Nokona X2 Elite Series: X2-1150
Features
11.50 Inch Pattern
Modified Trap Web
Conventional Open Back
Two (2) Year Manufacturer's Warranty
Kangaroo Leather - Pound-for-Pound One of the Toughest Leathers in the World, Yet Very Lightweight
Game-Ready Feel
Constructed from Top-Grain Stampede Steerhide and Kangaroo Leathers
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Made in the USA - Since 1934 (Nocona, TX)
Stampede Leather - Game-Ready New-Generation, Full-Grain / Full-Oil Steerhide
Weight: Approx. 590 g
Ideal for Infield Play
Description
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 5 Customer Reviews
Sean
Pros: I LOVE this glove, has a fairly deep pocket and was easy to break in. The leather is AWESOME, great American Made Product. This is coming from someone who has had the same Rawlings Pro 1000-B Mitt for over 28yrs, I swore by Rawlings but this Mitt has changed my mind. Beautiful Mitt.
Cons: None
TxTornado
Pros: Wow. Light, well constructed, pretty. Top tier glove. Everything is right on this glove. Even the smell. Smells like a brand new pair of expensive cowboy boots. Lol.
Cons: I'm not sure how durable it is. The leather seems so high end, I wonder how long it could really be abused.
nokona X2 baseball glove Iceman player
Pros: Oiled it twice, ready for the field right out of the box !
Cons: none
Jw Baller
Pros: Great glove real buckaroo leather breaks in great great padding all around great glove!
Cons: In the pocket gets scratches from the balls.
Great Ball glove!!! Swaggy j player
Pros: Great glove great leather breaks in good...
Cons: none
Questions and Answers
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My boy mostly plays outfield, but occasionally plays infield. I was just wondering what glove you would recommend for an all around glove? rybo
The pocket appears to be pretty deep. Can this glove be worn by a slow pitch softball second baseman? Sean
My son is an 11u travel player that plays 2b. He has the Nokona glove, but looking for a longer term glove. What are your thoughts on the X2 Elite? MDS
I am 13 and I play jv baseball. My main positions are pitcher and corner infield (third for this glove). Is this a glove that will last me throughout a season or two and stay nice and stiff? Jtw34
Can I play outfield with this glove? I also play a little bit of infield through high school. ew
How do you feel this glove would work for a 9 year old infielder, considering hand size? jimr
Do you still have the 2015 model? Is this an adult version of the X2-200? It appears that this glove has been recommend for youth players. Oaj
If you wear this glove with your pointer-finger exposed, will it rub against the welting that comes all the way down the outside of the glove? Ultimately, ruining the welting? Essi
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 | Brown |
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Feel | Soft |
Glove Type | Baseball |
Position | Infield Pitcher Third Base Second Base Short Stop |
Series | X2 |
Size | 11.50 |
Sub Type | Fielders |
Vendor | Nokona |
Web Type | Modified T |
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