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[bostoncricketer]

Hi All, One of my newer bats suffered some edge damage during a game today. Has anyone seen anything like this happen before? Is this because of inadequate knocking in or fault with the willow (espicially the first pic). Any recommendations on how to fix it?

[jd163]

The amount of seam marks shows that it was not properly knocked.

[InternalTraining]

It is a goner.

[langer17]

Glue the cracks and then sand and knock in some more.

[Australian fast bowler]

glue clamp and sand, might be able to save it.
May not be a bad idea to mix some of the saw dust and pva to fill some of those holes.

more knocking in may have been a better option by the looks of the seam marks

[Seniorplayer]

Agree with the knocking in comments but how well was it pressed  ? Glue sand and knock in and round the edges .

[bostoncricketer]

Thanks for the suggestions. I have some wood filler handy to fill the edge. The pressing was extremely soft to honest. I compressed the edges by a good 2-3mm before I took it to the nets first. My teammates said the willow looks dry but how do you tell the difference between that and soft pressing?

[skip1973]

What brand is it out of interest?

[bostoncricketer]

H4L warbird G2 monster with 50mm edges

[wilkie113]

Lack of preparation

[tom line]

Doesn't look like its had even a touch of oil

[bostoncricketer]

Applied 3 coats before starting knocking in process.

[skip1973]

What were the balls like? it does look either under prepared and no sleeve used or the balls were rock hard.

[Seniorplayer]

Thanks for the suggestions. I have some wood filler handy to fill the edge. The pressing was extremely soft to honest. I compressed the edges by a good 2-3mm before I took it to the nets first. My teammates said the willow looks dry but how do you tell the difference between that and soft pressing?

New bats need to be knocked in for a further 5mil. Can you smell oil or wax on the willow ? If not oil oil the bat as its dry . Bat  soft look for ball seam and mallet indentations also wouldn't recommend  to taking a new bat to nets
Once you have smoothed and sanded the wood filler wrap with fibre glass repair tape.

[bostoncricketer]

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.