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Equipment => Bats => Topic started by: Kulli on October 31, 2019, 12:49:29 PM

Title: GM handle stamps
Post by: Kulli on October 31, 2019, 12:49:29 PM

Noticed for the first time that my three GM’s have initials stamped on the knob of the handle. MH and KM from memory. Is this the bat maker/finisher or a date/model thing?

Title: Re: GM handle stamps
Post by: Chad on October 31, 2019, 12:55:40 PM

You could be right, iirc I believe one of the batmakers was called Kevin. MH is some bloke from SS I'm not sure of...

Title: Re: GM handle stamps
Post by: Six Sixes Cricket on October 31, 2019, 01:12:18 PM

Mark is the main handle fitter
Kevin is the main pod shaver

Title: Re: GM handle stamps
Post by: Kulli on November 01, 2019, 07:43:24 AM

(https://i.ibb.co/3BNN0h4/B6-E739-DC-DD45-4352-8093-37-EAD8-D37-CA6.jpg) (https://ibb.co/dG22QKj)

For those wondering

Title: Re: GM handle stamps
Post by: Jimmy Tiwana on November 01, 2019, 10:22:32 AM

Wish if major batmakers also use stock no. imprint (?barcode) similar to Aldred style. Would prevent duplicates to some extent.

Title: Re: GM handle stamps
Post by: Wazza08 on November 01, 2019, 10:59:26 AM

Quote from: Jimmy Tiwana on November 01, 2019, 10:22:32 AM

Wish if major batmakers also use stock no. imprint (?barcode) similar to Aldred style. Would prevent duplicates to some extent.

Microchips/NFC would be the way forward with a register of the bat to chip.  Easy to copy a stamp to make it look real.

Title: Re: GM handle stamps
Post by: Wazza08 on November 01, 2019, 12:36:41 PM

Any idea who MA is then as now interested as have one MA and one ME?
Looks like Mark gets all the handles then ;-) And I haven't been lucky enough to get one one of Kevins masterpieces yet!

Title: Re: GM handle stamps
Post by: Perkins17 on November 01, 2019, 01:59:02 PM

It’s the date and year of manufacturing, both those bats where made 2018 one January the other is November