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[ntgobinath]

I recently bought a Harrow bat from Keeley and got delivered. The bat looks great and pings well.

As per Keeley bat care web page instruction, there is no need to oiling or knocking as it�s prepared with triple press.

Do you still recommend to oil and knock in? Thoughts?

[Bats_Entertainment]

I'd do exactly as they say.

[ch1p]

Can only comment on their senior bats, but 15 mins on the toe and on each edge then some light throws has always been enough for me

[jonny77]

I wouldn't have thought it would need anywhere near as much (if any) knocking in as some. I haven't oiled a bat for years either, no issues.

[velvetsky01]

Yea no need to go mad with a keeley they all seem to be fine with just a little preparation on the toe and edge - the ones Iv had anyway (have had a fair few)
Just keep checking the seam marks if they are deep then keep working on it if only light then move to throw downs and play it in from there

[ntgobinath]

Thank you all for clarifying

[Bats_Entertainment]

I don't know that much, but it makes me laugh that people talk about how good a bat's pressing is, then spend six hours whacking it with a wooden mallet. Sometimes they talk about how good the pressing is having done this and hit thousands of balls.

[Chad]

If you're based in the UK, not a huge amount of need for oiling, although I'd maybe just give it some oil on the exposed bits of wood. Just helps to protect from rain and from drying out too. (More the former for me as it rains a lot here)

In terms of knocking, they don't generally need much, but bats are getting expensive, and you do give it the best chance of surviving by hardening that top surface, so I'd give it a good amount around the toe and edges, a just a little up and down the middle to the stickers. Going by how expensive bats are these days, it's even more incentive to give them the best chance of surviving a few seasons!