Vintage Baseball Glove Forum

Not bad with the prices for a custom glove. Anyone?

I've tried a few on and wasn't impressed. The sizes seemed inconsistent (run big) and some materials seemed cheap (laces, thumb loops). Just my $.02

<<<---------I had one made and ended up not liking it at all. The common complaint was that they are very stiff, however I found the opposite to be true. My glove is already too flimsy for my taste and it's less than a year old.

I bought a 15 inch trapper from them. Out of the box, it was pretty stiff. I had difficulty breaking it in the normal way (rolling it, playing catch, etc). I finally broke down and used a ton of Neatsfoot oil. After it was oiled, the glove was finally playable but it has a dead feeling to it. Maybe too much padding. My A2000 trapper by comparison feels very lively.

The design of the glove is ok, at best. For softball, the pocket needed to be about an inch wider. I was surprised they made it so narrow. The narrowness compounded the difficulty I had breaking it in.

The leather is cheap. It has that oily feel to it (and not just from the Neatsfoot oil) that is so prevalent on todays cheaper ball gloves. The edges of the leather were all fuzzy from the flesh-side fibers not staying put. Personally, I can't stand that. Plus, they used the same leather for the lacing that they used for the glove.

The thumb-loop was not cut right. The thongs that go through the side of the glove weren't cut into the loop enough. Consequently, you couldn't tighten the loop up on your thumb.

I wouldn't buy another...

Hugh

Well fooey!! Thanks for the input. Sometimes I like to try stuff that is different. But, I don't want to waste money on an inferior product.

The gloves is what it is a cheap leather glove that give you the chance to design your own glove. what other glove company give you the chance at that for 130.00. So dont trash th company for that.

Don't trash the company for what ser182? I'm not "trashing" anybody. The negative features that I listed are there to see in black and white. Maybe I should have ended my post with, "but you get to pick the colors"?

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