Nokona Bloodline Black Series: BL3200CBLK Catcher's Mitt
Features
32.00 Inch Catcher's Mitt
Black Prime Bloodline Leather
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Conventional Open Back
Two-Piece Closed Web
Break-In Required
Made in the U.S.A.
Description
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 6 Customer Reviews
MNBEBT GLOVES
Pros: -Padded palm -Nice fit -Looks good -Easy and fast to break in
Cons: It wares quickly, even if taken care of well with oil. It tears fairly quick.
awesome
Pros: everthing
Cons: nothing
Awesome
Pros: Everything is AWESOME
Cons: NOTHING
Tommyd22
Pros: Comfortable, soft, well padded, high quality glove. One of the greatest catchers mitts made! You can not go wrong with this fantastic glove!
Cons: Long break in period, but well worth the wait.
NOKONA!!! Dayton Ingram player
Pros: Wonderful leather perfect size not to heavy
Cons: the long break in period
Ironman
Pros: Nice glove, Been using it for 3 years now. has nice sound and the leather is top of the line. Glove is very hard to break in due to the quality of the glove
Cons: Due to the thick leather the glove weighs more than other pro gloves
Questions and Answers
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is this glove durable? Nokona Bloodline
Is the glove small for a 11 year old? sebas
I'm a 10 years old, and I'm using my coaches 15 year old catchers mitt right now. How long will it take to break in Nokona Bloodline Black Series: BL3200CBLK Catcher's Mitt? Will it stay sturdy after its broke in? Is this mitt better than the Vinci Pro Custom Pro Series: EM53? The Wall
How heavy is the BL3200CBLK? If you don't know the exact amount in ounces, can you please compare it in terms of the 32 inch All Star CM3000 or the Rawlings Primo. Danny
I'm looking for a catchers mitt for my 12 year old son. Would you recommend the Nokona Blood Line Black Series catchers mitt or the American Legend catchers mitt? eddie
How does this compare to the Nokona Walnut Series (WB3200C) Catcher's Mitt and the Rawlings Pro Preferred Series (PROSCM20BRX)? djb
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 | Catcher |
Size | 32.00 |
Sub Type | Catchers |
Vendor | Nokona |
Web Type | Two Piece Closed |
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