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[TangoWhiskey]

Sounds like bat toes are here for the short innings then?
Just after me buying 12 sheets of Phillip's Stick-a-sole last season
And each sheet big enough to toe a hunderd bats
An investment in a tin of damp-proof paint sounds like it would have been more profitable.
This forum could save me loads of dosh!!

I prefer a toe guard. I think it gives more protection against the yorker too.

[sanredrose]

is he still selling them on ebay, or just by direct contact?

I bought this mallet about 3 months ago. Just did a quick check on eBay and he is still selling them ...

Oak mallet 0.75 kg

http://www.ebay.com/itm/professional-Cricket-Bat-Knocking-In-Mallet-Solid-Oak-Approx-700g/121663200162?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D777000%26algo%3DABA.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D31356%26meid%3Df0a294e919654c659e2a939a979bf307%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D111666972097

LV mallet 1 kg

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Professional-Cricket-Bat-Knocking-In-Mallet-Lignum-Vitae-Approx-1Kg/111666972097?_trksid=p2047675.c100009.m1982&_trkparms=aid%3D777000%26algo%3DABA.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D31356%26meid%3D00c65ad73950492094a4b1cc0187fd07%26pid%3D100009%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D121663200162

[abdulwq]

Hello mates, just a quick question.
how would you know when the bat is ready?
I have been using the wide grainer H4L for last three months with scuff sheet on after knocking it softly for some hours.After good amount of playing and avoiding yorkers when i started smashing the ball and felt very confident of bat performance the bottom edge suffered a surface crack though i could not justify if its deep or just a t surface. Anyway a friend sanded it for me glued it a bit and wrapped nylon string on toe.
Unfotunately the scuff sheet on edges stretched and swelled so i took it of very easily with min fibers of willow coming off. Sanded face and applied two light coats of oil n let it be for a week.
Since last week i have started to hit it quite hard with mallet and now the grains of the willow seems like opening like this in the picture.
Is the bat on the verge  of its peak?

[rickjames]

Evening all.

So I've given my B3 two coats of oil since Thursday and have left it 24 hours to dry, so I guess it's mallet time. With regards to rounding the edges, how long do you normally spend on doing it? I might be blind but looking at it now it looks fairly rounded already

[well past my peak]

I know everyone has their own way of doing in, what I find works for me and convenient is I just roiled edges using a rolling pin should only take 5 mins max. I roll the edges maybe another two times over the coming days so all up 15mins, obviously the amount of time spent on knocking in bats varies on the individual bat my last B3 1271 was not a long process and opened up pretty quickly.

[rickjames]

Cheers! I was gonna use the mallet but I'll dig out the rolling pin

[Number4]

Cheers! I was gonna use the mallet but I'll dig out the rolling pin

As I said before I use the edge of the bath tub and it works brilliantly... Never had an edge crack yet

[Number4]

Hello mates, just a quick question.
how would you know when the bat is ready?
I have been using the wide grainer H4L for last three months with scuff sheet on after knocking it softly for some hours.After good amount of playing and avoiding yorkers when i started smashing the ball and felt very confident of bat performance the bottom edge suffered a surface crack though i could not justify if its deep or just a t surface. Anyway a friend sanded it for me glued it a bit and wrapped nylon string on toe.
Unfotunately the scuff sheet on edges stretched and swelled so i took it of very easily with min fibers of willow coming off. Sanded face and applied two light coats of oil n let it be for a week.
Since last week i have started to hit it quite hard with mallet and now the grains of the willow seems like opening like this in the picture.
Is the bat on the verge  of its peak?

What are you oiling it with? Tar?

[Woodyspin]

As I said before I use the edge of the bath tub and it works brilliantly... Never had an edge crack yet

How do you do this?

[Number4]

Just put the edge of the bat on the rounded edge of the bath tub, apply moderate downward pressure and slide the bat back and forth along the edge

[brokenbat]

you can even use a grip cone. just hold the bat in one hand, cone in the other - and start "rolling" the edge with the cone.

[InternalTraining]

@abdulwq , I suspect your bat is starting to delaminate.

[sarg]

Old bloke, Bob, i met has been rolling bats in Adelaide  for players including state for 50 years, not knocking. Rolling the edges and the face. Puts the bat in a vice and uses a 4x2 of hardwood of some type. Bat has to be well oiled to do it. Only does the playing area.

[rickjames]

Me again.

Spent an hour and a half or so on/off doing knocking in the edges, would you say from these that they've had enough treatment? Running my fingers along it would seem to suggest so, but what with this being new to me a second opinion doesn't hurt...

[Centurion]

Looks pretty good to me


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