Gowdy Glove Services

 

Base Service

 

Field Gloves - $70

  • Excludes “Trapeze” style webs

Mitts - $80

  • Catcher, Firstbase and “Trapeze” style Field Gloves

Vintage - $100

  • Discretion and communication employed on vintage labeling. Higher pricing due to very careful and light cleaning process involving multiple stages of repetition. Best suited for display pieces.

Base Service Includes

  • Complete strip of lace and deep clean within and without. Thumb, pinky and finger felt padding removed for process.

  • Extraction of existing palm adhesive and reapplication of a thin layer of oven-heated glove grease.

  • Full relace with highest performance lace on the market. All lace preconditioned and sent through a prestressing process preceding lacing. Web and finger lace upgraded to 1/4” where applicable. Laces skived (thinned) to appropriate gauge for palm, close and often pinky and thumb runs. Beeswax applied to rough side of freshly skived lace, sealed in during prestressing, greatly extending play and life.

  • Color lace of your choosing available but if not on hand, anticipate an additional week on turnaround due to delivery

  • Replica vintage lacing accessible for both display or performance level function

  • 3 Stage conditioning of leather over 48 hr period with incremental buffing

  • Spot touch up with pro leather dye for minimal worn areas at no cost if dye is on hand (Discretion used and presented in advance if/when applicable).

  • 90 Day Warranty On Any Lace Related Issue

  • At very least, 4 before and after pics of highest fidelity and color representation possible

  • Possible inclusion as ‘Restory’ if you’re open to a short interview

Thumb/Pinky Loop

 

$15 per

  • Color matched to shell or lace color as close as possible

  • If color not on hand, additional week for delivery will apply

  • Laced into base of close or hand sewn in to base if not at detriment to binding

Replacement Felt

 

$15-20 per side, $12 Fingers (fore, mid & ring included)

  • Full replacement using F1 and F3 grade felt or a bolstering of existing felt (one layer stripped and replaced with appropriate F1 or F3 density felt

  • Base felt of stack (including fingers) always F1 grade unless detrimental to play

  • All hand-sewn with waxed thread and double-needle

  • More specifics coming soon. For time being, please inquire

Plastic Insert ’Stays’

 

$10-15 per side

  • Cut and shaped from 1/8” HDPE plastic (generally upgrade for every market model)

  • New stay traced from failing stay or designed with balance and play in mind if not present

  • ‘Toe’ stay insert for catcher’s mitts available

  • Please inquire for specifics until further updated

Palm Pads

 

$20-45

  • 5oz Oil-Tanned Hide

  • ‘Dual-Core’ cut patterns replicated for specific position

  • Mid Sized (3 fingers, palm and laced into nearest section of heel)

  • Full Sized (Every finger, palm, entire heel and laced into all palm slots as well as base of webbing)

  • No templates used. Each customized on site to specific piece and available for every glove type

  • Pics to follow, please inquire for specifics