Nokona Classic Walnut Series: WB-1275M
Features
12.75 Inch Pattern
Conventional Open Back
Classic Walnut Crunch Leather - Stability, Flexibility, and Durability
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Made in the USA - Since 1934 (Nocona, TX)
Modified Trap Web
Outfield Model
Some Break-In Required
One (1) Year Manufacturer's Warranty
Weight: Approx. 670 g
Description
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 11 Customer Reviews
Anonymous
Pros: Got this glove in the 12 inch. very high quality leather great investment. however nokonas run a little under size thats why i would get the 1275.
Cons:
Chance H
Pros: I love Nokona gloves. this glove is great. love the quality and look of it. great for slowpitch softball. I play Shortstop and third base.
Cons: Nokona gloves run a littlr small. Fits more like a 12.5 glove. perfect!
winner 300
Pros: love the style of the glove. Nokona make the best gloves for a reason. should last a long time. nokona runs shorter than typical. perfect for infield softball
Cons: none
dkj
Pros: Very happy with glove and service. Haven't used it yet cause we've got snow on the ground, but it has great feel and in working with the glove looks like it will break in well.
Cons:
Jamie
Pros: Got this glove last week, love it all ready. very good glove have used Nokona gloves for years. keep in mind they are made in the USA
Cons: Never had any trouble out of a Nokona glove!!!!!!!!!
Anonymous
Pros: The glove was practically broken in when we took it out of the box. My son plays middle school baseball, and he was using it in a game only a few days after we purchased it. This is the best quality glove we have ever owned. The leather is very soft and requires very little break in time.
Cons:
Amazin Andrew player
Pros: Amazing glove that is made in America. It is stiff if you have 1 in the pinky, but with 2 in the pinky it breaks in really quick. It maintains its shape really well. Plus it's made in America. I've seen my older cousin have one since he was in highschool and now he's out of college and still uses one. It's is for serious players though. I wouldn't buy this glove if you don't love the game and love to play the outfield. If you end the game with a clean pair of baseball pants and a half full gatorade bottle this glove is definetely NOT for you. If you are serious this is for YOU. Btw I am 5'2" about 140 lbs. and medium sized hands. It fits my hands but will also accomadate much much larger hands. If you buy this glove I KNOW you WILL LOVE it.
Cons: NONE
Ruddy R.
Pros: Very good quality love it all ready I play 2 base I had no complaints
Cons:
Robbie
Pros: Great glove, and will last a long time. The glove is well made.
Cons: The glove is very heavy and the thumb is not rigid enough. Great infield glove maker though.
Vanessa
Pros: Broke in really quickly-- almost completely broken in after only playing catch three times. Used it in a game the fourth day I had it.
Cons: I'm afraid it will get too flimsy. Also, it's a little big for my hand, and my hands aren't that small
Awesome Nokona Gene B. player
Pros: The workmanship and quality of this glove is outstanding. Purchased for use in the outfield for baseball. After a week it is breaking in very well. Just used a little Nokona condioner once and formed the pocket but beating with a glove mallet and placing a ball in the pocket and securing carefully with a belt. After about a week it's game ready. Without question the most impressive glove i have owner and is made in Texas! Doesn't fet better than that.
Cons: There are none
Questions and Answers
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Is this the best trapeze glove that Nokona makes? WannaBEaMAJOR22
Looking for this glove for a left handed thrower, where can I find one? Lefty
I just started to play senior (55 +) slow arc pitch softball. I play 3rd, 1st base and outfield. Is this the glove for me. I want USA made with cowhide leather. FJ
how long is the break in period is this glove hard ? Heff
how fast to break in and is this a light glove Heff
Is this glove the same size as the 1275 bloodline or does the walnut series run a bit smaller in the measurements reviews say nokona gloves run small. thanks dan
will this 12.75 inch model run a little smaller so that it can be a utility glove. I'm 15 and i want a glove i can use in both the infield and outfield. Eli
Can you tell me if this glove runs smaller than the Bloodline #bl1275mblk? Reviews say Classic Walnut models tend to be small. Thank you. danny
Is this a baseball or softball glove? John
Does it run small? bigdog
I have the Nokona 13.5 walnut softball glove and feel the glove itself is too big. I play pretty much all positions in slow pitch and may be transitioning back into baseball. Will the pocket on this glove be able to handle the 12" softball I currently play with? jets
I have a new grandson and would like a nokona glove to pass on to him when he gets older. That will be quite a few years. I want a glove that I can play a litle catch with but will last if i take care of it. Would this be a good glove or what would you suggest? want glove made in usa. thanks. J.D.
Would this glove be good for pitching and playing outfield in high school ball? Wondering
My son plays Center field for his 13u team and uses a 12" glove. Would this glove be too big for him at this age? Greg
Is this ideal for second base and outfield in men's slow pitch softball? mano
What is a better glove, the Nokona Classic Walnut WB: 1275 or the Shoeless Joe 1250TT? I am a weekend warrior & coach little league. Looking to replace my current outfielders glove. lafa10
What is the fastest way to break in this glove? I just got it and have a tournament in a couple days but I don't want to ruin the glove. Johnny appleseed
What is the delivery time? I want to break it in as fast as I can. Bobbie
This is not the 2015 model right? Sonic
How stiff will the leather stay? I got the Nokona Buffalo Combo Series about 2 months ago and the leather is already flimsy. I would prefer my glove to stay stiff for a while. Seth
What’s the difference between WB-1275M and W-1275M? Look almost identical. Steven Lewis
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.
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