Nokona X2 Elite Carolina Blue/Blue Limited Edition Series: X2-200 Carolina Blue/Blue Youth
Features
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Conventional Open Back
Game-Ready Feel
Infield / Utility Model
Made in the USA - Since 1934 (Nocona, TX)
Two (2) Year Manufacturer's Warranty
Limited Edition Colorway - Supports AL Champions with Royal and Carolina Blue Laces and Logo
11.25 (+/- 0.25) Inch Pattern
Constructed from Top-Grain Stampede Steerhide and Kangaroo Leathers
Kangaroo Leather - Pound-for-Pound One of the Toughest Leathers in the World, Yet Very Lightweight
Lightweight Design
Modified Trap Web
Nolera Composite Padding System - Added Protection
Stampede Leather - Game-Ready New-Generation, Full-Grain / Full-Oil Steerhide
Weight: Approx. 475 g
Youth Model - Smaller Hand Opening, Tighter Finger Stalls for Ideal Youth Fit
Description
This Nokona X2 Elite Carolina Blue/Blue Limited Edition Series: X2-200 features an 11.25 +/- Inch Pattern, Modified Trap Web, and is backed by a Two (2) Year Manufacturer's Warranty! Pick yours up today at JustBallGloves.com - where the shipping is always Free, and we're here for you from Click To Catch! Nokona: America's Pastime. American Made.
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 3 Customer Reviews
Pros: Bought this glove for my son on an 8U team. He is one of the bigger kids on the team. Glove fits a little snug but perfect for the youth player. Still needs a little break in right out of the box but breaks in nicely. Son loves the glove and is more confident at catching the ball. Glove really traps the ball well. Very good build quality. Will last a long time with proper treatment. Made in the USA!
Cons:
Pros: broke in very quickly, fits my sons hand really good. So far I believe we have gotten what we paid for.
Cons: costly but if it last as advertised then my money was well spent.
Pros: These are the top youth glove you can get. The X2 Stampede leather is amazing to the touch. It's soft, somewhat tacky, but not sticky or gummy like others. It fits like a glove - it should. The colors are light blue and dark blue - which isn't for everyone. But it's a cool glove to wear if you can afford it. If you can; you'll wear it for many years because the craftsmanship is outstanding. Oh did I mention it's made in the USA? That alone should make you buy it.
Cons: None. If anything, the break in is a bit longer because of the firmness of the leather, but after playing catch and using it; it will fit to your hand much like a second skin. It's delightful.
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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
Color | Blue Brown White |
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Feel | Soft |
Glove Type | Baseball Youth |
Position | All Positions Infield Outfield Second Base Short Stop Third Base |
Series | X2 |
Size | 11.25 |
Sub Type | Fielders |
Vendor | Nokona |
Web Type | Modified T |
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