The_Waxies_Dargle t1_je20tmm wrote on March 28, 2023 at 8:55 PM

Reply to comment by CheeseCurdCommunism in Any leatherworkers in the city who restore old baseball gloves? by Not_Really_Famous

This strikes me as funny. Every glove I've ever owned, all of my efforts went into breaking it in and making it less new. Whether it was shaving cream and tying it around two balls or sleeping with between my mattress and box spring.

CheeseCurdCommunism t1_je24vmz wrote on March 28, 2023 at 9:22 PM

Its wild how awful everything we were told as kids is for gloves.

I have two gloves. One I got in high school that I followed all the "old age" tricks for and one that I learned better from. My college baseball glove is over 10 years old now and its in mint condition.

All that oven baking back in the day just pulled out all the moisture and fucked the interior. https://thehittingvault.com/how-to-break-in-a-baseball-glove/#:~:text=Don't%3A%20Microwave%20or%20Bake%20It&text=So%20let's%20keep%20the%20glove,hot%20air%20in%20an%20oven.