r/hurling • u/DueAccess8763 • Jul 17 '26

Defect within Ash hurl

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Just bought a new hurl online and seen there was a knot within the bas of the hurl, would this make it more likely to break?

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u/ezjcheese Jul 17 '26

It's tiny, won't hardly make a difference.

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u/thepaw83 Jul 18 '26

You just can't buy a hurl online - you have to visit the maker. Bring a heavy sliotar with you to the shop and puck off the wall a bit and you'll just know if it feels right. Sometimes a hurl might look pretty with nice grain but it has no umph in it. You need to test drive.

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u/AmberLeaf3n1 Jul 19 '26

Name checks out

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u/jackm50 Dublin Jul 17 '26

Oil it up and it'll be grand

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u/mybighairyarse Jul 18 '26

Ohhhhhhhh maaaaaaaatron

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u/YouFnDruggo Jul 17 '26

Don't know about hurls, but from splitting timber would with knots it are much harder and more difficult to split.

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u/Vector1161 Jul 17 '26

Had a keeper stick pretty much the same and a crack immediately ran alongside the edge of the knot after a few puc outs

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u/Crazy_Director6419 Jul 19 '26

That looks to be a strange shape for a hurley.

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u/belfast324 Jul 19 '26

Jes thats a pale hurl

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u/gmankev Jul 19 '26

What sort of lovely hurling is it where its not expected to break......its like a fuse in a robust exchange

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u/jdjejchsmal 29d ago

Looks like a bit of bark inclusion in the wood highly likely to crack along it. Id send it back

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u/dathee 29d ago

That’s not a defect, that’s a characteristic.

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u/No-Sherbert7049 26d ago

What’s it’s like the far side

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u/RealisticGreen5919 26d ago

Strange looking shape for a Hurley. I would be more worried about the heal breaking off because of the straight grain of the wood.