Put a cork in it.

[Lee-Bro 1]

So I was wondering if there's history of "corked" hockey blades? Closest thing I could find was the Mission Fuel Z12 whose description includes "cork core."

I have a feeling that having cork incorporated into a blade either:

1) Would be too thin to get the affect wanted

2) Is banned

3) Is too weak

4) Too expensive

5) A failed venture already attempted

or a combination of the above?

Thoughts?

[Sniper9 547]

errr.. a bat is nothing like a hockey stick... cork is used to make a bat lighter... im pretty sure foam is damn light as well.. and yes. cork is weak as sh*t

[Lee-Bro 1]

Yeah. I just wondering if somewhere along the line of evolution from all wood to composites (w/ foam) there were experiments w/ cork.

[RichardsIsTheMan 0]

I would just say that it is definitely too weak, you know. I mean, the blade has already been a weak point for a while, at least for myself.

[tamtamg 12]

cork doesn't work in baseball either. http://mythbustersresults.com/episode83

[Lee-Bro 1]

I never insinuated cork was a power source. I was curious about the lightening affect and if along the way of stick evolution towards lighter weights, if there's a documented history of cork being used/tried.

I guess I should've made that clear in my original post.

In the 90's when custom drum companies started shooting up all over the place there was a guy who was lining maple shells w/ an inner ply of cork. They sounded like absolute shit. He said they were studio drums. He never got enough interest and went out of the drum business shortly after.

[cptjeff 0]

Wood sticks used to use "aircraft cores" where were hollow spaces inside the stick. They weren't filled with anything as far as I know, but it was a means of lightening the stick.

[Scotty 8]

Wood sticks used to use "aircraft cores" where were hollow spaces inside the stick. They weren't filled with anything as far as I know, but it was a means of lightening the stick.

I seem to remember Franklin's sticks having this.

[mack 44]

Man I wish I still had CCM Groovelites.

[Secti0n31 0]

I definitely remember some type of woody having a kind of cork core, or a lighter wooden core. I can't for the life of me remember which stick it was. Just throwin it out there because I've definitely seen it somewhere. I remember cutting one of my sticks and it had a different kinda wood on the inside that looked like cork.

I've used about 50 different woodies in my day though, so hell if I remember what it was.

[pby 0]

What does cork do for baseball bats?

[Lee-Bro 1]

Supposedly it makes the bat lighter without affecting performance.

[Secti0n31 0]

What does cork do for baseball bats?

It makes them lighter while maintaining similar structural integrity. People used to think that the cork made the bat 'springy-er' and launched the ball off of it, but mythbusters busted that, all it does is make the bat lighter.

[OldNSlow 3]

Man I wish I still had CCM Groovelites.

I still have one of these. They are interesting. If you look at the top of the knob, there or 6 (or 8?) holes drilled. The "tunnels" go all the way down the stick. Pretty cool, but I don't think it makes much of a difference. Modern wood sticks are very light and strong.