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[Seniorplayer]

Well the balls we use in our league are pretty cheap about $15 a piece which could be part of the issue. Honestly, the edge had started to split at a different place during knocking in itself but I continued the process after glueing and clamping. Makes me wonder if the edge was brittle to begin with or if its something wrong I did.

There's very little you can do wrong with a new bat under prepare before use yes but even so that type of damage should not happen my money's on the willow not being properly pressed did it ping from ball one.

[Red Ink Cricket]

There's very little you can do wrong with a new bat under prepare before use yes but even so that type of damage should not happen my money's on the willow not being properly pressed did it ping from ball one.

That's a very bold statement to make considering who the bat maker is. More likely it's under prepared and the balls are terrible. $15 wouldn't get you a very good ball I would guess.

You also need to consider its a natural product and the the edges and toe are always areas which are susceptible to damage. Even more so if it's not prepared.

It's very easy to blame the bat maker but worth considering all other options which are more likely before blaming them. Id be pretty confident that it was pressed properly and the damage is due to external factors.

[Seniorplayer]

That's a very bold statement to make considering who the bat maker is. More likely it's under prepared and the balls are terrible. $15 wouldn't get you a very good ball I would guess.

You also need to consider its a natural product and the the edges and toe are always areas which are susceptible to damage. Even more so if it's not prepared.

It's very easy to blame the bat maker but worth considering all other options which are more likely before blaming them. Id be pretty confident that it was pressed properly and the damage is due to external factors.

Understand what your saying john  wasnt a critism of the bat maker but have seen this this happen to bats that have not been properly pressed also the bat edge is splitting as he's knocking it in.

[Red Ink Cricket]

Understand what your saying john  wasnt a critism of the bat maker but have seen this this happen to bats that have not been properly pressed also the bat edge is splitting as he's knocking it in.

Depends how hard he's hitting it and at what angle. So many factors it's hard to tell

[InternalTraining]

H4L warbird G2 monster with 50mm edges

Whoa!

I have survived many $15 balls with my bats. I am surprised that H4L got chipped like that.