Topic: Quick knocking in question (Read 1371 times)

piethepker · « **on:** April 24, 2013, 08:45:54 AM »

Watched some knocking in videos with conflicting opinions about the edges

Do you glance off the edge, hitting from the face or hit it at a 45 degree angle?

tim2000s · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2013, 09:15:54 AM »

Roll the handle of the mallet up and down the edge at 45 degrees to the face.

Six Sixes Cricket · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2013, 09:16:04 AM »

Angle. Some people use the edge of the bath or a rolling pin to curve the edge first.

arsenal123 · « **Reply #3 on:** April 24, 2013, 12:45:08 PM »

Used to work an edge randomly. Now I use a rolling pin on the edge (10 mins each edge) then an hour - 90 mins each edge from varying angles usually covers it.

EaglesCC · « **Reply #4 on:** April 24, 2013, 03:06:21 PM »

I always thought you weren't supposed to strike it at 45 angle?! Also rolling the edges is only the inital bit, still needs a mallet knock in after this.

tim2000s · « **Reply #5 on:** April 24, 2013, 04:00:45 PM »

Quote from: EaglesCC on April 24, 2013, 03:06:21 PM

I always thought you weren't supposed to strike it at 45 angle?! Also rolling the edges is only the inital bit, still needs a mallet knock in after this.

What you're trying to do is compress and round the edges to stop breakage when a ball hits it. if you only knock from perpendicular to the face, you don't really stop this risk occurring.

petehosk · « **Reply #6 on:** April 24, 2013, 05:23:38 PM »

Indeed Tim - it's all about getting rid of the 'sharp' edges! The 45 degree sharp edges which a hard ball is likely to crack!
Good methods being talked about here

EaglesCC · « **Reply #7 on:** April 25, 2013, 08:32:06 AM »

Quote from: tim2000s on April 24, 2013, 04:00:45 PM

What you're trying to do is compress and round the edges to stop breakage when a ball hits it. if you only knock from perpendicular to the face, you don't really stop this risk occurring.

Perhaps I�m confusing this with striking the edge square on. Completely understand the need to compress the edges and round them off.

GarrettJ · « **Reply #8 on:** April 25, 2013, 09:18:51 AM »

Roll a stump or rolling pin over the sharp edge on the front and back

Then gently tap the front edge with the mallet

I use two mallets, first use a flat mallet then I use a rounded mallet and surprisingly it's like the flat mallet didn't actually do anything!!!

Get a more rounded edge mallet but don't hit it too hard or you will get some compression cracks.

You can really smack the round mallet after using the round mallet and then go back to the round and hit it a bit harder until the rounded mallet doesn't make any marks.

Takes hours but your bat will be the envy of anyone that taps up with it

GarrettJ · « **Reply #9 on:** April 25, 2013, 09:19:53 AM »

Quote from: EaglesCC on April 25, 2013, 08:32:06 AM

Perhaps I�m confusing this with striking the edge square on. Completely understand the need to compress the edges and round them off.

Never strike the edge straight on, you will just get lots of dents and leading edges don't cause any damage in a match

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