Highland Group Baseball and Softball Glove Lacing Needle

Works great. I had 1/8" rawhide to work with and it threaded into the end of the needle nicely. Anything larger and you're gonna have to do some trimming, but I wouldn't do it quite like the instruction sheet recommends. As you can seen in their illustration, a considerable shoulder is left on one side. I'f you're threading through thick rope, you want as little resistance as possible and I can almost guarantee that shoulder will catch and cause issues. At the very least if you're threading 1/4" rawhide, take 1/16' off each side so the "tail" that you'll be treading into the needle will be centered and the shoulders will be mitigated. Seeing you'll probably be using a razor knife, or something extremely sharp anyway, you could even taper the shoulders. Yes, I'm turning this into rocket science, but you'll likely be eliminating any chance of the rawhide pulling out of the needle, providing you've threaded it in correctly and not trying to lace it through too small a hole or a very tightly woven rope.Also, because I was threading through braided nylon rope, I found the factory point on the needle was WAY too rough, particularly at the very tip where there was a burr from whatever they used to sharpen it. It most definitely would've caught on the nylon fibers of the rope and made a mess of them. I used a chainsaw flat file and some 600 grit sandpaper and took the bevels down and fixed it. This took less than a minute. It now has a smooth radiused /conical shape to it with a very slightly rounded over point. Worked like a charm.Regardless of the fact I had to slightly modify the product, I still give it 5 stars. It worked awesome for what I needed it for, and as a baseball glove lacing needle, the slight roughness of the factory tip wouldn't matter one bit.

Great product! If you are a DIY'er and are inclined to attempt a project like restringing a baseball glove, this little tool is a must-have. My kid's 2-year old glove (what? broken laces after 2 years? my Wilson glove that I got at age 14 didn't start busting laces until it was more than 30 years old!) popped a lace mid-season, and I was not really interested in shelling out more $$ for another glove. Even if I had spent the money, then my kid would also have to break in a glove - again, mid-season. Maybe this is my ignorance, but do not buy one of those "toy" tools from the sporting goods store, with the handle and the loop at the end -- how does that thing hold a lace?, much less pass through the lace holes in the glove?Back on this one: you will need to follow the directions about notching one end of your lace in order to get the lace to hold in the threaded end of the tool. Again being a novice at this, I did spend a bit of time up-front watching how-to videos on Youtube ("Dirty 30's Leather & Lace" were helpful). That said, I would not recommend pulling all the laces out and then trying to guess at the weaving pattern. There are too many holes, you'll never remember the pattern. What I did was, start re-lacing at the point where the lace was broken, and then pull the broken lace out, 1-2 holes at a time, and re-string the new lace into those holes, until it was done. In principle this will take longer, and may require some working in both directions, but again, all of these challenges are better than having a useless glove with the laces pulled out and no map to show you how to re-do it.Bring a lot of patience to this project. The old laces have stress in them and are sometimes quite difficult to remove (needle-nose pliers will help). The lace I had to replace was the main lace that holds the webbing together, and this took me about 2 hours over the course of 2 days. Again, I'm not a pro, and I could see being faster at this, after doing this several times.Tonight I've got a happy kid with a glove that's like new again. Between this item and the one lace I had to buy, we were back in business for about $15.

I used this needle to relace a baseball glove and it was absolutely awful. The needle would not hold onto the lace and I spent more time re-threading the lace on the needle than I did actually relacing the glove. The lace would come out almost every single time I pushed it through one of the holes and the tip of the needle was extremely sharp so I risked stabbing myself every time the lace slipped out.I made the mistake of misplacing my good Tanner's needle I had previously, and bought this one because of the positive reviews on Amazon. It was money wasted. I threw this needle away and ordered another Tanner's needle instead. The Tanner's needle may be a few dollars more but it is absolutely worth it. Do not waste your money on this.

This glove lace needle is a good product. The opening/hole on the other side of the needle is very small. You need to cut the lace's very thin to get the lace into the opening. Not an easy process. The product is very good but you have to factor into account the method you are going to use to re-lace your glove. Attaching the needle hook might be an easier method.

I am not a novist when it comes to relacing baseball gloves. The hole to screw the lace into is too wide for using skived 3/16" lace or 3/16" in general. The lace comes out continuously when relacing a glove. The needle tip/ needle in general is too thick for palm holes. Added pressure has to applied to get the needle through a hole. There is no reason for the tip to be as sharp as it is.

This needle works fairly well for most parts of relacing a glove. It is not long enough, however, to make the long, straight run across the top of the web so you will need to use wire with a hook on the end, and puncture a hole in the new lace to use to draw it thru.Lacing stays in the needle well enough as long as you cut it back a fair distance (1/2-3/4") and screw the needle onto it like the directions say. Go slowly thru the holes and once thru pull on the lace--not the needle--to draw the excess lace up.