my el cheapo Rawlings I use to workout with DD had the mid finger laces break (as well as those lace holes tearing). Was in a bind, wanted a quick fix, was in Walmart, thought I would take a gamble and check out craft, shoe and sports sections, no good leather lacing available, but then I saw something in craft section that sparked an idea.
long story short, I relaced the mid finger laces (along with rerouting into webbing, as holes as said were tearing, no complaints, I paid $30 for the glove new) with paracord. Only used the glove a few times since, but it seems to be doing OK. Glove is not worth putting good laces in. I did have to cauterize (?) the ends carefully after was done.
still have say 80% of the paracord I bought leftover, put this into my "glove bag" (string bag with old receiving blanket, conditioner, and lacing tool), and will keep this with us for all games. In a pinch, better than nothing, and being very flexible, relacing was much faster than with leather, used same tool (I dont do it often, I bought the took in a kit with a short bit of lace to repair my yard sale Rawlings ($7), but then had more laces start to go and just don't have time to figure out relacing entire thing, shame, good glove).
long story short, I relaced the mid finger laces (along with rerouting into webbing, as holes as said were tearing, no complaints, I paid $30 for the glove new) with paracord. Only used the glove a few times since, but it seems to be doing OK. Glove is not worth putting good laces in. I did have to cauterize (?) the ends carefully after was done.
still have say 80% of the paracord I bought leftover, put this into my "glove bag" (string bag with old receiving blanket, conditioner, and lacing tool), and will keep this with us for all games. In a pinch, better than nothing, and being very flexible, relacing was much faster than with leather, used same tool (I dont do it often, I bought the took in a kit with a short bit of lace to repair my yard sale Rawlings ($7), but then had more laces start to go and just don't have time to figure out relacing entire thing, shame, good glove).