work gloves - recommendations please

[fin racer]

folks,

been trying a few gloves and have yet to find one that meets the criteria that I need ( would like)

I am rebuilding dry stone ditches and the regular latex, lined work gloves work well for a number of days before developing holes around the fingertips/thumb area. Ditto leather gloves, and for the reasons outlined below.
I had found goatskin gloves in a local hardware store, and what I like best about those is that they are as hardwearing as leather, but don't work harden as much, and also don't become stiff once they have gotten wet and then dried.
So basically what I'd like, is a full fingered work glove, preferably leather, reasonably waterproof, lined is not really a requirement as the daytime temps (hopefully) increase, but durability is the key. Dexterity is not of major concern but anything less clunky than an oven glove would be useful The latex, thermal lined gloves are circa 3-4 quid, the goatskin were if I recall 6, but did not quite fit as snug initially.
Over to you folks, thanks

[croyde]

Oakley do those gloves that the army and special forces wear.

They must be tough.

[red_slr]

http://www.military1st.co.uk/msd-05-mechanix-wear-...

[red_slr]

If budget no issue then Arc'teryx LEAF Assault Gloves FR. They are mostly goat leather IIRC. Not cheap though.

[TooMany2cvs]

I tend to go for the "semi-disposable" theory. I've given up on the usual "rigger gloves" - they're mostly so badly stitched that they're developing holes the first time you use 'em.

A neighbour recommended these - and they're standing up well to some pretty damn harsh use (stripping tiles/plaster/render out of a bathroom, triffid-scale brambles), as well as being a lot more flexible.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00BT0RW56/

[Robbo 27]

I made the mistake of not knowing that work gloves had a specification. I bought a pair from Aldi and they were rubbish, even for the light duty work of tidying round the garage and shed, sorting tools and stuff.


Gloves are graded:

Abrasion Resistance (1-4),Cut Resistance (1-5), Tear Resistance (1-4) , Puncture Resistance (1-4)

They are marked on a tag on the inside of the gloves


The aldi gloves were 1 for all categories You sound like you need the highest grades for your type of work

There is a company dealing in just work gloves

https://www.justworkgloves.co.uk/Builders-Gloves

Edited by Robbo 27 on Monday 5th March 10:12

[ReverendCounter]

This is a small business opportunity/sideline.

Not sure how many pairs of these you've gone through over the years, and how many you're going to need, but there might be another alternative.

If you can find the right hardwearing leather hide or section, you could have it made into custom gloves buy buying the right fitting pair, and getting someone to make a few pairs up from the hide by disassembling the good-fitting pair into the component sections.

It'll be a bigger initial outlay but should provide you with a number of pairs. You could ask to have extra features built into them.

And there's no reason why you couldn't start selling them into your specific industry - you wouldn't need to do anything except identify the hide, buy it and give it to the leather worker once in a while.

[Hard-Drive]

red_slr said:

If budget no issue then Arc'teryx LEAF Assault Gloves FR. They are mostly goat leather IIRC. Not cheap though.

"Assault Gloves". Dafuq???

[s6boy]

What's a dry stone ditch?

[fin racer]

red_slr said:

http://www.military1st.co.uk/msd-05-mechanix-wear-...

nice, not sure how abrasion resistant they are?

red_slr said:

If budget no issue then Arc'teryx LEAF Assault Gloves FR. They are mostly goat leather IIRC. Not cheap though.

blimey, that's WAY over what I want to spend

TooMany2cvs said:

I tend to go for the "semi-disposable" theory. I've given up on the usual "rigger gloves" - they're mostly so badly stitched that they're developing holes the first time you use 'em.

A neighbour recommended these - and they're standing up well to some pretty damn harsh use (stripping tiles/plaster/render out of a bathroom, triffid-scale brambles), as well as being a lot more flexible.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00BT0RW56/

I've done this too, I'm just thinking with another season of this looming ( roughly 70+ odd metres to knock down/rebuild), if there is a better option out there I'd like to try it.

Robbo 27 said:

I made the mistake of not knowing that work gloves had a specification. I bought a pair from Aldi and they were rubbish, even for the light duty work of tidying round the garage and shed, sorting tools and stuff.


Gloves are graded:

Abrasion Resistance (1-4),Cut Resistance (1-5), Tear Resistance (1-4) , Puncture Resistance (1-4)

They are marked on a tag on the inside of the gloves


The aldi gloves were 1 for all categories You sound like you need the highest grades for your type of work

There is a company dealing in just work gloves

https://www.justworkgloves.co.uk/Builders-Gloves

Edited by Robbo 27 on Monday 5th March 10:12

Thanks for this, yes I did find this out, unfortunately either what I'm asking for is not out there or I need to man up and use what I have

s6boy said:

What's a dry stone ditch?

a ditch that demarcs usually small agricultural fields that uses no mortar to join the stone ( hence the dry bit), only how they are placed together.
Very common in rural Northern Ireland ( where I am) as well as other parts of the UK

thanks to all you have taken the time to respond, I may keep looking, I will try out the Mechanix range, see how they fare

[s6boy]

Thanks for that, I've learnt something new as I'd never heard of it before.
I couldn't find any pictures but eventually came across a cross section diagram:
https://www.conservationhandbooks.com/wp-content/u...
Similar to a Ha-Ha but can't find any references outside Ireland to a dry stone ditch.

Good luck.

[red_slr]

fin racer said:

red_slr said:

http://www.military1st.co.uk/msd-05-mechanix-wear-...

nice, not sure how abrasion resistant they are?

YHM, or you will in a min.

[anonymous-user]

Have you tried browsing the large selection of Mechanix Gloves?

We use a few different pairs at work and they are excellent.

http://www.mechanix.com/all-gloves

[anonymous-user]

red_slr said:

http://www.military1st.co.uk/msd-05-mechanix-wear-...

I've had a couple of pairs of those.

They are great for light duty such as working with screwdrivers and that kind of thing, but no good for anything more heavy duty or abrasive. They are very thin and wear though fast.

[fin racer]

red_slr, you have mail, thank you kindly.
I shall take a look at the Mechanix range, genuinely didn't know it was so large.