This cutting and splitting is essential to the creation of a great bat. The best Bat wood is cut or split to ensure the straightness of grain. We strive to maintain professional standards in every facet. The Ink Dot is required by Regulation on every Professional Bat produced by SAM BAT. The ink dot test is a necessary step in making sure that the bat you receive is the same quality as a bat that the pros would receive. This special cutting, coupled with the drying process required is also why the best bat wood is so expensive. Sam took this into consideration when he was creating the first professionally approved maple bat. Sam Holman the Founder of SAM BAT is very passionate about aviation and was well aware of the cutting properties necessary to cut a great piece of “bat wood”. The straighter the grain the stronger the wood. The test was developed to measure the straightness of the grain of hardwoods used for airplane propellers and has been used for decades. The “ink dot test” for wood is not new, in fact it dates as far back as WWI!
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