Nokona Bloodline Black Series: BL1150MBLK
Features
11.50 Inch Pattern
Black Prime Bloodline Leather
Break-In Required
Conventional Open Back
Infield Model
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Modified T Web
Made in the U.S.A.
Description
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 8 Customer Reviews
RAVEN3RD
Pros: Durable leather and built to last. Deep pocket to keep the ball in place. Versatile enough to transfer the ball quickly for double plays. The design of this glove is AMAZING and well thought out. A little tough to break in, but it's worth it in the end. Everything about this glove screams USA and Top Notch Quality. Definitely one of the top gloves out there to date!!!
Cons: None.
BT REB
Pros: Unbelievable glove!!!!! Great leather and American made.
Cons:
The Next Pedroia
Pros: The best glove on the market, the durability is simply unmatched! Don't fall for gimmicks like "hand-stitched seams" on the Primo that will just fall apart under heavy use, go with good, strong American craftsmanship!
Cons: Don't slather on the flove conditioner, a little is fine, but too much will ruin the glove and make it a heavy dirt magnet.
jonnyfastball
Pros: Simply put...untouchable leather. The heavy break in period is well worth it!
Cons: Even more simply put...none!
Sean
Pros: This was my first Nokona glove and I fell in love with Nokona gloves. I've used Wilson A2K and other Japanese brand gloves, including SSK and Hatakeyama, but ever since I used this Nokona Bloodline, Nokona is the only glove I use. It breaks in really nicely and I feel like the glove forms to your hand perfectly. I use Nokona NLT Glove Conditioner once in a while to maintain the glove, because the longer I use it, the more I like it and it truly feels like the extension of your hand.
Cons: None
Sea Skipper
Pros: The best glove I have ever felt, imagine the nicest leather jacket then imagine that jacket made into a glove and thats how this feels. Soft, supple, thick, grippy, durable leather, quality american craftsmanship, real fur lining, the best glove I've ever had my hand in.
Cons: None.
Tommyd22
Pros: This is a fantastic glove. Soft, durable, comfortable, light weight, you can not do much better than this terrific glove!
Cons: None at all!!
EHBATTA
Pros: Holy Cow, this glove is (squeal like a pig) greeeeeeat! Just picked it up for my son (age 11) to break in for next season, and in a day we've already got it feeling great. HIGH quality, and looks amazing and fits his hand size (an initial concern since I couldn't try it on). Think of a high end leather coat, this is that glove. This is our 4th Nokona and I know we're, I mean my son, is going to love playing with this. If you can find one, get one! AND IT's: MADE IN AMERICA!
Cons: Needs some extra attention on the tops of the thumb and pinky finger to work them out, they slightly concave inward. But worth the effort on this piece of American Awesomeness.
Questions and Answers
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Do you make this glove in 11inch Hector
We have been reseaching and looking for a glove for my son for a couple of months now and have narrowed down our choices. We really like this glove but have one questions, can you have a name and number put on this glove? Johnson 4
Do you all price match to a lower price from a competitor ? My son has a AMG1150 CW and a Mizuno Classic Pro 11.5 that is almost new,he hates it and wants a new Nakona. Would like to buy from you but found cheaper from oyher supplier. Please help, by the way Nakonas are sick and not to many out here being used, teamates on my boys 14 U team love his glove (Nakona) that is Work to pay for club baseball
What is recommended glove for 11 year old - has 11 inch now - shortstop? Can I get it shipped before x-mas? JPRem
I am looking for a glove for my little girl. She plays infield on a 10u travel ball team and has a small hand. Let me Know if you have something that with fit her needs. Dean
Does this glove come in a size12.5 or 13.00 inch? Mike
I play 3rd Base, Short, and pitch for my schools varsity team. I'm 15 and I also play on a travel team. Is this glove for the positions I play and is going to last? muel
What kind of leather is this made from?CT4? I know last year's Bloodline had CT4 leather, but it's being discontinued. john
Would this be a good glove for pitcher and a little right field? I play travel ball and I am a lefty. zach
Do the Bloodlines run small? NedKelley
i was looking for a glove that does not get floppy and has a long break in time does nokona produce good enough leather for this? turner
Should a pitcher be concerned about the white lettering interfering with regulations? B-dog
Is this glove stiff. and how does it compare to a2000 in stiffness? Chuck
What happened to the maroon version of this glove? JV Cano24
Will this glove be too small to use in college as a shortstop, pitcher, or second baseman? nokona is amazing
Would this glove work through high school for a shortstop with average hands? idk
My son is about 80 pounds. He mainly plays infield. He plays Little League, travel ball, etc. What Nokona glove would you recommend? BO
How stiff are these gloves when you buy them? ryan
Can this glove be worn by a slow pitch softball second baseman? Sean
I cant decide between this glove and the X2 elite. What is your opinion? Shawzy
I cannot decide between this and the Buffalo Combo. What do you think? ejs6
I read that the break in period for this series is long, but once broken in, it becomes extremely "floppy." I've never owned a Nokona glove, but does the leather remain stiff after breaking it in? jamesjhcho
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 | Second Base Short Stop Third Base Pitcher Infield |
Size | 11.50 |
Sub Type | Fielders |
Vendor | Nokona |
Web Type | Modified T |
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