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Vintage D&M Factory Baseball Stitching Clamp

   

vintage D&M Baseball Stitching Clamp

  • CIRCA - 1930's
  • MANUFACTURER Draper-Maynard co
  • SIZE - 19.5" (overall Length) 9.5" (overall width) Main Body 6.5" X 7.5"
  • PRICE GUIDE - $250 - $400.

 

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 This is a vintage baseball stitching clamp. This device which was bolted to a working table, and was used to secure the baseball during the process of sewing on the cover. Typically made of wood or metal this Stitching Clamp features the D&M "Lucky Dog" logo, and was used at the Draper-Maynard factory located in New Hampshire. The Draper-Maynard Sporting Goods company was most famous for their baseball gloves. The Red Sox team visited the factory in 1916, which was memorialized by a now-classic photo of Babe Ruth sewing a cover on a baseball. Ruth endorsed and used D&M equipment throughout his career. Baseballs were one of the largest products of this factory. The company went out of business in 1937.

Two pieces of figure-eight-shaped cowhide is dampened to permit pliability and placed around a string wound core, then placed in the stitching clamp. The covers are stapled together to hold in place for stitching. The baseball is then hand-stitched together with 216 raised stitches. It takes about 13-14 minutes to hand sew a baseball.

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Vintage Baseball Stitching Clamp

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The D&M "Lucky Dog" Logo featured at the bottom of this Baseball Stitching Clamp.

D&M Luck Dog Logo

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