Ink Dot On Wood Bats

So why pay the extra 100 for finishes that add no durability.

Ink dot on wood bats. Indicating that your bat is big league quality and approved. So we want you to hold your wood bat in your hand so that when you swing it the hardest side of the wood bat barrel is making contact with the baseball. Maple magnum our high performance wood composite bat featuring pro ink dot certified canadian rock maple hand split and further. The ink dot is not synonymous with power of the bat and i repeat it is strictly a safety measure.

In the mlb the wood grain cannot exceed an angle of 2 86 degrees. It is hard to see the grains on maple bats and birch bats so the ink dot helps. While watching mlb games on tv and even while shopping for wood bats you ve probably noticed that little black ink dot near the handle of the bat. Another way to measure the quality of wood in baseball bats is to look at the end.

The ink dot test on a wood bat shows us the density and angle of the wood grain. Birch crossover drop 5 i13. In addition when the ink dot is placed on professional bats the logo must be placed on the opposite side on the annual fibers of the wood. Birch crossover the finest quality hi impact yellow birch of the highest bat standards and from second growth forests being regenerated.

Bat companies can only sell maple that meets or exceeds the ink test. We ink dot test all our bats for straight grain. If they don t pass the test they don t go out the door. The way the ink runs gives insight to the strength of the bat and if that piece of wood can be sold or not.

No ash bats will have an ink dot because ash is a very grainy wood for which the grain straightness is highly. Now back to the ink dot. The reason that manufacturers put the ink dot on the bat and major league baseball requires it is to see the slope of grain. If a bat maker tells you they have a special.

If you are using an ink dot certified wood baseball bat make sure you are pointing that to the sky or the ground rather than the label mentioned previously. Do you bone your wood. The ink dot is the stamp of the highest quality wood bat. Wood bats break that s just reality.

The ink mark is a result of the research that was done and even though it is really useless to the consumer it means something to the bat maker. All louisville slugger prime maple and birch bats carry this seal of approval. Due to its clearly. It makes for very hard wood.