RedNeckGeek
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Years ago I got a free pair of gloves at Harbor Freight with a coupon, and I used them for many years loading firewood into the wood stove. They were what we used to call Casey Jones gloves, with cloth backs and leather sewn over the palms and fingers. This particular pair had orange cloth and black leather. When they finally wore out earlier this year, I swung by HF and picked up what looked like another pair.
Used 'em three hours splitting firewood, and the base of one of the fingers blew out, tearing most of the way through the palm.
I was a little upset until I looked at the receipt and found they were only two bux a pair. I guess you do get what you pay for. But then I compared the new gloves against the old pair, and the old pair had two layers of leather on the palms, and the rest of the leather was much thicker. The old pair was a much better pair of gloves, but I guess they don't make 'em like they used to. I was in HF yesterday and saw they were selling another style of Casey Jones glove, this time with green leather. The leather looked thicker, and they sure fit better than the new gloves, so I'll be giving 'em a try next time I'm running the splitter.
I've tried cow, goat, deer, and elk skin gloves as well, and none of them seem to hold up as well as those old freebe HF gloves, which apparently aren't available anymore. So I thought I'd check here on TBN for advise, but my searches weren't specific to use of the gloves when handling firewood. My question for the experts then, is what glove holds up best when working with firewood?
Used 'em three hours splitting firewood, and the base of one of the fingers blew out, tearing most of the way through the palm.
I was a little upset until I looked at the receipt and found they were only two bux a pair. I guess you do get what you pay for. But then I compared the new gloves against the old pair, and the old pair had two layers of leather on the palms, and the rest of the leather was much thicker. The old pair was a much better pair of gloves, but I guess they don't make 'em like they used to. I was in HF yesterday and saw they were selling another style of Casey Jones glove, this time with green leather. The leather looked thicker, and they sure fit better than the new gloves, so I'll be giving 'em a try next time I'm running the splitter.
I've tried cow, goat, deer, and elk skin gloves as well, and none of them seem to hold up as well as those old freebe HF gloves, which apparently aren't available anymore. So I thought I'd check here on TBN for advise, but my searches weren't specific to use of the gloves when handling firewood. My question for the experts then, is what glove holds up best when working with firewood?