Does the LVS "smith finish" resist baseballs?

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Here's what BMH told me about Tino Martinez bats and he mentions Edgar:

"Tino and Posada received what we called the epoxy finish. If you have ever seen our Composite wood bat, it's what is on the outside of the bat without the fiberglass. It was a really hard finish but we could not control the weight that it added to the bat. We stopped making it after Edgar and Tino retired.

Oh yeah, the epoxy finish was much thicker and harder than the Smith finish. The problem was we couldn't control how much epoxy would be soaked into the wood. So to get say 12 bats that weight 31oz we were usually making 18 bats and taking the closest to the correct weight, it was very wasteful. They did order bats without finish too."

Here's one Edgar's epoxy finish bats, with a heavy amount of pine tar.

Thanks,
Bobby

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Bobby-

Can you see any seam marks on the barrel of that bat?

Thanks,
-J.

[Bravesfan]

I also have an Adam Dunn bat with the same finish from his Reds days. It shows obvious use but no seam marks.

[emann]

For future reference on the epoxy finish, here are close-up pics I tried to take. All the burned in markings are filled in/covered by the clear coating and the barrel of the bat is super smooth. On my bat, it shows blue transfers but no marks or cracks in the finish (like you see on the Smith finish).