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[kal_m]

I oiled this bat and started knocking it in and after about an hour or so into the knocking I saw this to my horror  . I should have stopped at the first instance I noticed this but did not  . What could have possibly gone wrong? Was the bat too dry, probably not as I oiled it twice. Did I knock it in too hard, may be. But I followed the same procedure as all my other bats but this never happened  .

[smilley792]

Not saying it's because off. But I always leave a bat for 24 hrs after oiling. An hour seems to soon.

[Gingerbusiness]

I've only seen this from bats where moisture has got under the grains and it has been used to bat with.

I think it is a combination of hard knocking and bat not drying sufficiently from oiling. I'd let it dry out, a touch of wood glue and facesheet it before doing anymore.

[Seniorplayer]

Wouldn't get to concerned as all quality willow should crack like that its probably the linseed oil that has softened the fibres do as suggested previously and put a face sheet on it.