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Originally Posted by Scott Garner
Hi Ben,
That's great feedback.
I may not be the extreme bat collector that some of the board members are, but I do own 30-40 bats. I've always felt indifferent about cracked handle or not. Cracked bats offer the true reason that they were "retired" which is part of usual game use, FWIW...
That being said, I too would ideally like an uncracked bat, but the players that I collect are not HOF'ers and bats of many of them are scarce, or nearly impossible to find. 
One additional question for you:
How do you feel about repairing cracked handles? To date, I have never done this, although I have considered doing this with a couple of my bats.
Does this enhance value in your mind, or detract?
Thanks in advance for your response!   |
It really depends on the quality of the repair on value. I have glued and clamped one before. It turned out way better than it was but far from perfect. On a Eddie Mathews Spline bat I covered up the break and ugly repair it had when I got it by taping the handle.