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Every aspect of a Nokona glove gets the personal touch—individually cut, stamped, stitched, laced and embroidered in the company’s Texas facility. It has been that way since 1934 and the ...
Nokona operates with about 35 employees right now producing about 30,000 gloves a year. Following the late December, early January move, the team was back at full production level two weeks ago.
The Nokona Ballglove Factory, located about ten miles south of the Red River in Montague County, has been manufacturing baseball gloves for ninety years.The small facility is the last domestic ...
Every aspect of a Nokona glove gets the personal touch, individually cut, stamped, stitched, laced and embroidered in the company’s Texas facility. It has been that way since 1934 and the ...
Nokona gloves occupy a high-end niche, catering to customers who are willing to plunk down as much as $300 for a baseball or softball glove. John Golomb, who repairs and restores old gloves in ...
Maria Cedillo shapes a handmade Nokona baseball glove while manager Rob Storey uses a wood mallet to form the perfect pocket in another. Two dozen employees cut, sew and shape the leather at the ...
The Great Depression caused a shift from wallets to manufacturing baseball gloves and, in 1934, Nocona Athletic Goods Co. was formed. MORE: Nokona building fits new purpose like glove ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Texas' Nokona isn't the only manufactuer of baseball gloves in the U.S. Glovesmith makes about 100 custom baseball gloves ...
Texas-based Nokona has been making baseball gloves since 1934. Most of their domestic competition has moved operations overseas, where America's oldest professional sport is little-known.
Nokona ships about 40,000 gloves a year, a fraction of the 6.2 million sold annually in the U.S. It employs about 35 people at the Texas plant. Storey won’t disclose the privately held company ...