by wjr953 » June 26th, 2008, 11:52 am
I have to concur with Bret on this one, he's absolutely right. If the glove is that floppy, the laces are probably fairly stretched out and I would recommend replacing them. It will not only restore the shape of the glove, it will actually shrink the glove just a tiny bit. A re-breaking in is required which only takes a couple of games of catch. I actually had one customer tell me after re-lacing, that he thought I had given back him the wrong glove! The glove had been thoroughly cleaned, conditioned and re-laced, and it really did look like a completely different glove after it was done. He gave me a flattened out glove that hadn't seen conditioner since it was made, so the glove leather was almost white and really, really dry. The laces were so stretched out that if you were using the glove and there was a ball going over your head, you could almost throw the glove in the air and the glove would catch the ball all by itself! lol After he got the glove back and broke in the new laces, he loved it, and this glove will now last him another 15-20 years if he takes care of it properly. I can't believe that people let their gloves get in that bad of a shape, but I'm not complaining because it keeps me busy year round repairing them!
VBR, br