Nokona EdgeX Born Ready 11.5" Baseball Glove: EDGEXBR1150I
Glove Profile
Nokona EdgeX Born Ready 11.5" Baseball Glove: EDGEXBR1150I
Features
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11.50 Inch Length
Recommended For Infielders (Second Base, Shortstop, & Third Base)
Stiffer Feel Will Require A Break-In
Designed To Fit A High School-To-Adult Sized-Player’s Hand
I-Web
Constructed From Japanese CalfSKN & AmericanKIp Leathers
Colorway: Blonde | Blue | Red
Index Finger Pad On Shell Backing For Protection and Comfort
Conventional Open Back
SuperSoft Internal Leather Liner
Grade-A American Steerhide Laces
Bonded & Waxed 16-Ply Thread Is Handstitched & 3X Stronger Than Traditional Stitching
Moisture Wicking Wrist Liner
Pro-Level Padding For Added Structure
Handcrafted In The USA
Three (3) Year Manufacturer's Warranty
Description
The Nokona EdgeX Born Ready transcends conventional glove design with its revolutionary EdgeX construction. This patented technique ensures perfect alignment of every component (45 of them!), from the seamless fit of the liner into the outer shell to your hand in the glove, enhancing the integrity of the leather like never before. The result? An exceptionally smooth pocket that enhances ball control and feel, setting a new standard for glove performance.
Crafted from Nokona’s proprietary, blonde Japanese CalfSKN and red AmericanKIP leathers, the EdgeX Born Ready boasts a striking appearance that doesn’t just stand out—it performs. Japanese CalfSKN leather, known for its tight fibers and fine pores, holds vibrant colors exceptionally well and offers a smooth, lightweight finish ideal for professional, college, high school, and club players seeking peak performance.
This glove's resilience is unmatched, thanks to 1,000+ hand-sewn cross-stitches from bonded and waxed 16-ply nylon thread that's 3X stronger than traditional stitching.
Step into the next era of baseball glove innovation with the Nokona EdgeX Born Ready 11.5" Baseball Glove. Whether your ambitions lie in reaching the major leagues or achieving new personal records, this glove stands as your indispensable ally!
Warranty
Nokona extends a three (3) year manufacturer’s warranty on their EdgeX Series Gloves. If you buy an EdgeX Glove from us and experience an issue that may have come from defective workmanship or material, be sure and let the Glove Experts know. The Glove Experts are trained in product and warranty knowledge. They will be happy to assist with providing directions for a warranty return to Nokona.
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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
Age Range | 13-15 High School-Adult |
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Color | Blue Red |
Feel | Stiff |
Glove Type | Baseball |
Position | Infield Second Base Short Stop Third Base |
Series | EdgeX |
Size | 11.50 |
Sub Type | Fielders |
Vendor | Nokona |
Web Type | I-Web |
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