Any vintage bat experts out there?

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Any more information out there? I've been searching around for answers and still cannot locate anything about the maker, era, etc... of this bat. Can anyone out there recommend a group outside of this site that may be able to help further? Thanks in advance!

[Baseball Glove Collector]

Hi, I'm a glove guy, not a bat guy, but CB is Cullum & Boren Sporting Goods. Here's a glove I used to have. Hope it helps.

JD
www.baseballglovecollector.com

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Originally Posted by Baseball Glove Collector

Hi, I'm a glove guy, not a bat guy, but CB is Cullem & Boren Sporting Goods. Here's a glove I used to have. Hope it helps.

JD
www.baseballglovecollector.com

That helps a great deal. Thank you! So apparently Cullum & Boren was a Texas sporting goods and gun company that opened around the turn of last century-- which I guess makes this a store brand/model bat. The other part of the mystery, the age of the bat, may never be known since this seems to be such an obscure item. Thank you for sharing your knowledge

[Baseball Glove Collector]

Yep, definitely a store model bat but we will never know when it was produced unless we can match up that model number in a catalog as Cullum & Boren was around for 80 or so years. Fun to sleuth something huh. Good luck!

JD
www.baseballglovecollector.com

[Mark]

It's an interesting bat. It's not easy to tell from the photo, but the handle looks a little too slender to be a typical bat from the turn of the 20th century. 1920's?

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Originally Posted by Baseball Glove Collector

Yep, definitely a store model bat but we will never know when it was produced unless we can match up that model number in a catalog as Cullum & Boren was around for 80 or so years. Fun to sleuth something huh. Good luck!

JD
www.baseballglovecollector.com

Thanks! It will certainly be a time investment.

Originally Posted by Mark

It's an interesting bat. It's not easy to tell from the photo, but the handle looks a little too slender to be a typical bat from the turn of the 20th century. 1920's?

The store was opened around turn of the century. I figured the bat is probably 30s or 40s. But that's just a guess.