Vintage 34" long wooden baseball bat has a bold and well pronounced "Ty Cobb" facsimile signature in the barrel. Centerbrand has the "Ishii-Kajimaya & Co." company name with "Oriental Slugger" noted above and "Hongo, Tokyo" below. This is an exceptionally rare maker and very few pieces have surfaced in this country which they produced. Uncracked with some mild general use and there are some holes drilled in the knob (one larger, 3 smaller) which has a player number notation: VG
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