Nokona Bloodline Black Series: BL1275HBLK
Features
12.75 Inch Pattern
Black Prime Bloodline Leather
Break-In Required
Conventional Open Back
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Made in the U.S.A.
H-Web
Outfield Model
Genuine Shearling Cuff
Description
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 3 Customer Reviews
WarlockDLX
Pros: Good leather, comfortable fit, nice pattern, looks awesome
Cons: Consistency. I received this glove and it had a cut on it that was really a damper on the glove because outside of those small gouges, the glove was beautiful. I sent for a replacement, and the one they sent me was a disaster.. the shape was poor, the fingers had no support, the fit inside was funky to the point where it was painful to close, just disasterous. So I kept the one with the cuts in it and sent the new one back instead. Consistency lacks, but if you get a good glove, you get an awesome glove!
downeykid4318
Pros: Best glove I have ever used! Always have been a Wilson guy since I could remember, but this glove takes the cake. The leather is extremely stiff when I first used it but when it's broken-in it's an amazing glove with an excellent feel. It doesn't get floppy to the point were it isn't good to use anymore and it's always in game ready form. With that said the break-in takes long but it's well worth the investment!
Cons:
Wil
Pros: This glove is built like a tank. The bloodline leather is very durable and retains shape even after heavy use. Craftsmanship is excellent. The break in is not unusually long, but is greater compared to modern game ready gloves. I used this glove for slow pitch softball in the outfield and it has performed great. The pocket broke in very deep and holds a softball no problem completely trapped using only Nokona NLT and hard work. I have never seen a glove built this durable, and even after a full seasons of heavy use, it is nearly as good as new.
Cons: The web top is just a bit too tight, and while this is a perfect trap, especially when making diving catches, it does occasionally keep the glove from opening up wide. For baseballs this is less of an issue but still present, and the ice cream cone catches can be deflected. The finger and back strap area are terrible large, and even when adjusted fully tight is still a bit large for small hands. You require a batting glove for optimum fit. With all the fantastic durabality of the leather it is heavy compared to other gloves in this class from Nokona by about 5oz (compared to classic walnut version), and judging from the leather it could vary greatly from glove to glove as there are softer and thicker areas throught the grain. It feels as big or bigger than it is at times.
Questions and Answers
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Is this a baseball glove? The web looks huge! I play men's league baseball and play outfield. This glove looks awesome! Rick
Will this glove run smaller like 12.50 size wise? chan. run
Does the Bloodline Black series still feature custom tanned numbers and genuine sheep sherling wrist liners? If so, what custom tanned number is this outfield glove? Rob
Like the review says, if I order this glove will it have good shape? I have seen many Bloodlines that have horrible shape. LV
Will this glove measure more like a 12.50"? I heard Nokona runs small. boomer
Can this glove be used for mens slow pitch softball play? Jo Jo
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
Deals | Closeout Gloves Bundle and Save |
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Glove Type | Baseball |
Position | Outfield |
Size | 12.75 |
Sub Type | Fielders |
Vendor | Nokona |
Web Type | H-Web Double Post |
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