by BretMan » March 5th, 2007, 10:55 am
Speaking of reproductions...
I mentioned this on another thread. One surprise glove from this past Christmas was a black Nokona "Joe Jackson" repro that is a nice little glove. Though for what my wife paid for it, I could almost have gotten a new Nokona "gamer" to use this summer!
The other glove given to me over the holidays was the Akadema reproduction of the Ken-Wel Dazzy Vance model. What a gorgeous piece of leather! No short cuts here- this is a well-made quality glove, identical to the Vance model we all know and love, right down to the large Ken-Wel patch on the back and shiny new buckle on the wrist strap.
For all the old gloves I have handled and seen, it's really cool to imagine a vintage glove in perfect mint, right out of the box condition. These repro gloves give us a chance see what these gloves were like before years of use, abuse and aging.