What is a “CLONE GLOVE”?

Many people keep asking what I mean by "clone gloves" and why I use that term so much. Let's consider how I think MOST true glovemakers design their gloves. The highest quality ones from back in the days have their own unique design. Something that they came up with by themselves based on their own personal experience in the sport. They want padding a certain way, shape a certain way, construction and support a certain way. They have a unique design engineered for maximizing performance and they're proud of it.

But nowadays, we have many "business manufacturers" making gloves to maximize profit. They don't have time or even the knowledge to create their own glove design, so they simply use an existing "template". And usually these templates are designed around maximizing profit, using inferior materials and decreasing labor times. So when I say "clone gloves", I mean that the gloves are simply a widely available template used by several other companies. Some designs are just there to look cool and increase sales but don't actually improve the glove in any functional way.