Louisville Slugger Branding/Engraving Question

[dangerzone79]

Hey guys. Can someone either tell what year LVS started or stopped their laser engraving of name/teams? It was mentioned to me that is was exclusive to 2004 but I'm trying to verify that. It's definitely a cleaner marking & different font. If this has already been discussed please point me in the right direction. I did a few forum searches & didn't find it immediately. Thank you.

Dan

[Birdbats]

To the best of my knowledge, it was 2004 and 2005. I have samples from both seasons.

[dangerzone79]

To the best of my knowledge, it was 2004 and 2005. I have samples from both seasons.

And then they went back to the old fashioned hot branding?

[Birdbats]

Branded ash bats, foil stamped maple bats.