Gloves 101 with Professor Rous
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David the Gnome
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Thanks, I'll try that next. With this much competition, WTF is PB thinking?!
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Was it difficult to do 1/4" all the way around? I am ready to relace my mine. And getting some dual color lace (black and red) 1/4 tanner for it, afraid it will be too wide at some spots. Also a Mod Trap.Vinci 12.25" Custom
Before pics, I took out the web lace to see how long it was. 92" long. I used two 72" pieces instead.
After
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Now I am getting comments on my "posts"! I wonder if I can still use imgur for 3rd party hosting but keep them private.
Rous
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Vinci 12.5" Custom
This one came in and I thought it would only need a clean/condition/relace. However, the finger stall divider between the middle and index finger was 90% gone and all that was remaining of the divider between the the middle and ring finger was one thread. In the pic of the patch, I later pulled it out and redid it making the ring finger sleeve a bit smaller because the glove owner is a rising junior softballer with small hands. It turned out great. I reworked the lacing for the web for a couple reasons.
Before
New stalls.
Done!
This one came in and I thought it would only need a clean/condition/relace. However, the finger stall divider between the middle and index finger was 90% gone and all that was remaining of the divider between the the middle and ring finger was one thread. In the pic of the patch, I later pulled it out and redid it making the ring finger sleeve a bit smaller because the glove owner is a rising junior softballer with small hands. It turned out great. I reworked the lacing for the web for a couple reasons.
Before
New stalls.
Done!
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sleepin4matty
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That is one incredible transformation Rous^^^
Rous
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Thanks! I hope the owner's dad thinks so too!
smarkley3
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Damn, that glove looked beat, great job. Was it eating up from sweat? Never saw the finger stalls do that, not even in an 8 year old RV1923-22
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Yep, its the sweat. The glove lives in a town west of Houston. I have done this type of patch (palm or finger stalls) 9-10 times, and almost all of the gloves live in hot-humid places.
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It is a family post! Father and daughter getting gloves relaced in matching tan, what could be more heart-warming this holiday time of year!!!
Rawlings Pro 206-CB and Pro303-CTB. Both fairly new. The camel laces had already stretched quite a bit.
I gotta say, I am so sad Rawlings only had this one stock run of the 303-CTB. I love this thing!!! Only downside is they used rolled welting in gray... trying to make it look like the rough? Ug, just use rough in gray or black!!! Or Black rolled if you want to go that way.
Before
After
Black and tan M****R F****R!!! And I eliminated 5 knots on this trap... can you name them?
Rawlings Pro 206-CB and Pro303-CTB. Both fairly new. The camel laces had already stretched quite a bit.
I gotta say, I am so sad Rawlings only had this one stock run of the 303-CTB. I love this thing!!! Only downside is they used rolled welting in gray... trying to make it look like the rough? Ug, just use rough in gray or black!!! Or Black rolled if you want to go that way.
Before
After
Black and tan M****R F****R!!! And I eliminated 5 knots on this trap... can you name them?
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Swinging Bunt
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6 knots!
Rous
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Oh crap, you are right!!! 6.
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The nice thing about the 303 trapeze is that you can easily reinforce the turnaround of the midfinger lacing (without having to go all the way thru the index). When it's open, you can slip a wider piece of leather to help distribute the isolated stress point.
Wally Gator
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Love the tan lace changes. I think you could add tan lace to Wonder Bread and it would taste... strike that, it wouldn't.
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I was going to, but Rawlings beat me to it! There was an extra piece of the shell leather already glued in there.
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Beforehand, I would not have expected the tan on camel to look great, but it does!
Everyone wants super stiff lace. I got one batch from USASD that was super stiff, but it ended up being brittle and I had too replace two web laces that popped within a month of my doing the work. IMO, great lace is tough and doesn't stretch too much.
I left the heel lace on the Pro206 long as I tightened up the hand stall pretty good for a small hand. If it's too tight, they can back it out a bit. But then just cut it off at that point.
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Not an easy thing to store a 60" round piece of plywood. So I doubt I'll be pulling it out for pics. The marble table top or stairs will have to do most of the time!
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1991 (or 2001?) Wilson A2800-1883. ebay find, in solid but well used shape. Thorough cleaning (couldn't get the stains out), laces, palm pad. The current 1883 is waaay bigger (like, 3/4" longer).
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I added a lace around the perlicue because the binding had been damaged there. Easy to remove if too bulky.
Before
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I added a lace around the perlicue because the binding had been damaged there. Easy to remove if too bulky.