Nokona Buffalo Combo Series: BC1200C (AMG1200BCCW)
Features
12.00 Inch Model
Buffalo and Walnut Leather
Buffalo Leather Made From Select Range Bison From South Dakota
Closed Web
Conventional Open Back
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Long Lasting Durability
Made In Nocona, Texas U.S.A.
Description
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 5 Customer Reviews
Nate
Pros: Really nice, soft leather. Breaks in quick and is game-ready with just two sessions of catch and one treatment of Nokona glove conditioner.
Cons: Price and size. It's slightly smaller than other 12" gloves. It's about the same size as my Rawlings 11.5". So if you want something to use in the outfield, keep that in mind. It's a really nice glove, but not significantly better than my Rawlings Gold Glove series. If you have money to spend, spring for the Nokona. If you're playing on a budget, the Rawlings Gold Glove is the better value.
Cameron
Pros: I would highly recommend this glove to anyone! This glove is soft and very comfortable and the ball stays in the pocket very well.great for infielders and pitchers
Cons:
B-more Mac
Pros: The glove is the top-of-the-line rec glove--for non-competitive softball, baseball, and playing with the kids. If you break it in right, the pocket gets large enough for a softball because the Buffalo relaxes slightly more than the Walnut, which gives the glove an excellent shape. I have a Bloodline for more serious games, but, having said this, the Buffalo would suit as a pitcher's glove fairly well, even at the serious level.
Cons:
joey
Pros: This is probably the best gloves i have ever had. It breaks in really fast, is very comfortable, and pretty durable.
Cons: i have not had one bad thing about this glove.
Jay
Pros: I have owned this glove for over 7 years and it is still in phenomenal condition. No tearing or obvious signs of wear, but it was/is my baby and I regularly condition(ed) it and cleaned it. This will obviously increase the lifespan of any glove, but I have owned 3 different Nokona gloves and they have all been of exceptional quality. This one was my personal favorite, it wasn't tremendously hard to break in but it has retained it's shape ridiculously well. I cannot commend this product and Nokona enough. They make the finest quality gloves out right now, and you can't go wrong with American Made.
Cons: none
Questions and Answers
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What if upon receipt my son doesn't like the glove because of weight, feel etc.? Can it be returned provided it has not been used extensively? Riverside
Is there any chance this glove will ever go on sale? $150 is the most my wife will let me spend josh
will you guys adjust the hand opening down a size before shipping for a small handed person? buck2676
In your opinion which is a better glove...the nokona buffalo combo or the pro line? Dave
How long should this glove last with use almost everyday Mr K
do you recommend this glove for third base thrid basemen
Need perfect glove for infield and outfield. What do u suggest for 10u? IC47
Looking for a Nokona glove for my 12yr old son who pitches and plays outfield. Looking at this one and WB1200C. Any thoughts? Ryan
What size for a 16 year old girl who plays 2nd base & pitcher? Gr
I have a 6yr old boy that plays 3rd base. I know that this is a glove he will get long term use with. My only concren is will his hand fit it now? From reading some of the cons the gloves run samll So should I stick wtih the 12" or 11.75? Matt
I have a son that is a front of the rotation pitcher and shortstop. He has a Rawlings pro preferred with this same web pattern and thinks this glove will perform better. Any thoughts or advice for him? He is coming into his 2nd yr of Babe Ruth and headed to high school next year. Thanks Tclancy
Will a 12" glove be alright for a third baseman in softball? champ3_22
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 | Third Base Outfield Pitcher Infield |
Size | 12.00 |
Sub Type | Fielders |
Vendor | Nokona |
Web Type | Fully Closed |
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