by BretMan » August 11th, 2010, 11:24 am
The patent number confirms it. It's for a unique method of palm lacing to pre-form the pocket and it was issued to Denkert.
While Dekert brand gloves aren't generally held in high regard, their business strategy has always intrigued me. I can think of perhaps a dozen different "private label" companies they produced gloves for besides their own brand. They just always struck me as "the little company that could", an underdog swimming in a sea of sharks (the big nationally-known sporting goods concerns). You just gotta root for the underdog!
This year my trips to antique shows and flea markets have been seriously curtailed by my other hobby, umpiring. I've been on the field pretty much every weekend, all weekend long, and that has allowed me to attend only a couple of shows. I picked up just one glove all summer- a 1950's JC Higgins #1673 Mickey Mantle endorsed glove. Intrigued by this oddity, I checked the patent number for clues to its origin. It's a Denkert!