Re: Can you name one?? One of a kind??
Posted: July 4th, 2011, 1:01 am
From Dave:
I believe the glove is an all original Red Rolfe, RR and I have looked at it very closely and it seems to match Mark Walters glove to the T with the exception of the glove label. This one says Schultz Athletic Goods on the cloth label. Apparently Art Katsapis has a slightly different RR. on his website and has a slightly different web material and has an RR. rather than just RR without the dot. My Rolled lace web had tape on parts of the web so it has some tape residue remaining. I tried cleaning some of it up but it might be best to leave it alone as the old rolled leather web is rather fragile still. It does not look as good of condition as Mark's web but I do think this one is the real deal too so I am just happy to even get this glove for the collection.
I did add a period lace on the inside of the rolled lace at the top of the glove only to allow the top of the net of the web to be supported as the glove at the top of the web section had a broken leather lace running into the 5th grommet of both thumb and index finger. I tried to stay true to the period and I think this glove is from 1940 time frame.
I bought a news wire photo off of ebay the other day and snapped a few pics of the RR glove next to Red Rolfe using a Rawlings rolled laced web. I thought it would be cool to shoot the picture. I have looked closely at Rolfe using this glove in the picture and apparently his glove does not have a streamline seam going up each of the back of the fingers. Three gloves I have seen (this being one, and the other two belong to Mark Walters and Art Katsapolis) All three of ours has the the RR Rawlings rolled laced web and all three of ours have a seam or welting in each of the back of the fingers. In this newswire photo I do not see any welting in the back of his fingers. I can actually see the Rawlings name in the heel of the glove in this newswire photo, but you have to look real close when the pic is blown up. LOL I have one other 1941 cat. photo that is very close to the gloves Mark and I have in our collections. Pic to follow.
Dave
Check out the RR cat. pic. and please share with our vintage glove forum as they may enjoy checking out the glove and photos and 1941 cat. pic too.
Thanks and have a great weekend.
Dave
I believe the glove is an all original Red Rolfe, RR and I have looked at it very closely and it seems to match Mark Walters glove to the T with the exception of the glove label. This one says Schultz Athletic Goods on the cloth label. Apparently Art Katsapis has a slightly different RR. on his website and has a slightly different web material and has an RR. rather than just RR without the dot. My Rolled lace web had tape on parts of the web so it has some tape residue remaining. I tried cleaning some of it up but it might be best to leave it alone as the old rolled leather web is rather fragile still. It does not look as good of condition as Mark's web but I do think this one is the real deal too so I am just happy to even get this glove for the collection.
I did add a period lace on the inside of the rolled lace at the top of the glove only to allow the top of the net of the web to be supported as the glove at the top of the web section had a broken leather lace running into the 5th grommet of both thumb and index finger. I tried to stay true to the period and I think this glove is from 1940 time frame.
I bought a news wire photo off of ebay the other day and snapped a few pics of the RR glove next to Red Rolfe using a Rawlings rolled laced web. I thought it would be cool to shoot the picture. I have looked closely at Rolfe using this glove in the picture and apparently his glove does not have a streamline seam going up each of the back of the fingers. Three gloves I have seen (this being one, and the other two belong to Mark Walters and Art Katsapolis) All three of ours has the the RR Rawlings rolled laced web and all three of ours have a seam or welting in each of the back of the fingers. In this newswire photo I do not see any welting in the back of his fingers. I can actually see the Rawlings name in the heel of the glove in this newswire photo, but you have to look real close when the pic is blown up. LOL I have one other 1941 cat. photo that is very close to the gloves Mark and I have in our collections. Pic to follow.
Dave
Check out the RR cat. pic. and please share with our vintage glove forum as they may enjoy checking out the glove and photos and 1941 cat. pic too.
Thanks and have a great weekend.
Dave