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06-04-2007, 01:40 AM #1Banned
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Is this store bought or professional model?
Is the bat linked below store bought or a professional model - team indexed bat?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Great-Display-Mi...QQcmdZViewItem
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06-04-2007, 06:02 AM #2Senior Member
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Re: Is this store bought or professional model?
store model.
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06-05-2007, 05:08 AM #3Senior Member
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Re: Is this store bought or professional model?
K55 would be a pro model Mantle knob stamp. Pro model bats are always branded never foil stamped. They never have bat length on the knob either i.e. 5 or 4
Mike H
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06-21-2007, 05:13 PM #4Moderator
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Re: Is this store bought or professional model?
As noted by Mike in the above post, the easiest ID of a retail, or store model, H & B bat is by the placement of some type of inch designator on the knob. In this case, the designation which defines it as a store bat could be either the numeral 5 , the numeral 35 , or a stamping such as MM5.
The rare exception to this H & B " rule" is found in some documented professional bats manufactured in the 1930's, which have an inch designation on the knob (1.e. 35"), block lettering (mostly) , and were never offered to the public retail trade...
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Mike Jackitout7@aol.com
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