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Old 11-29-2012, 04:19 PM   #1192
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Originally Posted by m3thods View Post
It's all personal preference. Some guys don't care if there are no palms in their gloves and will use those until they die. Some guys (a lot of pros included) can't use anything but a brand-new palm, so they replace them often.

As skiipi said, if you have cheap gloves, or don't have a particular fetish for a glove, then you're better off just buying gloves on closeout. 99% of people in beer leagues will do this. There aren't too many places to do it locally. I think Scoff's is the only place locally that repalms (not sure if the guy at Great Pacific Forum is still there)

However, if you have a glove that you love (for me, these are Bauer 4-Rolls- I have 3 pairs), repalming is worth looking at for a few reasons:
  • You don't have to break in gloves ever again
  • You have access to other palm materials, such as digital, mustang, kangaroo, goat, etc. Nash is the standard you see on higher-end gloves nowadays. If you can score them somehow, MSH2 from Eagle is a cult-classic.
  • If there was something you didn't like about the glove, you can get them altered for spare change. An example is putting in mesh gussets to improve breathability/cooling. That costs $5 per glove. Another thing you can do is shortening the cuff, or decreasing the volume of the glove for a slightly tighter fit

It's a lot of trouble, but for me at least it's worth it.
How much do you pay to get your gloves repalmed?
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