The Texas-based Warstic Wood Bat Company knows that "there are very few secrets to making a great wood baseball bat," they say. "It's about sourcing and selecting the best wood, craftsmanship, attention to detail and knowing how to achieve the right feel." But Warstic does the process one better by adding a dash of style, and even color, with their lines of Half Dip and Full Dip bats made from ash and maple.

There's no denying their results are beautiful, and we like the company's attention to craftsmanship and their confident attitude:

Our plan for growth is not to grow quickly or out-advertise the competition. It's more about slowly building a following of players with this common approach [of a "Warrior" mentality] at the plate. Whether you are a power hitting cleanup man, leadoff hitter or 9 hole scrapper...When you step to the plate with our Trademarked Wartip bat...please do so with this mentality. Or please use someone else's bat.