09/03/2026
These are the gloves I really enjoy working on. Thank you Austin Briles
This Mizuno MCL 5002 was purchased in the early 2000s and used throughout the owner’s high school baseball days. After that, it stayed in the game through years of rec slow-pitch softball.
Then, more than 20 years after Dad first put it on his hand, his son’s glove gave out.
His son started using Dad’s old Mizuno instead. After a few games, the original lace finally started giving way too.
He had a choice: buy his son another glove or give this one another life.
He chose the Mizuno.
It got a thorough cleaning and conditioning and a complete relace in dark red. I wanted to keep all the character this glove earned over the years while making sure it was ready to actually be played with again.
I loved working on this glove, and I’m incredibly happy with how it turned out.
There’s just something cool about a glove that already played through one kid’s high school years getting another chance to take the field with his son.
Same glove. New chapter.