Nokona Bloodline Black Series: BL1250HBLK First Base Mitt
Features
12.50 Inch Pattern
Single Heel Break First Base Mitt Pattern
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Black Prime Bloodline Leather - Extremely Durable, High-End Steerhide Leather
Break-In Required
Closed Back
Made in the USA - Since 1934 (Nocona, TX)
H-Web
One (1) Year Manufacturer's Warranty
Description
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 3 Customer Reviews
baseballa
Pros: it was easy to break in, soft leather and nice strap for good comfort
Cons: My webbing in the pocket broke 3 months after i bought the glove. For more than 300 bucks it should get me through a seson of baseball.
#17
Pros: Great fit, Made in the U.S.A.
Cons: This is the 2nd BL1250BLK that I've owned. The first one broke in the pocket after 2 games, the 2nd one broke in the exact same spot after 3 games. Seems to be a faulty design. This is a shame as I own a Nokona pitcher's glove for 3 years now and have never had a problem.
flanafam3
Pros: Durability, comfort, break in time. My son got this glove last winter and has used it through a year and 70 plus baseball games. He loves it, calls it the black hole as he catches everything with it. Formed a perfect pocket after break in. Shows minimal wear and tear after heavy usage. High quaility made in the USA glove. We are very happy with it. We have had not pocket issues as others have reported.
Cons: May be a little heavy for smaller players.
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Can you get left hand throw? Big boy
My son is 5' 5" and 160 lbs. he is 14.5 years old...medium sized hand...throws right handed. Looking for a very high quality 1'st base glove...he plays competitive travel leage ball 10 mths in a year. advice on what is right size and quality would be terrific. for a xmas present. jim quigley quigs
Is this glove good for fast pitch softball? Pat
I'm wondering if there will be any different color variations? Andy
How does this glove compare to Rawlings line of first base gloves? Joey
Would you suggest this brand over say a Rawlings Primo glove? Nick
About the Brand
Joe Phillips writes about his visit to Nokona. It was like sitting in at the plantation party in Gone with the Wind or maybe gazing from the grandstand at the “Field of Dreams” while the Black Sox players tried to work out their idled muscle kinks. And, I was gently reminded by the lines in that movie while I dug into a delicious plate of North Texas barbecue: “threshing crews eating at outdoor tables. It continually reminds us of what once was, like an Indian-head penny in a handful of new coins. . . You talk a good dream.” And here I was. . . graciously invited into this magical and charming “Field of Glove-Making Dreams” in former Comanche Indian land at Nocona, Texas. It was a warm August evening, basked in a golden harvest moon, while friends and the Nokona family paid its kindly southern regards to two of their own and two of America’s finest but relatively obscure glove makers, Bobby Storey and Elvin Ray “Ab” Lemons. You see, the pair had just completed fifty years of time-honored employment with Nocona Athletic Goods, the last of the all-American made ball glove company's. The occasion brought echoes of past successes and human contentment, but in Nocona today you still experience much the same American texture of yesterday and perhaps a glimpse into tomorrow as well.
The two stately gentlemen were being honored in a way that could have taken place in the same manner when they first reported for full-time work at Nokona, in 1952, or back even earlier, in 1933 when the company started making sports equipment. During a brief and informal presentation at the celebration, Nokona’s new sales manager called the two glove makers “Legends - because that’s what their ball gloves stood for, American know-how and pride taken in a best-made product.”
A man of few words but a marveled craftsman who could literally conjure a sows ear into a playable baseball mitt, Mr. Lemons got up and fondly recalled the several men he worked with through his half-century and of the training that had been passed along to him from his old bosses.
His counter part and just as talented, Bobby Storey, had filled in at just about every job at Nokona. Bobby, the son of the sporting goods founder, R.E. “Bob” Storey had most recently served as president and now chairman of the board of Nokona. Though past retirement age like Mr. Lemons, he’s now serving at one of his favorite roles, that of ball glove designer.
At a time for employment in this country when five years is considered a long tenure with the same company, Ab and Bobby are not even the first to complete a half-century journey with Nocona Athletics. The now deceased Jewell Brickey, hit that milestone in 1993, after joining the company during World War II. That’s the kind of devotion that employees forge into this glove-making outfit. A devoted and sustained tenure here is not rare. Last year the company advertising, displayed along with Storey and Lemons, three other employees who had garnered 40 years with Nokona, Warren Clary, Bud Meekins, and Melvin Weedin.“
I don’t have to tell you that the one constant through all the years has been baseball”, wrote W.P. Kinsella. And the most constant of ball glove makers has been Nokona, and the men and women there who keep alive the tradition of American craftsmanship of ball glove making. The spirit of glove-making is still alive and well in Nocona, Texas.
Glove Properties
Glove Type | Baseball |
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Position | First Base |
Size | 12.50 |
Sub Type | First Base |
Vendor | Nokona |
Web Type | H-Web |
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