Nokona Buckaroo Black Fastpitch Series: BF1250CBLK (BS1250CBLK)
Features
12.50 Inch Pattern
Ristankor Adjustable Velcro Wrist Strap Provides a Secure Fit
Closed Back
Combination of Kangaroo and Top-Grade Steerhide Leathers
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Reinforced Basket Web
Made in the USA - Since 1934 (Nocona, TX)
Fastpitch Softball Pattern
Some Break-In Required
Infield / Pitcher / Utility Model
Kangaroo Leather - Pound-for-Pound One of the Toughest Leathers in the World, Yet Very Lightweight
One (1) Year Manufacturer's Warranty
Walnut Crunch Leather - Top-Grain Steerhide Provides Classic Feel and Lasting Durability
Weight: Approx. 670 g
Description
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 8 Customer Reviews
Pros: Very well built glove. Padding on inside makes glove VERY comfortable.
Cons: VERY hard to break in.
Pros: Extremely well constructed. My competitive 12U daughter loves it. Easily the best glove she has owned. I would recommend highly.
Cons: It is not game ready out of the box. My daughter couldn't close the glove when we first got it. After working on it for about two weeks, she was ready to use it in game.
Pros: This glove is a really good glove. Having real thick leather helps the glove to last longer! The pop that this glove has just amazes me! :D
Cons: People say the glove is really hard to break in but it only took about a week of softball to break it. That is longer than a normal glove, but this has genuin leather. Its gonna take longer but youll love the glove.
Pros: Excellent glove! My 15 year old daughter loves it, and she has played a flawless shortstop with it for a month now since breaking it in.
Cons: None.
Pros: Great quality Glove, my daughter is a 14U Tournament player and would need a new glove within the next couple of months. I tried this glove because of the suggestions from people who have them and I am glad I went with it. This is a quality American Made product and you can certainly tell it is REAL leather. It does take a while to break in so I suggest you get it while you have time to break it in. Also you want to break this in the old way... Use It, don't steam, cook or microwave, it will take away from the integrity of this glove and it really isn't that difficult to break in. I would suggest a mallet when you are sitting around to break the pocket in and beat up on the hinges but other than that pretty simple. As we all taught keep the ball in it when not in use and use it on practice days.
Cons: If I had to pick one the cost, but the quality of this glove you get over that fast.
Pros: It fits my hand perfectly. It's not lose at all, but it's not too tight either. Compared to my old glove, I can tell that the quality is way better. It seems to catch pretty much everything (every though I haven't broken it in all the way). I bought it because I wanted a glove that'll last me through the rest of high school and college, and I'm pretty sure this is the right glove!
Cons: It's taking me FOREVER to break in, but that's because I haven't been throwing with it as much (my shoulders been hurting recently). Anyways, I've oiled it about 4 times now with their Nokona Oil and I have thrown multiple times with my dad and teammates during warmups but I'm still not able to close it all the way with one hand.
Pros: Beautiful glove. The best leather combination. Outstanding craftsmanship and American Made! It takes time to break in. It has broken in for me (Dad) within a week using traditional methods (no steam) however it will take a few more weeks for my daughter (age 12) due to size and strength of her hands. This is her second and probably last glove she will have. The beginner gloves are great and easy to break in but become extremely floppy and kind of dangerous as the girls develop throwing speed. Best glove ever!
Cons: None, unless you expect the glove to break in by itself! Have a little bit of patience.
Pros: Great glove, quality made,broke in really easy.
Cons: none
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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 | Female Fastpitch Softball |
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Position | Outfield |
Size | 12.50 |
Sub Type | Fielders |
Vendor | Nokona |
Web Type | Fully Closed |
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