OEM & ODM Baseball Glove Manufacturer
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GLOVE MASTER
Est. 2016 · Qingdao, China
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Leather & Color Options

The first — and most important — customization decision of your glove. Explore our hide library, colorway options and how we carry your choice from swatch to mass production.
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Stock Leather & Color References
Leather & Color Options

Premium Hides, Your Colorway

Leather decides how a glove breaks in, how long it lasts and what it costs — it is the single largest driver of quality and price in your product. That’s why we treat material selection as the first engineering decision of every custom project, not a finishing touch.
Our in-house material library covers the full spectrum from economy cowhide to premium kip, with documented tanning specs, weight references and color swatches for every option. Choose from stock references or match your own brand palette across leather, laces and welting.
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Side-by-side swatches for every new project
Leather Selection

Choose the Hide Behind Your Brand

Three families of material cover every market level — each documented, swatch-supported and ready for sampling.
Full-grain cowhide leather hides stacked in the tannery
Mainstream Choice
Retail · Schools · Club Programs

Full-Grain Cowhide

The dependable workhorse of the mainstream market. Intact grain keeps fibers dense, delivering natural abrasion and moisture resistance, a predictable break-in cycle and the strongest cost-to-performance ratio. Our go-to for retail lines, schools and club programs.
Premium kip leather with fine tight grain on a workshop bench
Premium Tier
High-End & Pro-Level Lines

Kip Leather

Sourced from younger cattle for finer grain, tighter fiber structure and noticeably less weight at the same thickness. Faster break-in and a lighter feel make it the standard for premium and pro-level lines — the material that makes a top tier believable.
Rolls of synthetic microfiber leather material in the factory
Entry & Training
Youth · All-Weather Programs

Synthetic & Hybrid

Engineered materials for entry-level, youth and training programs: all-weather stability, zero break-in and color freedom natural hide can’t match. Hybrid builds add a leather palm where hands touch, keeping lightness and price everywhere else.
Color Matched
Across Leather, Laces & Welting
Color & Finish

Any Colorway Your Brand Needs

Color is where a glove becomes unmistakably yours. We match color across every visible component and control dye lots through production so bulk shipments stay consistent with approved samples.

Pantone / Brand Color Matching

Match your palette across leather shells, laces, welting and stitching thread.

Stock & Custom Finishes

Oiled, waxed, tumbled and pre-conditioned finishes — tuned for break-in feel and climate.

Two-Tone Combinations

Shell, web and lace in contrasting tones for a signature on-field look.
From Swatch to Bulk

How Your Leather Choice Gets Locked In

The four checkpoints buyers ask about most — what happens between your first swatch and a repeat order.

Tell us your target market and price point, and we shortlist two or three matching hides. We then prepare side-by-side swatch cards of your shortlist — the decision is made on real material in your hands, not spec sheets.

Yes. Your brand colors are matched across leather shells, laces, welting and stitching thread, then confirmed on lab dips before any production leather is dyed — so the color you approve is the color that ships.

You approve a fully built sample glove — leather, color, laces and finish. That signed-off sample becomes the golden standard, and bulk production is checked against it piece by piece.

Incoming hide inspection and per-batch color checks against the golden standard keep reorder quality stable season after season — the same checks apply whether it’s your first order or your fifteenth.

Not Sure Which Leather Fits Your Market?

Tell us about your target players and price point. We’ll recommend two or three leather options and prepare swatches for evaluation.
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