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Post subject: Need a new frame...
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I need a new single bar mask frame. Looking for one light weight. Preferably Black. Does anyone have one they wish to sell?
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 Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:31 pm |
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| Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:23 pm |
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| Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:02 pm |
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I've got one of those closeout frames, and it's a built like a tank. Every bit as sturdy as my WV.
They're both twice as heavy as my Schutt though. |
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| Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:17 pm |
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I've got one of those closeout frames, and it's a built like a tank. Every bit as sturdy as my WV.
They're both twice as heavy as my Schutt though.
that mask is way freakin light. |
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| Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:29 pm |
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I've got one of those closeout frames, and it's a built like a tank. Every bit as sturdy as my WV.
They're both twice as heavy as my Schutt though.
that mask is way freakin light.
where can i get one? |
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| Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:53 pm |
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I've got one of those closeout frames, and it's a built like a tank. Every bit as sturdy as my WV.
They're both twice as heavy as my Schutt though.
that mask is way freakin light.
where can i get one?
www.shop.thesportsfanatics.com
The Diamond mask is the same as the Schutt. I got my Schutt from a rep, and don't know where they sell them.
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| Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:22 pm |
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baseballsavings.com has both mask. Diamond is steel frame and quick dry chin pad. Schutt is carbon steel and cool-max lined chin pad. Schutt is $90.00 while Diamond is $58.00. If you are not in a hurry for the mask, they always have sales on everything around all holidays.  |
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| Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:05 am |
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baseballsavings.com has both mask. Diamond is steel frame and quick dry chin pad. Schutt is carbon steel and cool-max lined chin pad. Schutt is $90.00 while Diamond is $58.00. If you are not in a hurry for the mask, they always have sales on everything around all holidays.
I thought that the Schutt and the Diamond mask were mostly the same. The Schutt does have a leather pad vs. the Diamond synthetic pad.
From a frame standpoint it appears to me Schutt, like the Gerry Davis version, are just private labels of the Diamond. Diamond on their corporate web site states that their DFM-UMP mask is an alloy:
http://www.diamond-sports.com/Catalog/BaseballCatalog/05-06catalog/32-33.pdf
Incidently, I own the the Diamond version and think that it is an excellent product for a fair price. |
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| Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:53 am |
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| The pads on my Schutt are synthetic. CoolMax and vinyl, I believe. They're fine, just too thin, IMO. |
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| Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:52 am |
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Try this...
http://www.honigs.com/browse_products.asp?Cat=2&Sub=36&offset=25
I have to disagree. The honig's mask frame (IMO) are cheap and just don't feel safe.
Go with a Wilson Frame, must better.
$0.02
I have been using this frame for 4 years. It is very light and very strong. I have taken monster hits in it with no problem at all. The frame does get a few small dents when it is hit. But, if you understand the phyics of the situation, this is good. You want the mask to dent. It is a way the mask abosrbs some of the energy from the impact that would otherwise go to you face. I get a new frame every 2 or 3 years. |
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| Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:04 am |
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Post subject: Honigs clearance.............
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Have to agree with Richard here. Buying each item (frame, pads, harness) separately, my black Honigs mask was a little more than $50, and worth every penny.
Working men's leagues on down, the mask has taken several hits. I'm only as ugly as I was before the shots  .
AR
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"If it were easy, everyone would do it." |
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| Thu Jul 24, 2008 12:37 pm |
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Try this...
http://www.honigs.com/browse_products.asp?Cat=2&Sub=36&offset=25
I have to disagree. The honig's mask frame (IMO) are cheap and just don't feel safe.
Go with a Wilson Frame, must better.
$0.02
I have been using this frame for 4 years. It is very light and very strong. I have taken monster hits in it with no problem at all. The frame does get a few small dents when it is hit. But, if you understand the phyics of the situation, this is good. You want the mask to dent. It is a way the mask abosrbs some of the energy from the impact that would otherwise go to you face. I get a new frame every 2 or 3 years.
Maybe its a different mask frame I felt then, but I had a fellow umpire that ordered a honigs mask and when it came it, we both concurred it was garbage. The metal was just felt cheap. |
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| Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:15 pm |
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