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[Bats_Entertainment]

Vitas, I see your point about steam and that confirms mine about moisture, look at all the steamed wood we import in this country.

Does open up mean cracks open up on the face? I was always told by my old man that bats fully harden and then are at their best, but they continue to harden and then go past their best and become planks eventually?

The hardness goes through the bat in time. That's why they become planks - there is no spring left. Optimum performance occurs when the surface is hard and the underbelly soft.

[WillyorWonty]

I would presume that a series of cracks appearing in the face is due to the face hardening and then breaking rather than further compression happening so the bat doesn't become a hardened plank?

But decompression of wood cannot happen unless moisture is introduced.

[Seniorplayer]

Used to be ?
I guess what I meant was many bats are unnecessary discarded when the blade begins to crack