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1930s Ken-Wel 560 Pro Dazzy Vance Interlaced
Finger Design Baseball Glove |
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Ken-Wel Dazzy Vance
Interlaced Finger
Design Baseball Glove |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1930's
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MANUFACTURER
- Ken-Wel
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SIZE
- Adult
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PRICE GUIDE
- $350.00-$500.00
Very Good -
Excellent condition
Information
Provided by:
Keymancollectibles.com
Glove-Works.com
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In 1923, Philip Kennedy of the Kennedy
brothers, owners of the Ken-Wel
Sporting Goods Co., filed for a patent,
that would connect the fingers with
lace. The main objective of the
interlaced fingers was to create a deep
pocket that would close around the ball
when it hit the palm, and prevent the
fingers from bending back from the
speed of the ball, or spreading apart
allowing the ball to get away. This new
design was advertised to help prevent
errors.
The first Ken-Wel model was endorsed by "Crack 3rd baseman of the
Cincinnati Reds" Babe Pinelli. The
glove featured leather tabs on the back
of the fingers in which the lace ran
though. The Dazzy Vance model followed
the following year and became a
mainstay in the Ken-Wel catalog into
the 1940's. Sometime around 1934
eyelets in the fingers replaced the
outer leather tabs. There were a number
of feature variations through the
years, that included a 3 finger model,
and by 1940 a double tunnel web was
added.
Other companies also experimented with variations of the interlaced finger
design, Goldsmith, Reach, Nocona... but
all other glove models in the market
were manufactured with split fingers,
including the Ken-Wel catalog. This
glove design did last through the
1940's, but it wasn't until the 1950's
when laced fingers took hold ending the
era of the split finger baseball glove.
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Ken-Wel Dazzy Vance
Interlaced Finger Design
Baseball Glove |
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| Dazzy Vance inerlocking lace Fingers baseball Glove |
Ken-Wel 560 Pro Dazzy Vance Interlaced Finger Design Baseball Glove |
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