radness
Possibilities & Opportunities!
- Dec 13, 2019
- 7,270
- 113
@ANNASDAD you are a champion of posts!Probably should have asked RAD to start this thread for me.......
Okay, here’s the glove that‘s missing!
A true 3B / utility pattern in a full (true size) 12” or even a 12.25”. This glove done right could fill the role of the girl who plays 2 or 3 positions. Absolutely NO Velcro, build this glove from the ground up in the right pattern for multiple softball positions but build it with small / snug hand and finger stalls specifically for the female hand! Not every girl likes a micro small glove, this size would work great at SS and 2B also.
The Vinci BV1929 is one pattern that I think is close to the glove I’m describing, but I’m thinking of a glove that’s much higher in quality, and definitely without a basket web!!
**Full size 12” or 12.25” glove.
**H-web, it’s absolutely the best web for a 3B & utility glove, H-webs break in deep and wide and it’s a strong web!
**A great leather, a real leather, I know the word Horween scares a lot of people off, but I’m talking about a real, big girl glove! Yeah it’s stiff, but it’s also durable and stands up to the rigors of TB, school ball, practices and lessons. If not Horween, a high quality Steerhide leather.
**Take the softball / fastpitch glove out of the equation, build it with true high quality baseball internals.....true felt, thicker finger stays, a leather palm pad, NO synthetic palm pads! Source some really high quality lace and use rough split welting. A glove built for the girl who uses a glove 5 days a week!
**I love the Rawlings Pro1000 / Pro206 / Pro207 / KB17 pattern with it’s bowl shape, along with the Wilson DW5 / 1781 pattern, deep and bowl shaped, great 3B patterns! But these are all baseball models I’ve listed above, make a glove in the patterns I listed above but make it fit a girls hand!
**My newest custom NP6 is another pattern that’s perfect for softball 3B, this one came with a surprisingly small hand stall that a lot of girls would use right out of the box! This one is a
I-web glove which would also work great, I still think a H-web glove is a better option for the glove I’m describing, but this I-web will work, and it’s so cool looking! I’ve went my entire life without ever owning a I-web glove, now I have 3 of them!
what was it
'the DFP equipment department' administrator ?!
imo Gloves/equiptment are individual preference.
Myself like to try things on.
Gloves fingers some are tighter or not.
Even seams /stitching can have an odd bump.
Certain leathers are treated where they have a hard exterior (which i prefer a soft pliable texture)
Even like to smell the glove
BTW i tell people about this great equiptment resource here on DFP.
EXCELLENT accumulation of knowledge and feedback!