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[thedevil]

Thoroughly enjoyed reading that.

on a side note...love the first pair of sample gloves you received back, I'd have had a pair of those

[jwebber86]

good read Tom. i was always impressed by the looks of the softs but have never actually owned. wish i had

[gerhard303]

Interesting read! Thanks for sharing!

[smilley792]

The suasage finger with the purple streak are pretty nice!


Nice to see the struggles and process brands go through trying to get the softs they envisage, I wonder how many people just accept and try to sell what arrives?

[gerhard303]

Looking forward to part 4 and how the Mongoose Torq came about etc.! Thanks Tom! 

[smilley792]

Remembered I liked this on Instagram a few weeks back.

Hayden, the goose and gloves looking good.



Wouldn't actually mind a set of those gloves

[Tom]

So those gloves there were before we produced the 2011 range, the 2011 range was loosely based on them in the end - but these were a pro issue only job. We produced 3 colours for the pros, Purple (for the new range), Green (CoR3) and Red (MMi3).

They were made by Champ International, who were a lot more agile and willing to help than Sareen who made the stock range, and we used to send across a scan of the players hands which they'd be manufactured to.

[smilley792]

This is what I never understand in the industry. Edward Lowry(GM) keeps saying "I don't think they'd sell" but many on here think otherwise.


Why aren't the pro issue softs the ones on sale to the public???

[Tom]

Generally speaking consumers want split finger gloves, and pros would want sausage style gloves with less flexibility.

The reason the purple ones were never made public is because they were for an intermediate period before we completed the design of the 2011 pink/purple/red gloves. As I said in the article we wanted all 3 colours so they matched any bat in the range.