybe he doesn't turn the bat round when playing reverse sweeps?!
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: golders on December 22, 2011, 03:41:36 PM
Someone has been grosly misinformed on how to knock in a bat in this video - NOT for the queezy

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmKZTyiessM&feature=related[/url]


Watching this video and where the young lad knocks in his bat, I would imagine that he is prone to closing the face of the blade! I reckon he's a leftie, would leave midwicket open and bowl him a wrong'un- leading edge to extra!
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: uknsaunders on December 22, 2011, 03:42:20 PM
Someone has been grosly misinformed on how to knock in a bat in this video - NOT for the queezy

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmKZTyiessM&feature=related[/url]


who taught him that, knock in the back edges lol
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: jw17 on December 22, 2011, 03:47:42 PM
Someone has been grosly misinformed on how to knock in a bat in this video - NOT for the queezy

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmKZTyiessM&feature=related[/url]


Lovely looking bat though!
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: thecord on December 22, 2011, 03:49:52 PM
Lovely looking bat though!

Or it was until he started murdering it!
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: Kulli on December 22, 2011, 04:06:46 PM
Think you guys are being a bit harsh on someone who's just a kid, I'm sure plenty on here have knocked a bat in incorrectly before they knew better.
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: 19reading87 on December 22, 2011, 04:22:00 PM
Bless him lol
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: tim2000s on December 22, 2011, 04:27:43 PM
Someone has been grosly misinformed on how to knock in a bat in this video - NOT for the queezy

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmKZTyiessM&feature=related[/url]

Do you have to squeeze cricket bats hard to get cricket bat oil?

Don't laugh at this, it's JohnnyW in his early days!
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: 97notout on December 22, 2011, 04:37:21 PM
Oh $?*t,

I've been doing it all wrong, he's obviously from County Kerry. lol
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: uknsaunders on December 22, 2011, 05:03:17 PM
not being harsh on him, it's the prat who told him to knock the back in lol .Maybe he's never knocked a bat in before and he received a brand new top of the range B&S and asked "a mate" to help. His "mate" thought for a laugh he'd get him to destroy his bat and film the whole event on youtube for posterity.

Poor sod.
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: langer17 on December 23, 2011, 10:08:23 AM
I have not had much time to spend on the bat so far but I have some photos which I need to upload when I am home later. I will try to do a bit more knocking in tonight aswell

I look forward to seeing them.
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: johnnyw on December 28, 2011, 02:41:19 PM
Have not had much time to spend on this but here are a couple of photos I took a few nights ago . I have done more on it since and will take some more photos when I get a chance
(http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx98/johnnyw18/DSCF08701.jpg)
(http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx98/johnnyw18/DSCF08721.jpg)
(http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx98/johnnyw18/DSCF08691.jpg)
(http://i745.photobucket.com/albums/xx98/johnnyw18/DSCF08731.jpg)
Got a few small compression cracks on the face but I am not worried about them as the bat was softly pressed and a scuff sheet will hold it together
Title: Re: Bat Knocking in guide
Post by: ppccopener on December 28, 2011, 03:45:06 PM
great thread guys,nice to see some different views

just got myself a natural finished bat,it's been so long since ive seen one of these forgot what to do....
what do we reckon

5 coats of oil like Julian Millichamp suggests,a couple of light coats then an anti scuff or the old Mark Waugh way of knocking in bats(great players he was)

''the bloke brings me them, i take it out of the wrapper,smash the c*** out of it in the nets and if it aint broke use it in the test match...sport''

quality.