My Working Gloves Suck !

[Haoleguy]

For the past several years I have been going through cowhide, deerskin, & other animal skin gloves for all kinds of land work on the farm. I probably have 4 sets of gloves in my truck with all sorts of holes. At the moment pounding in metal fence posts is ripping up my gloves by unraveling the thread on the extra palm piece.....useless. I've been through Ace Hardware, Lamont, Tractor Supply, and other store brands thus far. I just ordered a different pair of Lamonts online that I have not seen locally in stores. My question is what do you use for fence and stone work that lasts? In an archived thread I came across Geier 448 elk gloves as lasting. Anybody use these? Any input is welcome. My frustration is that at ~$15-19 a pop it adds up significantly over the year let alone the instant lack of hand protection......Thank you, Gary

 

[s219]

I have the same problem. I stumbled on some buckskin gloves at Lowes that were by far more durable than others. I had been burning through a pair every 2-3 weeks and the buckskin gloves lasted 7-8 months. But I can't seem to find them anymore. If i do, I will know to stock up.

 

[bcp]

I've been buying packs of five for $8 at Harbor freight. No better or worse than the expensive ones, and much easier to toss when worn out.

Bruce

 

[wolftree]

There is a reason masons use a new pair of cotton brown jersey gloves each day. Abrasives eat a leather glove up almost as fast as cotton jersey.

Use the cotton expendable gloves in abrasive work, leather when a better grip is needed.

 

[Scooby074]

Unless its something particularly sharp, I like "assemblers" gloves.

good ones fit like a second skin.

I prefer the Jomac 9248's SAN300 - JOMAC CANADA - Y9248L - TENAQUIP - Fournitures, solutions, et (best fit, thin, but hard to find) but the Ansel HyFlex are good too, but not as good a fit.

 

[Haoleguy]

The metal line posts that I've been putting in for about 3 weeks are like what you see for sign posts with metal edges. Here's a pic of them ... Trellising Division of Spec Hardware - Vineyard Trellising and Trellising Hardware .

 

[sodamo]

I'm not a good consistent glove guy but getting better since I started this house build in 2005. I get the multi packs at Costco, 3 pair of Wells Lamont leather for maybe $12???? Not sure as I maybe buy a pack or two and put away top of my tool chest, then grab as needed. I seem to wear out the fingers most of all. Probably from putting in screws. Mine also managed to get wet, either water, diesel, hydro fluid, whatever, so better than cotton but probably why the stitching rots. There was a significant amount of metal work in building this house and I was insistent that any worker even touching the metal wear the gloves. Saved many a nasty metal cut. While I hate to see a pair become less than useful, I'm thankful that my fingers and hands are in better shape. Of course, they don't offer much protection again impact like my hammer LOL

David Sent from my iPad Air using TractorByNet

 

[Gary Fowler]

I just stock up on the HF mechanix gloves when they are on sale for $3.69 a pair. The fake leather wears as well or better than the real stuff. They aren't too good for hot metal but general duty they work fine and about 1/5th the price of a good leather glove. They fit well with Velcro fasteners at the wrist so the cuffs wont hang on anything. I use them for picking up rock, pulling grass from flower beds, driving tractors etc. I have at least one pair in each tractor and in the RTV.

 

[whistlepig]

You can buy Kevlar work gloves. We have them at work. They wear forever. Still the employees at work prefer leather over Kevlar. They have a choice.

 

[Soundguy]

for sharp stuff like that i use those woven poly fabric cloves that appear to have a texturized rubber coating. they have no seems to ravel.. and the rubber coating resists abrasion and slicing from sheet metal, brick.. etc. I use those when cutting pipe on my chop saw where the flashing is razor sharp.

For the past several years I have been going through cowhide, deerskin, & other animal skin gloves for all kinds of land work on the farm. I probably have 4 sets of gloves in my truck with all sorts of holes. At the moment pounding in metal fence posts is ripping up my gloves by unraveling the thread on the extra palm piece.....useless. I've been through Ace Hardware, Lamont, Tractor Supply, and other store brands thus far. I just ordered a different pair of Lamonts online that I have not seen locally in stores. My question is what do you use for fence and stone work that lasts? In an archived thread I came across Geier 448 elk gloves as lasting. Anybody use these? Any input is welcome. My frustration is that at ~$15-19 a pop it adds up significantly over the year let alone the instant lack of hand protection......Thank you, Gary

 

[Soundguy]

something like this. but not the cheap 1.99 harbor freight pair. the rubber gets hard...

http://static.coleparmer.com/large_images/86411_18.jpg

 

[mikehaugen]

something like this. but not the cheap 1.99 harbor freight pair. the rubber gets hard...

http://static.coleparmer.com/large_images/86411_18.jpg

Those look like kevlar gloves, probably similar to what was mentioned earlier. We also have those gloves at my work. We are a corrugated factory and the gloves are supposed to eliminate paper cuts... but I did cut one in half with the paper running on the line, just to see if it would. Kraft paper running at 900 fpm acts like a bandsaw.

 

[whistlepig]

These are the Kevlar gloves we use at work. The cuffed ones.


Products | Fastenal ~|categoryl1:"600616 Safety"|~ ~|categoryl2:"600681 Hand Protection"|~ ~|categoryl3:"609692 Leather Palm and Drivers Gloves"|~

 

[houstonscott]

something like this. but not the cheap 1.99 harbor freight pair. the rubber gets hard... http://static.coleparmer.com/large_images/86411_18.jpg

I really like those type of gloves, I get mine at TSC, new ones are little hot in summer so I use the worn ones in hot weather, more cloth less rubber. I have a pool so handling chlorine tabs in those is great. HS.

 

[oosik]

I use two types. If I'm working on the barb wire fence I use fabric with leather palms. I have a type of barb wire - 4 point Eversharp - that will cut thru any glove I've ever found. So I just wear the cheap ones knowing they are going to be cut to ribbons. Otherwise I wear Lamont leather gloves.

 

[tracter]

You want a tough glove , use what the Butchers use , cannot cut them with a sharp knife
Do not know what brands are available in the USA but go ask a butcher
Regards

 

[TomSeller]

You want a tough glove , use what the Butchers use , cannot cut them with a sharp knife
Do not know what brands are available in the USA but go ask a butcher
Regards

But I don't know a butcher. Am curious what they use now that you say it.

 

[Gary Fowler]

You want a tough glove , use what the Butchers use , cannot cut them with a sharp knife
Do not know what brands are available in the USA but go ask a butcher
Regards

I bought a pair of those "cut proof" gloves for cleaning fish and they are cut proof but do nothing for sharp points like points of knifes, thorns or barbed wire. They are basically loosely woven Kevlar string that has a wound with SS covering. Knife will not cut it no matter how many slices you take at it. It wouldn't be of any use in everyday wear though.

 

[tcartwri]

I use insulted leather gloves from Marks. The layer of insulation seems to make the gloves allot tougher plus they protect your fingers from blows and crush injuries better.

 

[Danno1]

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I get elk skin, buckskin, and moose hide gloves and mittens from Sierra Trading Post. Lined and unlined. If you use their e-mail ads you can get 35% off their already discount price.



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