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I’ve got too many types of gloves to keep track of. For working – including forestry work, demolition, and whatever else I come across – I like pigskin. It may not last quite as long as some other hydes, but it sure does break in fast and I simply like the style that I have. I have a pair of knit-stretch gloves with little rubber dots so I can grip things easily. I originally bought them for mountainbiking in colder weather and have found that they are great for working in colder weather when I need dexterity or for using as glove liners. In addition to these, I also use Microflex textured latex gloves and I’ll occasionally pull out nitrile gloves – they’re blue and thicker/stronger than latex. Although, these usually are for EMS use, not carpentry – Nick
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I've got too many types of gloves to keep track of. For working - including forestry work, demolition, and whatever else I come across - I like pigskin. It may not last quite as long as some other hydes, but it sure does break in fast and I simply like the style that I have. I have a pair of knit-stretch gloves with little rubber dots so I can grip things easily. I originally bought them for mountainbiking in colder weather and have found that they are great for working in colder weather when I need dexterity or for using as glove liners. In addition to these, I also use Microflex textured latex gloves and I'll occasionally pull out nitrile gloves - they're blue and thicker/stronger than latex. Although, these usually are for EMS use, not carpentry - Nick
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Just started using a pretty darn agreeable glove this past fall. It's a cotton knit with vinyl dots probably very similar to those Nick uses except I bet his are made out of a better read less disposable material. The ones I use come from Tek Supply 1-800-835-7877, 12 pair cost $10.45. At that price you'd think they'd be trash but they're not. I spend a fair amount of time running a backhoe with a 45 horse Kubota, I also spend a fair amount of time running the various wood-handled varieties. These gloves breathe real well, never get stinky, absorb alot and provide substantial protection from abrasion. At any one time I might have four or five pairs in the truck, some rag-dirty, some stained but just out of the wash and some fresh and white. I have come to realize that since they're everywhere and they really are pretty good gloves, I'm always wearing them and even average gloves are better than the best gloves if they're always on. When I used more expensive gloves I never had them everywhere, and having them everywhere has been good for my hands.
*I've got more different types and styles of gloves than any one man should have. I use the cheap leather palm/fabric back for general work, neoprene when working around water, leather w/pile for cool weather work, thin nylon inside leather shells for winter work(the shell comes off leaving the nylon liner for a contact glove-contact frostbite prevention), etc.Never have found the "best" glove. Just keep spending, trying and wearing out.
*I started wearing "Cop" gloves years back for motorcycle riding. The only place I find them is a police uniform store. They are a good quailty, thin leather, either lined w/fake silk or unlined.Very short with elastic cuff, no gauntlet. The lined wear longer. I now wear my worn out ones to work in cold weather. Pick up a nail out of your belt! I use unlined thicker leather gloves for demo and rough work. This is the time of year when my hand have to get used to being uncovered again! I get soft keeping them covered all winter! I'll feel every little scratch and splinter till May, them I'll be used to it again. Jeff
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Hello, I don't wear gloves much usually only in the winter I like the thin Wells Lamont glove there cheap $0.99 for 3 pair they don't last long but for the price there not bad plus there thin and tight so you don't fight to keep them on all day and there usually sold every were.
Lucky Larry
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*Do most of you wear gloves as a matter of course, or just tough it out when the weather is warm? When painting, I always wear a pair of thin, leather work gloves. If I am using a reciprocating saw or the like, I have a pair with cushioned palms, and I have recently purchased a pair of Ironclad Gloves from Duluth trading for general work. Blue once mentioned problems with cracked fingers. I probably don't do enough work, but the darn things sure seem to protect the hands from excess wear and tear.Dennis
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When I first started climbing trees I did not where gloves. Too sissy. Then, I was rubbing my girl friend's back and she flinched and told me to keep my alligator hands to myself. If I was going to touch her, I needed to start wearing gloves. Started the next morning!
The gloves that I prefer are really cheap and last a long time. The gloves are a cotton/ply blend and are quite stretch. The palms and fingers are coated with a blue, sticky rubber compound. Like the cop gloves, I can "pick up a dime", just like the old Playtex living glove commercial. I am an arborist and these gloves will last around ten days of tree climbing. And cheap?! about 85 cents per pair. Another plus is they are sticky, I don't have to grip things as tight and I notice that my wrists and elbow are less achy after a day of hard climbing.
Here is the contact:
Wonder Works of America
34 West Forest Ave.
Englewood, NJ 07631
888-5WONDER (888-596-6337)
800-684-5835