I had a chance to get an up-close look at a couple of odd game gloves this week.
I play on a men's fastpitch softball team and we picked-up a new player recently. As he was unloading his equipment bag, his gamer glove caught my eye.
It was a 13" Rawlings Trap-Eze type glove. The unusual thing about this glove was that it had a shell made totally made of red leather. The glove had all black lacing and looked really sharp. Closer inspection showed a large stamping in the palm that that said "Rawlings Pro-Model".
I commented on his unique glove and he explained that he had purchased it in Japan while stationed there in the Navy. It apparently was a "Japan only" model available only overseas. Cool glove!
Then, he pulled his back-up glove from his bag and this one really threw me for a loop! It was a high-quality glove with a manufacturer's name of "SAF". It was also a "six-finger" type glove with a web that looked like the Mizuno "Ichiro" models.
The shell was a great looking dark blue and grey combination. He told me that he also bought this glove overseas.
I had never heard of this glovemaker before. Just today, I found several of their gloves on eBay. Here is a link to their eBay store:
http://stores.ebay.com/SAF-Marketplace
Does anyone have any information on "SAF" brand gloves?