Lifetime leather gloves

Have you ever tried kangaroo leather? I know it holds up way better than cow or deer hide in motorcycle gloves.

Now, roo leather is a little pricey, maybe that's why it doesn't come up as a "normal" option for work gloves?

I too do most of my firewood work done in winter. I too bring 2 pair of gloves with me in the woods. When the second pair gets wet, then it's time to call it a day.

 

I used to buy the cheapo leather gloves by the 5-10 pack, and I'd continue to use them long after the fingers started to wear out. After an incident with a thrown chain, I decided I didn't want to skimp on protection for my hands anymore, as luck tends to wear out too. So I went in search of some protective gloves, and found these:

TreeStuff - Youngstown Kevlar Lined Gloves

I'm not sure if they'll really offer any protection from thrown chains, but I gotta say these are the very best gloves I've ever worn. I can tie my shoes while wearing them and even perform other important tasks like lighting my cigarette lighter. They've also been extremely durable - a bit of the stitching has frayed on mine but so far no holes. Most leather gloves I've worn won't last for 1 day splitting wood with the Fiskars.

 

All of my gloves seem to last a lifetime, except for that damm hole in either the thumb or ONE of the finger pads! I probably have 6 lefties that have no righty because I threw them out once the fingers wore out. Wish you could buy just the righties!

 

I wore holes in so many gloves it was ridiculous, almost 2 years ago I bought a dozen of the blue atlas fit and a pair of the thermo ones,, I have not been able to where a hole in them yet, the thermal ones are not that warm, 20 degrees or below they won't keep your hands warm

 

Dennis. Don't forget these under your gloves to help with warmth. Not sure who patented these, maybe it was Eric VW while wearing something else.....?

 

I get the same gloves through work Greg . Definitely the toughest of the coated gloves.



A lineman friend of mine gave me a pair of kevlar lined goat skin gloves. They are the toughest, most versatile gloves I've ever owned. Backwoods Savage you should check these out.

 

Sell them on fleabay maybe. Last year DG put their summer stuff on offer and I brought a lot of the leather work gloves they had; original price of $2.50 and I paid 80 cents. They were not worth 80 cents; they fell apart in no time at all; the cuffs were the first to go, you would go to pull the glove on and the cuff would just pull apart, unravel, etc.

 

Those look nice. I bet goat leather is pretty tough, probably nearly as good as roo leather.

 

They make the same pair in an insulated version. I have not tried them yet though.

 

I find that while I do my wood hoarding in winter, I stay plenty warm, especially my hands, until the gloves get soaked that is.

Your circulation issues have got to make wintertime hoarding a bit difficult. Use whatever gloves you can to keep warm.

 

I'm getting cowhide and pigskin drivers, and the Atlas Fit gloves for between 3.50 and 3.75 a pair. And anyone out my way, will sell them to you for what i paid for them. All of them have held out for me cutting and splitting in multiple seasons. But here I don't cut much below freezing, so they may not be best for you guys in really cold areas.