I am beginning to agree with John. I keep looking at it, and I think the ball knob, which is more round than other c.1870 bats I have seen, was throwing me off, and I was concentrating too much on the knob.
The wood looks older than 1890.
and given the long, but substantive, bat (not an ultra thin town ball bat dating earlier) I agree with 1870.
Last edited by BigJJ; 01-30-2013 at 10:07 PM.
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