Jim and Rob, Californians were in the Grey!! A unit from Cal. brought 4 cannons across country, WOW! great guys with a legit Rebel Yell, all I could find out in passing was that they were from Northern Cal.
Joe, We were camped in the middle of two Texas Companies, 15th and 19th, Super nice people and their ladies could cook!
How does this apply to our little niche of the glove hobby?? Well... I cannot afford an actual fingerless glove or lemon peel ball, Soooo. I made mine. Don't worry purist, I have dies and stamped them "Repo" and "July 4, 2013" as they look pretty darn convincing to a novice.
The ball came from the pocket of an old mitt and recovered a $2 baseball after removing the cover. I had no clue on the dimensions for the ball pattern, but figured if they could make one in 1860 with a compass, straight edge and ruler only, I could also. Had to brush up on geometry skills but no prob. (lobes of pattern had to add up to 9 in. in the middle and in total length to work)
the glove is a super cool 2 finger welders glove that I removed the cuff, added rolled piping, cut out the wrist strap and added repo CSA cuff button.. wha-la.. maybe this winter I will tear it apart and add leather lining and a crescent pad from a 50's softball mitt and possibly a buckle back. Didn't have time to embellish much but will use wood burner to add "CSA Richmond VA" "Confederate Preferred" and of course make it an endorsed "Stonewall Jackson" model!! What about a bat?? You guessed it, there is an actual wagon tongue that was used on the farm here in East Tennessee, Drawing knife and will have a nice example of 1860's baseball equipment that can be used with no worries. These were all made on the cheap!! only $5-10 invested!!
Yours in Gloves.. Drokester
P.S. KB ford critz glove for $49 is a stunner, still cleaning and polishing will post pics soon. I can read Horace along with Ford & Hugh Critz!! beyond expectations!!
