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Posted By: CarltonHendricks
Below is the front cover of a c1889-90 Spalding catalog. On the crossed bats are the words "WAGON TONGUE"....can someone tell me the significance of that? Were they actually made out of wagon tongues? Would anyone have one of these wagon tongue bats that they could post photos of? Interestingly I don't see anything mentioned about Wagon Tongue bats in the catalog copy....though I didn't shoot the whole catalog |
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Posted By: Rhys
Carlton |
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Posted By: CarltonHendricks
Hey Thanks Rhys, That's great to see the real thing. Now it's coming to me, I do vaguely recall seeing or reading about those ads ads to buy wagon tongues. I wonder if it was a method to keep down price, like you say...or if there was suppose to be some magic/hitting benefit to them. Thanks again Rhys. -Carlton |
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Posted By: Jimmy
Special bats made only in the 19th century made out of solid wood from the wagon, I have only seen one or two for sale in the last five years. The bat is very rare from my understanding they inly made them for a few years. The above post makes it clear, always like seeing these catalogs |
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Posted By: CarltonHendricks
Jimmy, You can see more of that catalog in next weeks (tomorrow) Sports Antique of the Week on SportsAntiques.com...Leon, hope ok to mention. -Carlton |
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Posted By: Jimmy
Thank you for the info, and Leon would want more post like this |
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Posted By: k ogara
i have a beautiful black tip. i will post photos tomorrow. |
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Posted By: CarltonHendricks
K Ogara, Sounds great, anxious to see it, thanks -Carlton |
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Posted By: John Harrell
Spalding and other bat makers used not only wagon tongues but old wagon axles and wagon spokes from large freight type wagons. I have a Reach AX bat, made from axle wood. These woods were very dense, mostly from heart wood which made them very durable and less likely to crack or break (also very heavy). Back then heavy was seen as desirable and being very dense, these bats were especially heavy. |
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Posted By: Shawn
Here are a few more ads for the Wagon Tongue bat. |
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Posted By: CarltonHendricks
Thank you everyone for your input, |
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Posted By: Joe K.
Very cool exchange and write up Carlton, and I have always loved that Catalog since I first saw it on your site back in 06. |
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Posted By: Jimmy
Thanks for sharing your information; I really enjoyed the reading on your website |
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Posted By: John Harrell
Carleton, |
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Posted By: CarltonHendricks
Jimmy, Joe K., thanks for your kind words, and Joe K., thanks for jarring my memory on John Gennantonio's bat rack photo...I posted it with my feature too. -Carlton |
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Posted By: Mike H
Joe...we thought you were hobby MIA buddy. Great to see you posting. |
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Posted By: Joe K.
Thanks Mike. I kind of have been MIA. I think I have picked up only one thing in the past 8 months. Been a lot going and I just needed to step away for a while But my juices are starting to flow again and looking forward to spend some more time with my hobby. I may even try to make the Cleveland Nat this year, its in my plans if we dont schedule a family vacation around that time. |
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