Bat Experts - Help?

[bwild22]

never thought about pinata at all.... interesting!

makes sense too... as i stated above for whatever reason the seller did think it was a trophy bat and did think it was Hawaiian - but a pinata bat makes sense - i could see the markings being mexican....

[murphusa]

They also use then in other parts of the world to kill seals and other animals

[RCMcKenzie]

I agree that it looks like a pinata bat, but most pinata bats are hand-colored.

How heavy is it? If it is a pinata bat I would expect it to be relatively light weight. If it is heavy, I would think it could be some sort of ceremonial Indian club.

Here is what came up on ebay when I searched Hawaiian bat....

"The Flyin' Hawaiian"

www.ebay.com/itm/221261645864

[bwild22]

It was lighter weight than I anticipated when I picked it up. I made my dad model it - he is about 5'10 or so to get a scale for just how big that thing is.

Same guy had the Johnny Sain lot that I mentioned in another post - he gets some great stuff - he also had just found an authenticated NORMAN ROCKWELL PAINTING ON CANVAS that he just found at a flea market for 300....I saw it - started drooling, asked for a price then realized he was fully aware of what he had. He actually just agreed to put it on 2 year loan with the Rockwell Museum....Anyway, the guy does have some great stuff which made me really wonder if he had something special with the bat