My hates it because I still get splinters and I have her pull them... Of course I what till I'm done for the day before I let her pull them.
FWIW I’ve noticed with dipped gloves gas and oil will break them down real fast. Frosty Grip is the brand I used to buy for doing masonry in the cold. Lasted much longer than any other dipped glove I have tried. Warmer too. For all I know they are now called Polar Penguins like bogydave listed.
My local building supply store carried these gloves last year. They held up well and I don’t remember them being expensive. Products - GRX Gloves I’ve used the 452 and 530.
I like the Mechanix Wear gloves made from the 4X material, they are not cheap but last a lot longer than any other gloves I have tried.
Same for me. Learned by suggestions here! The grays only work for down to about 20 degrees. Wish they made some for real cold . I get out an old pair of leather insulated work gloves when it’s really cold then switch to the gray If my hands warm up.
I grew up working the trades barehanded. Between that and martial arts practice, I generally said gloves were for wimps, just bleed and get back to work. Mostly if it could get through my calluses, it deserved a piece. A little more mature now and my hands a little less hard from riding a desk at least half the time, when I do wear gloves they are leather. I tend to spend the money for the better gloves and give them required maintenance to make sure they perform and last. Just like good leather boots, leather gloves need leather oil/leather grease to replace the oils lost by wetting, dirt & age. Supple leather just doesn't abraid nearly as easy as dried out leather. Makes all the difference in the world in how long they last and keeps them waterproof too. On that note, take a look at Obenauf's Leather oil and Heavy Duty LP grease. My all leather boots last decades without effort, get resoled several times before the leather shows signs of giving out and are always waterproof. I generally split & stack barehanded unless it's bitter cold but my leather gloves are several years old. It's fantastic on leather gun holsters, belts etc. Quality Leather Conditioning for 30 Years - Obenaufs.com
I hear ya, i always hated wearing gloves, but up until i got my bacteria infection in my spine back in 2/19 now i have to. Im Diabetic and im prone to infections so now i wear them to cut down on cuts and splinters. Wife yells at me if i dont, poor girl had a rough winter this past season while i was in the rehab facility.
I do not wear gloves until it is below 30 degrees. Like a few others said, the callouses make the hands tougher in general. My hands sweat otherwise, and blisters are not cool. When it is cold out, I wear Knucklehead X25 winter gloves. One pair lasts me the entire winter season, but I do leave them on top of the wood furnace so they are not sitting around wet which helps. I think they are $25 per pair, but they have the grips and knuckle guards. No matter how tough my hands are in the summer, when cold a bump sometimes hurts like a mofo!!
Interesting... Spent nine months mostly confined to a recliner after a botched root canal slowly turned to an infection in my spine and heart. The worst hell I've ever known but gave me lots & lots of time to read. Spent quite a number of years suffering in pain and very prone to infection also, only to find out it was from a constant state of infection from a barbaric dental procedure that really should be outlawed. Leaving a dead/root canaled tooth in the skull is one of the most toxic things you can do to yourself. So many stories out there of all kinds of chronic debilitating disease, including cancer, just disappearing after root canaled teeth are removed. Four years ago I had no expectation of living more than another several months. Now I'm stronger than I was when I was 35.
Wow thats great, i know the pain, mine was unbelievable i almost wanted to be put in a coma. I too feel really strong. Its so great to hear how you feel now. Hoard on my friend
