Carpenter Trade

MY PITCH Carpenter gloves are the lightest professional level gloves. Lighter is better – it’s that simple. When a bad hop comes your way the only glove feature that assists getting the pocket on the ball is lighter/faster versus heavier/slower. Carpenter gloves have consistently weighed between five and ten ounces lighter than any established brand currently used in professional baseball. For perspective, this 10 ounce difference is equivalent to the weight of two baseballs. Imagine carrying two baseballs attached to the back of your glove as you make a flash grab at a sharply hit ground ball. Imagine being a pitcher with a 130 mph line drive coming straight at you and your only hope is that your glove is fast enough to get in front of it.
Our materials are stronger and last longer. The man-made microfiber materials, unique to our gloves, have twice the tear strength of leather. Leather fibers will stretch, compress, and break down more rapidly. This is why leather gloves become floppy and end up laying flat without a formed pocket. Man-made microfibers, by contrast, hold their shape longer without compressing. Since we began making gloves in 2001, we have yet to see a Carpenter glove that has gone flat. Additionally, we have always offered to re-lace our gloves free for life. No one yet has yet needed this service because of the greater strength and longevity of the nylon lace we use. Our custom work is unequaled. A common complaint with mass-produced leather gloves is the thumb loop, pinky loop, and wrist adjustment all stretch and distort with use. Additionally, the knots that hold them become difficult to keep tied or to readjust. These adjustable parts exist because it allows big companies to mass-produce identical one-size-fits-all gloves. We have done away with these problems because Carpenter gloves are custom made for a true fit using material that won’t stretch or distort. We cut all of the parts of your glove, both the outer shell and the inner lining, in proportion to the dimensions of your hand—something no other company does. Consequently, no two Carpenter gloves are identical.

Our craftsmanship is unrivaled. One example of the difference in skilled craftsmanship can be seen in our custom fitted linings which are tailored to every segment of all five fingers. Our yellow linings come far up on both sides of the finger channels. The seamless rounded surfaces are tailored to the size and length of your fingers with high ridges precisely located at your finger tips for better leverage, comfort, and performance. This design outperforms mass-produced one-size-fits-all linings where the fingers, especially the ring finger, will press more towards the pinky-side of the channel right into a corner sewn seam which is uncomfortable and lacks leverage. The competition among larger established brands has had a negative toll on their products as they race to the bottom by lowering their production costs to gain a profitability edge on their competitors. They all follow similar cost-cutting production methods, employ similar third world contractors, use similar materials, resulting in similar one-size-fits-all products. These similarities are exactly what you do not want in your baseball glove: a highly personalized item that is literally and figuratively an extension of yourself. We are proud to be doing all of the things the big companies do not. Carpenter gloves are made in the USA using new materials, new production methods, and we customize the fit of every glove to provide real performance advantages for the player who wants to stand apart and ahead of the field. MY CATCH This years model is priceless. All orders for Carpenter Trade gloves will be done for trade only, not for money.