Normally have a pair of Atlas Thermafit gloves on when working outside, but normally not that cold here. I just like them better than anything else I’ve found. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I wear gloves most of the time working firewood duties but not as much when the temps are staying above 50 degrees or so. Santa brings me a 3 pack of mechanic medium duty gloves each Christmas. I do use them to when square bailing hay for a little thistle protection.
No to gloves unless it's cold or full of sap. I generally manage to stay splinter free unless I'm loading splits in my dump truck and am just tossing them in there. In a good weekend of loading 15-20 cords, I may end up with 3-4 splinters.
I prefer to wear gloves, but I have a hard time finding any in my size. My hands are big and I need XXL at least and XXXL fits much better. When I find some I usually buy as many as the store has.
Same here I always wear gloves . Initially when first started out I didn't and the hands got beat up often. Usually when I work its at an anxious and quick pace, I just want to grab and go without worrying about hand placement, but that's just me. Sometimes my anxiousness and quick pace is not a good thing.
One thing I have noticed from working bare handed is as your hands and wrists get tougher they do thicken. My wedding ring from 13 years ago doesn’t fit. My hands aren’t huge, but they are decent size (#14 ring, 8” long, xl gloves)
Gloves, when hauling/handling firewood, pitching manure, baling hay, building fence, cleaning fence rows and driving the team of horses unless summer. The correct gloves help my grip.
Youngstown Kevlars ( on all sides ) always when cutting or sharpening...don't like red on the bars. Leather gloves splitting or stacking. Welders' gloves loading the stoves. Why ? Sick of splinters. Don't like burns. Tired of those tiny tiny cuts while sharpening chains. No more macho crap here. She says men can't take it....it's true.
99% of the time... and, when I don't wear em... I'm pullin' either wood or steel (drillin slivers) outa ma hands... and, I hates pain, so...
Bought these gloves at our local farm show from one of those guys that has tables full of not made in USA junk tools. Price was 6 pair for $25. When I was looking at them the guy came over and said end of show special.$20. Fleece lined even. Been wearing the first pair for over a month doing wood and no holes yet.
We apparently buy our wood processing gloves from the same supplier. Here are mine. I just karate chop the logs into pieces with these bad boys!
No gloves when sawing or splitting with an axe. Gloves any other time. Always wear gloves when loading up the wood stove. My hands can't take the extreme heat or cold.
