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Legacy
was built on the same principles
that his grandfather, Jack Golomb, scientific design for the advancement of sporting
goods products and equipment.
Johnny’s
way of continuing the Golomb family legacy that spans 90 years
and three generations of manufacturing in the New York metropolitan
area. Johnny’s grandfather, Jacob J. Golomb (Jack),
founded the renowned sporting goods company in 1915.
Jack was an innovator, a promoter, and a publisher. In fact,
Jack was among a unique group of entrepreneurs who pioneered
the American sporting goods industry in the first half of
the 20th Century.
Jack’s son, Dan Golomb (Johnny’s
dad), served as CEO of the company for 50 years after the
passing of his father. During his tenure, Dan took the great
name and made it into an icon by nationalizing and internationalizing
it.
John brings to the business
over 25 years of experience manufacturing, engineering, restoring
and designing baseball, football, and boxing equipment. This
includes 10 years as the Product Design Supervisor,
16 years running The Sports Doctor Inc.
and most
recently operating in the role of Director of Professional
Boxing Products for corporation's Bronx facility. The simple
principle of producing high-quality products that last and
providing personal service, has been the hallmark of the family
tradition and legacy, and has been the secret ingredient behind
the worldwide reputation associated with the family’s
name in the sporting goods industry.
Baseball gloves presented a new challenge
for Johnny’s unique leather-crafting abilities. In 1987,
he pursued his new endeavor, starting originally as a baseball
glove repair company. However, soon Johnny discovered that
the mitt-relining aspect of his service was unique in America,
and made him unique among sporting goods repair businesses.
Quickly, the company became associated with
fine restoration work of all types of sports products –
many of the nation’s best-known glove collectors were
now sending him their mitts for repair. As more and more gloves
arrived, it became quite obvious to Johnny that the gloves
made by the major companies, usually bought at chain sporting
goods stores, were no longer made with the quality they once
were famous for. He saw that the gloves coming in for repair
that had been made recently were noticeably inferior to the
same models made years ago. Why? Because most gloves sold
in America are now imported from abroad.
He concluded that to keep prices down and
volume up, the name brands have simply cut corners, thereby
diminishing the quality of their gloves. Other reasons for
low-quality gloves being sold today include the lighter, softer
leathers used to ease break-in, and the proliferation of vinyl
or other man-made materials as substitutes for full grain
leathers.
As a result, John Golomb began making a complete line of replica gloves, including
some original designs. Hundreds of ma through
John's repair service, enabling Johnny
to compile leather-craft know-how based on nearly 100 years
of well-made gloves.
Almost all of these gloves have been photographed,
examined, patterned and replicated. This accumulated information
has made it possible for Johnny to make extremely accurate
replicas of gloves for his Pastime Replica Baseball
Glove line using just a photo or a picture from a
catalog.
The most popular requested replicas are
from the pre-war years, but interest in 1950s and 1960s models
is rapidly growing. Popular models include the Wilson Ball
Hawk (3 finger), the Rawlings Playmaker (4 finger), and the
Rawlings XPG-6 (Mickey Mantle model). Many of John's gloves
have been seen in movies, documentaries and commercials.
John Golomb boasts
one of the largest pattern achieve of glove models (over 800 patterns,
starting from the late 1880s to conventional present
designs) and America's only ambidextrous model which is
his original design.
For more information about gloves, Pastime Preservations Service,
e-mail us at mailto:contactus@baseballglove.com
or online at contact us
John
Golomb
LEGACY Custom Sp. Gds.
Pastime Preservations
3, 2nd Street #1
Brooklyn, NY 11231
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