Louisville Scrap Bats
 

Does anyone know anything about bats that are deemed "scrap" by Louisville slugger? I've been contacted by a gentleman that quitely says these came from the Louisville factory and were stopped from being fulled completed because of some minor flaw. The flaw is undetected in his opinion. Do they normally destroy their "scrap"? He acted like bats like this don't normally get out. I told him I would possibly use some to make some bar stools and chairs out of. Maybe a shelf or use some for a legs for a table. What do you think they are worth? Any interest from any other members? The majority are 33-36 inches.

not sure what they are worth - or actually i do not have any valuable info whatsoever....besides i think what you intend to do with them is probably the best bet.... i wish i was handy like that would absolutely love some baseball bat furniture for the mancave :)

As a child, I lived in a small town in Southern Indiana. Back then, the Louisville Slugger operations were located in Jeffersonville, Indiana. One of my neighbors was a garbage man and he knew I was into baseball.

One day, he came by our house and gave me some bats that looked just like yours. He said he picked them up at the dump and thought I could use them. I sawed the knob of the ends and hit rocks with them. There were a couple that were hollow in the middle.

I don't know what they do with them now but that is what they did with them back then.

David

buying in bulk I would pay about $3.00 each

I thin Brian hillerich over on GUU said once that if they catch a error bat they normally destroy it. I may be wrong. But I'd be interested in one, cool looking.

Woodcraft sells Ash bat blanks for 29.99 each. I forget what the lumberyard I get to occasionally sells them for. Probably a bit less since theirs are square and woodcrafts are turned round.

So maybe something a bit less than that, maybe half?

Or maybe a bit more if you figure how much time you'd have to spend turning them from blanks.

Steve B

Thanks for the replies guys!:) Is anyone interested in any? The guy wants to sell them all to me and I don't think I can use that many:eek:

I'd be interested in some depending on price. Are they all ash?
Matt

I would be interested in a few...

I would be interested in a few as well. Maybe we can get enough people in to buy them all if that is the only way he will sell them.

I also would be interested in some

I might be interested in a few depending on price. I like the idea of making furniture out of them.

Hi Matt, the bats are a mixture of ash and oak. Thanks again for the interest.:)
Michael

I've now listed these over on the BST Baseball Memorabilia.
Thanks again:)
Michael

Wanted to revive this thread...I purchased 4 bats and have been thinking of what I want to do with them....

Anyone else that purchased...was wondering what do you plan to do with your bats??? Looking for some different ideas.....

Former Rookie of the Year and MLB veteran Ron Kittle makes some pretty interesting furniture out of finished wood bats. It would be cool to try and make something like what he does out of these bats.....and probably a whole lot cheaper too!!

http://www.ronkittle.com/benches_by_ron.html

Yeah interesting furniture but the prices :eek::eek:. Maybe I should contact him and see if Ron's interested in any ;) A local guy who bought a single bat said it was maple and not ash. He did believe ash and maple were both mixed in the lot fwiw. These are high quality Louisville bats!

Kittles prices are crazy nuts but he may have interest in the bat blanks as he also does other baseball bat related items. It might be worth a try. he is on Facebook and of course, you can reach him through his web site.

I'm sending 12 bats out tomorrow to a guy who's planning on a head board for a bed. That was a neat idea I hadn't thought of!

Bump

$10 a bat over on BST!