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[Ryan]

You'd be better off getting it repaired professionally,  i'd cut out the willow around the area, square it off amd glue in a new bit a bit of willow. That would look better and prolong the lifespan. 

[Khalil Y]

You're probably right but just thought I'll try my hand at it and see how it goes, it's hardly going to get much use as have so many bleeding bats.


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[Khalil Y]

Missing chunk has been filled, sanded and bat oiled, now will fibre edges up and hopefully will hold together.


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[GarrettJ]

What's in it .... Looks like chewing gum that's gone hard

[Khalil Y]

Ronseal wood filler mixed with Aldarite epoxy.


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[WalkingWicket37]

What's in it .... Looks like chewing gum that's gone hard

Bit of tape covering it and nobody will ever know! 

[Mattsky]

Nice effort. Good bats, those Mjolnirs. I should know 

Is this pedantic, but shouldn't bat blades be 100% willow (barring tape and scuff sheets)?
This is more than a simple repair; it's replacing willow with a 'foreign' material. Is it technically legal?
Can't see anyone getting in a fuss about it, but it raises an interesting question about how far can a repair can go before it's deemed to have gone too far.
I imagine there's some obscure law about ratio of 'foreign material' to willow...

[WalkingWicket37]

Nice effort. Good bats, those Mjolnirs. I should know 

Is this pedantic, but shouldn't bat blades be 100% willow (barring tape and scuff sheets)?
This is more than a simple repair; it's replacing willow with a 'foreign' material. Is it technically legal?
Can't see anyone getting in a fuss about it, but it raises an interesting question about how far can a repair can go before it's deemed to have gone too far.
I imagine there's some obscure law about ratio of 'foreign material' to willow...

So the glue used isn't technically allowed by the laws of the game?
Hadn't thought of that before but you posting about being pedantic made me more pedantic! 

[sarg]

I think it's a good fix and hope you get a good season out of it.


The key here is how strong the bond is with the wood inside the cavity and whether it will prevent the crack inside opening up more. The Epoxy filler should be stronger than the surrounding wood, so if it cracks again it can only be the surrounding wood that lets go. Post pics when that happens too

[tim2000s]

Nice effort. Good bats, those Mjolnirs. I should know 

Is this pedantic, but shouldn't bat blades be 100% willow (barring tape and scuff sheets)?
This is more than a simple repair; it's replacing willow with a 'foreign' material. Is it technically legal?
Can't see anyone getting in a fuss about it, but it raises an interesting question about how far can a repair can go before it's deemed to have gone too far.
I imagine there's some obscure law about ratio of 'foreign material' to willow...

You wanted to get technical.

According to law six, you cannot use filler to repair a bat. The only material permitted for insertion is wood plus minimal adhesives to hold the wood in place. Now it doesn't define wood, so if you were to take, say a mixture of 51% wood shavings (technically "wood") and 49% PVA or epoxy, which is the minimum required to hold the "wood" in place, and mix them together to create a filler like substance, as you do with gaps between floorboards, I think you'd be fine.

[Khalil Y]

I think it's a good fix and hope you get a good season out of it.


The key here is how strong the bond is with the wood inside the cavity and whether it will prevent the crack inside opening up more. The Epoxy filler should be stronger than the surrounding wood, so if it cracks again it can only be the surrounding wood that lets go. Post pics when that happens too

Won't be getting much use but gonna try it out on one of the weekends to see how it performs


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[Mattsky]

You wanted to get technical.

According to law six, you cannot use filler to repair a bat. The only material permitted for insertion is wood plus minimal adhesives to hold the wood in place. Now it doesn't define wood, so if you were to take, say a mixture of 51% wood shavings (technically "wood") and 49% PVA or epoxy, which is the minimum required to hold the "wood" in place, and mix them together to create a filler like substance, as you do with gaps between floorboards, I think you'd be fine.

Hmmmm. I get your drift. But I imagine that the authorities would at the very least insist that the 'wood' needs to be solid - not shavings.
Otherwise taking it to its logical conclusion, I imagine manufacturers would long ago have come up with some willow shaving/elastic epoxy resin hybrid blade that could send the ball miles.
Interesting, though.

[tim2000s]

Hmmmm. I get your drift. But I imagine that the authorities would at the very least insist that the 'wood' needs to be solid - not shavings.
Otherwise taking it to its logical conclusion, I imagine manufacturers would long ago have come up with some willow shaving/elastic epoxy resin hybrid blade that could send the ball miles.
Interesting, though.

They couldn't under the rules. What I stated was the Law 6 piece relating to repair of the bat. In clause 4, "The Blade", it states that the blade shall consist solely of wood. This completely removes the optionality of being able to use some form of hybrid.

[Seniorplayer]

Considering the state the bat was in that looks an excellent repair especially so as this was the 1st time you have worked with materials or carried out this type of repair previously.