I use these Husky goat leather gloves. They come in a 2-pack, cost just under $18 on Amazon. I like the dexterity I get with them, the extra protection on the back of the hand, and the fit. I'd like for them to last forever but they do last a while. Depending on what I'm doing I'll tend to use up one hand (left or right) earlier than the other. For the price I think they offer good value and I don't get any blisters. I do have 2 calluses on each thumb joint but that's just from swinging the x27 385,000 times in the past year. As you can see I like having extras. I bought 10 pair back in April of this year and am on my last pair.....so I ordered 16 more pairs.
I don’t use any gloves unless it’s much below 30 or so and most of the wood I process is during warmer months. I can’t stand gloves. I can never work as fast with them on.
I use Carhartt fencer gloves. I usually tear through other gloves in around a month, but these have outperformed. I have a small tear in the thumb of one that just appeared after 6 months of abuse.
Wow I couldn't imagine not using gloves. I play guitar and piano so my dainty fingers need some protection.
I used to never wear gloves until I started screwing up my hands. I play violin for the local symphony so I am a bit more particular than most, but I find that the standard issue Kinco gloves are decent enough for what I need. In the winter I will go with an insulated pair. They seem to stand up to most abuse and are cheap enough to throw them without guilt when they are worn out.
I have a pair of deer skin Wells Lamont as well as their regular pigskin gloves. I find them to be a little bulky. I really like the thinness of the Husky gloves but being goatskin I'm trading some feel for some earlier wear.....
These are great! They fit snuggly, not sloppy at all. I have large hands but ordered Xtra Large and they are perfect. They have proven very tough and can be cleaned. By the way, they are very warm. These are available by the dozen on the typical internet websites. Sent from my Pixel 2 using Tapatalk
I have a bunch of these for firewood and tree work: They're mostly in a box on the porch and on a good day I can find one left and one right. I have some insulated Westchesters for the snow blower or tractoring snow. Also some cheapie brown cotton gloves full of holes in the finger tips. Although I may have thrown them all out last Winter.
I just can't wrap my head around this. 10 pair of gloves in 7 months and they're $8 a pair? I buy Showa Atlas gloves, either the 300 series for most of the year, or the 451 series if it's below freezing out. I bought a dozen pairs each several years ago for about $28 per dozen, gave six pair of the 451's away, and I think I still have 3 pairs of the 300's left. Both my son and I use them. It is rare for me to wear through the coating on the gloves, it's usually the fabric back of the gloves that gets caught on something and rips a big hole. I've used all kinds of gloves - Wells Lamont used to make a leather glove with a long cuff that covered most of my forearm and they were amazing firewood gloves until I lost them. That was 25+ years ago. Since then I used every kind of glove I could find until I was told about the Showas (probably on this forum or a similar one). They are the best firewood gloves by far, and I use them for almost all my other outdoor chores as well.
I can understand it. When I have used gloves they tend to wear out very fast, especially the fingertips. Same with shoes or boots. Either the heel separates from the shoe, or the toes wear out. I tried various types and brands of gloves, as well as shoes and boots. Now I just buy cheap boots every 6-12 months, and throw away the old ones.
I use harbor freight goatskins most of the time. I use the previous mentioned Kinco brand for loading the stove.
I would buy work gloves at menards back when they had them for a buck a pair. Drove 99 nuts! As menards hasn't had them that low for a few years, I'm running low on stock. Just a cheapo leather palm/fingers canvas glove. Various colors.
A few good splitting sessions and my left glove will have holes. It’s a shame because they are broken in, greasy and fit like gloves.
Dollar general around here has garden gloves for a buck. My wife has had me buy too many to count. One season they clearanced the old stock and she got them for 5 cents a pair. We had so many pairs, it was silly. It was a good thing though because we have dairy goats and my wife would go through them pretty quickly. Ive tried the cheapo "worker" fabric gloves, but cant stand them once they get wet or grimy.
