Yet another kind of strange bat in that it is a typical 125 TW foil printed store model Williams signature model bat with 34" stamped into the knob but it was used and stored at the factory as a vault bat by some player whose last name began with "R". It is stamped R96 on both ends. The bat shows evidence of some pretty good game use with a lot of ball marks on every hitting surface. There is a 12" handle crack that has a single nail repair with the evidence of three rings of black tape (repair) that is now missing. Almost all of the original foil heat stamp is present. There is also some writing on the end of the barrel but is hard to decipher. In interesting Ted Williams store model with some H&B factory history. Collection of MEARS staff. MEARS auction LOA.