Buckle web mitts

[larjoranj]

How common were they? I've seen a few the last 6 months on ebay, yet when I checked the catalogs on the glove collector website I couldn't find pics of those model numbers with buckle webs. Are these alterations or was the buckle web an option on some models?

[mikesglove]

The catchers mitts with buckle webs were pretty common. The manufacturers catalog information is incomplete so every year is not represented. Take the Spalding"Collegiate" model recently on ebay. The model 6/0 was available as a laced web for most of its run but there it is on ebay as a buckle web. The pre-1920 catalogs show a laced web, but the post 1920 catalog info is spotty and no listing is found. I believe Carmi is correct about the 1923-26 period for that particular buckle web mitt. I haven't seen the buckle web listed as an option in a catalog descriptions. I could be wrong about that though. The rivet attachment of the buckle web is pretty specialized. The only thing I have seen is one year a particular model will be offered as a laced web and the next as a buckle web and then back to a laced web after that.

[deebro041]

I have a Reach 31 catcher's mitt with buckle web and it is in the A.J. Reach catalog from 1921 on The Glove Collector's website. The catalog doesn't call it a buckle web, but says that thumb is adjustable by means of strap and buckle device. I tried to post pics of my glove but my file size might be too big, and unsure as how to transfer a pic from the catolog onto this site, sorry.
Dan

[cbrandis]

if you check out the Spalding 1925 catalog, there is a good image of the Spalding 6/0 mitt, with the buckle web. Should be available in the catalog library.
If not there, let me know and i can forward a copy.
cb

[ebbets55]

I don't think you guys are on the right track with what Phillip is asking. Phillip, are you talking about catchers mitts?

JD

[larjoranj]

Catcher and base mitts. I've just noticed several the last 6 months on ebay that I couldn't find in the catalogs, or models that I did find that had a pic of a simple laced web. Of course there are catalogs missing from most of the brands. I suppose a model number could be laced web some years and buckle web in others? After some of the shenanigans in the Legendary auctions it got me wondering if a buckle web was something some people might try to add to enhance the value.

[vintagebrett]

There are definitely many base mitts and catchers mitts that feature a buckle web. Spalding and Reach have been mentioned but Stall & Dean, Wilson and others made hem as well. The feature seemed to die out in the late 1920's/early 1930's - guessing the depression had a part to play in it.

[mikesglove]

Here are some catalog images of the 6/0 mitt.

1915, as a laced web

1915 spaldingac.jpg (12.18 KiB) Viewed 7873 times

1925, as a buckle web

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1926, back as a laced web

1926 spalding 1.jpg (56.96 KiB) Viewed 7873 times