Cold Stee president Lynn C. Thompso became intrigued with creating an unbreakable baseball bat after reading a newspaper article about conventional bats. This led to Cold Steel first venture into manufacturing athletic equipment, the Brooklyn Smasher . Of course, just like old fashioned bats, the Brooklyn Smasher can send a home run over the fence or send an attacker running for home! Virtually indestructible injection molded polypropylene construction 34" overall length