Before "Preserving" or conditioning your glove it would be a good idea to clean it first. Even if you feel the glove is not dirty, removing any minor surface dirt will prepare the leather to fully absorb what ever conditioning you use. See Related Links below for detailed methods for preserving your Baseball glove.
leather
Leather. Usually calfskin. It's softer and more flexible.
rawlings primo $449 made of Italian leather
Sure. A softball glove is made of the same materials that a baseball glove is made of (high grade leather). They need time to be broken in. Oiling the glove will help with this process.
Making a baseball glove is the hardest thing in the world to make out of leather. The average glove takes approx 3hrs to produce. See video from Akadema on how gloves are made. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcGiBodC-Mo
It depends on the model you buy but all higher end models are leather.
The bulk of the value on a collectible baseball glove relies on the player that endorsed it. Without a player endorsement the glove will have a lower collectors value and will rely on vintage baseball glove features such as the style of the web. Condition is also important. Flaws such as broken laces, dry leather, and writing on the glove will lower the value.
Akadema www.akademapro.com sells individual pieces of leather lacing. Also comes in colors blue, red, black and tan
Nothing makes a glove pop louder, the pop is based on what kind of leather your glove is n how hard it is.The glove isn't gonna have a loud pop if its old. It aslo helps if you use GlovePop.
This is some discrepancy over who invented the first baseball glove. However, Rawlings sports manufacturing company is the first recorded manufacturer of the baseball glove and does hold the patent on this first glove.
No. It will damage the leather. Go to a sporting goods store they should have a product for that.
Gloves from leather.