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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: Calzehbhoy on November 14, 2016, 10:14:11 PM

Title: What causes these imperfections on a bat & how does it effect the willow?
Post by: Calzehbhoy on November 14, 2016, 10:14:11 PM

I have seen this a couple of times on bats and always wondered what they were and what causes them, also, what effect do they have on the performance of the bat?

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Title: Re: What causes these imperfections on a bat & how does it effect the willow?
Post by: Calzehbhoy on November 15, 2016, 10:34:14 AM

Do they effect performance in any way? I suppose being hard the ball wont rebound as much?

Title: Re: What causes these imperfections on a bat & how does it effect the willow?
Post by: Number4 on November 15, 2016, 10:40:51 AM

It's called graping and I love it in my bats

Title: Re: What causes these imperfections on a bat & how does it effect the willow?
Post by: SOULMAN1012 on November 15, 2016, 02:07:30 PM

As mentioned its graping sometimes referred to as marbel stain and it comes from were a branch was on the trunk of the tree but was cut away, broke away and elements of the sap grew around the cut. From my understanding makes no difference to performance of a bat at all

Title: Re: What causes these imperfections on a bat & how does it effect the willow?
Post by: ajnabi02 on November 15, 2016, 03:28:21 PM

So, it is a stain but no harm to performance at all. Does it adds extra weight?

Title: Re: What causes these imperfections on a bat & how does it effect the willow?
Post by: trypewriter on November 15, 2016, 03:42:49 PM

extra weight? Not to my knowledge.

Title: Re: What causes these imperfections on a bat & how does it effect the willow?
Post by: Seniorplayer on November 15, 2016, 04:12:02 PM

Willow trees which have had there branches pruned produce defective wood groups of small knots known as Grape.
They do not have any effect on the weight of the willow.
That's what we have here.

Title: Re: What causes these imperfections on a bat & how does it effect the willow?
Post by: Northern monkey on November 15, 2016, 04:34:38 PM

Love a bit of graiping, adds character to a blade