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  B.H. Piper Co. 'The Piper' Baseball Bat
 
B.H. Piper Co. 'The Piper' Baseball Bat
 B.H. Piper Co. 'The Piper' Baseball Bat
Item Details

MANUFACTURING PERIOD
Circa 1890 -1924

MANUFACTURER
B.H. Piper Co.
Manchester N.H.

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   In the early 1860's Benjamin H. Piper entered into the manufacture of ax handles and carriage spokes, where he remained as the head of the business until his death in 1899.  The company which employed nine men incorporated in 1867. They used two hundred cords of walnut and oak yearly, in the manufacture of thirty-five thousand spokes, forty thousand axe-handles, and thirty-five thousand hatchet- and hammer-handles. The wood turning company began the manufacture of bowling pins, fencing sticks, polo sticks, and baseball bats some time after 1890s. The B.H. Piper Co. was listed in the 1920-1921 Sporting Goods Trade Directory, but in 1924 company filed a certificate of withdrawal from business.

 Sometime before Honus Wagner retired in 1917, the company produced a custom baseball bat for him. Wagner had big hands and the Piper bat made for him was a 1 5/8" diameter grip vs. the 1 1/4" of a normal bat. Today the bat is on display in the collection of the Manchester Historic Association.

 There are at least three different center brands used. The Piper baseball bat models include; Ring bats, No. 6, No. 8, a model No. 03, and a "Selected" model. The models were also available with ball balanced mushroom, and Acorn knobs. The Mushroom knob baseball bat was patented by the A.G. Spalding & Bros. company in 1903, and became more popular by the 1910's. There is no evidence that the B.H. Piper company produced baseball bats before 1911, and are not listed in the Sporting Goods Trade Directory that year.

 
 
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