TOFL Softball and Baseball Glove Lace Kit | Mitt Lace Glove Repair Lacing Kit | 2 Leather Laces with Lacing Needle for Catchers Glove

Didn’t come with enough lace to finish a single glove.

It was difficult deciding whether to rate the kit with 3 or 4 stars. I finally went with 3 stars since the insert instruction sheet that comes with the product provides a web address for TOFL that is incorrect and when I asked a question on what it should be, I got no answer. Additionally, the OD of the needle is a bit too large, at last for my glove (see below). If those issues had not surfaced, I would have rated the kit with 4 stars because it is a quality needle and rawhide. But there are problems. See my photos.I was re-lacing a vintage 1961 ball glove that my father gave me when I was 9 years old; today I am 69. To say it is worn and well-broken in is an understatement. However, for the amount I throw a ball around today with my grandkids, and because of my connection with that glove and its memories, I don’t want to have to replace it. I recall evenings as a kid, lovingly rubbing it with Rawlings Glovolium (I still have a bit left in the can) and rubber-banding the glove around a hardball for shape, and smacking my balled-up fist into it multiple time to make a pocket I liked. Thwack, thwack, thwack! No way I want to have to buy another. So, when the stitching on the web broke, I bought this repair kit.The instructions are good and I had no trouble cutting the rawhide and getting a tight fit into the needle, but there was one major problem. See photo A of the eyelets. This glove in some places has eyelets to reinforce the holes thru the leather, and in particular on both sides of the web, has two closely spaced eyelets. The needle’s OD is almost exactly the same as the eyelet’s ID so threading it becomes difficult. Furthermore, with the two closely spaced eyelets (photo B) I was forced to lubricate the needle with Glovolium and brace the glove against the partially open jaws of a bench vice while using a hammer to pound the needle through the holes. I was worried I might tear the leather, but it held. My method worked, but later I discovered another approach by adhering the rawhide with superglue to a rectangular cross-section piece of heavy wire that allowed me to pull the rawhide through another set of holes much more easily.I asked TOFL is curved needles are available and apparently, they are not.Anyway, the job is done (photo C) and I am ready for more catch with my grandkids. I haven’t cut the rawhide at the ends of the knots, just waiting to see how the glove plays over the near future.

I have an old glove (old gloves are the best gloves though) that had its lacing break. After watching a few videos on how to relace it, I selected this item and purchased it. I took a photo of the original lacing and then went to town. The instructions say to create a cut like a T but I just made a cut at an angle about 2-3" long so the lace tapered down. I threaded that in and the needle went through the existing holes in the glove very easily. I had one set of holes that were really tight but the needle made it through there although it did pull off the lacing once it came through. I simple rethreaded it on the needle and kept on going without incident. I only had to relace the fingers at this time and I have more than enough leftover lace to do the same thing several more times.Overall, it seems that you pay a lot for what's in the package but the value of being able to do this for yourself anytime your (or a teammate's) glove breaks is well worth it. It is easy enough to do that you could relace a part of a glove between innings so long as you don't go down 1-2-3I'd say I'd buy it again but I have enough material that I don't see that happening any time soon.

Restrung my daughters mitt because she absolutely loves the mitt...Perfect. The color is so vibrant and rich..did NOT run because I wet a spot to check. My 2 year old rott could not break it during a tug of war, he tried lol! The needle was easily threaded and stayed on during the entire process, of course after I threaded thru the hole I yanked the rest thru using the cord, not the needle. The diameter was a secure fit in the holes and it had some good stretch to tie off. The knots held well but I lightly wet them and pulled to secure. The 1 strand is perfect for an adult glove and as a bonus you get 2! So happy with this purchase

Hola escribo esta reseña para que estén atentos en la cantidad a comprarel paquete trae 2 rollos de cordones, pero como pueden apreciar en las imágenes, no es suficiente para reemplazar todo el guante.Considero que deberían de vender la cantidad suficiente para reparar un guante. Mi guante es tamaño 12.5 y no fue suficiente.Le estoy dando 4 estrellas pero por calidad del cordón luce bien, pero falta usar el guante y ver si realmente es duradero el cordón.espero sea útil mi comentario para futuros compradores.