Wierd 1130's
Posted: Mon May 03, 2004 11:21 pm
I have been reading some back posts about this but I have found only a few mentions of a wierd hybrid 1130 that I found today. I was digging through a bucket of old work gloves in a small local hardware shop when I found what looked at first to be the 1123s! The color has no yellow in it, it looks just like the color of the 1123s on the main page - right down to the cotton trim running along the bottom. These, however, are grain cowhide. I look on the model number, it says 1130. I turn the gloves around, waiting to see the dreaded keystone thumb - but no.
Instead the thumb seam goes down to the cuff, just like the 1123s. They looked like they had been repackaged (they were held together with a staple) but the model number on the inside of the glove says 1130. Very strange. An 1130 with a straight thumb, AND the exact same color as the 1123s?
Basically these would BE the 1123s if it werent for one caveat. The seam on the 1123s in the pictures I have seen (I don't own them) kind of arcs down toward the thumbside of the wrist accross the palm, it has a curve. On my gloves, the seam just goes strait down, and the thumb lies straight up towards the pointer finger.
So...anyone have a pair of these strange 1130s? Are these just really old 1130s?
-John
*EDIT*
I was just checking some back posts...this one in particular:
http://www.indygear.com/forum/viewtopic ... lls+lamont
The gloves I bought have the feature on the back where the thumb piece extends to the wrist parallel to the side seam, rather than attaches at a right angle. These would be dead ringers except for that small fact that the thumb seam on the palm side goes down to the wrist more in the center of the palm, rather than curving off...
Instead the thumb seam goes down to the cuff, just like the 1123s. They looked like they had been repackaged (they were held together with a staple) but the model number on the inside of the glove says 1130. Very strange. An 1130 with a straight thumb, AND the exact same color as the 1123s?
Basically these would BE the 1123s if it werent for one caveat. The seam on the 1123s in the pictures I have seen (I don't own them) kind of arcs down toward the thumbside of the wrist accross the palm, it has a curve. On my gloves, the seam just goes strait down, and the thumb lies straight up towards the pointer finger.
So...anyone have a pair of these strange 1130s? Are these just really old 1130s?
-John
*EDIT*
I was just checking some back posts...this one in particular:
http://www.indygear.com/forum/viewtopic ... lls+lamont
The gloves I bought have the feature on the back where the thumb piece extends to the wrist parallel to the side seam, rather than attaches at a right angle. These would be dead ringers except for that small fact that the thumb seam on the palm side goes down to the wrist more in the center of the palm, rather than curving off...