Gloves

[PILOON]

With my large hands I have difficulty locating a fit.
Large 'offshore' gloves simply wont fit me.
About 8 years back I did locate a pair of nice pigskin gloves that were yellow when new but now are so black that you'd think I dyed them.
LOL, even tried the washing machine but that merely made them splotchy grey.

But then I have the same problem with shoes/boots as I wear 12 D's, and forget 'one size' hats and caps.
LOL, I'll grab every extra large on a rack.

Last fall I was in a Cdn Tire store and only ONE pair of boots was on sale.
Size 12, no less.
Skeptical I tried them on. Perfect fit! Room for heavy socks or felt sole.
Label said 'made in Canada', must have been very old stock.

 

[dougtrr2]

I heat with wood and I am amazed at hard handling wood is on gloves. I tried better quality gloves but didn't seem to get that much more wear than the cheap Lowes gloves mentioned above. I lucked out a couple years ago. Lowes was doing a sku change and was clearing out "my" gloves. I bought 18 packs of 3 for just .53 per pack (that's right cents).

Doug in SW IA

 

[sea2summit]

These are my go too, not warm in the winter but good up well and give pretty good protection with ok dexterity for doing landscaping, metal fab and even building construction.

https://www.costco.com/men's-leather-work-gloves-6-pair.product.100698771.html

I used Wells for years, went through 3-5 pair a year. Last year or the year before their sizing changed, I went a size up from what I had worn (L to XL) and the fingers were still to short. Tried twice because I had used them so long, now my 14 yo is wearing them because I can't make them fit. I just found a new glove at the local Mennonite feed store I really like, can't think of the name right now but they have a nice double layer of leather on the trigger fingers and I've had a set about 3 months now and they're holding up great but I don't get hard on gloves until summer/sweat season.

 

[TMGT]

I used Wells for years, went through 3-5 pair a year. Last year or the year before their sizing changed, I went a size up from what I had worn (L to XL) and the fingers were still to short. Tried twice because I had used them so long, now my 14 yo is wearing them because I can't make them fit. I just found a new glove at the local Mennonite feed store I really like, can't think of the name right now but they have a nice double layer of leather on the trigger fingers and I've had a set about 3 months now and they're holding up great but I don't get hard on gloves until summer/sweat season.

That's odd, I've been using them for many years and haven't noticed a change in the sizing (I also wear a large and have longer fingers).
I will occasionally get a pair that seems to have been sewn or cut wrong and don't fit very well but it's rare.

 

[turnkey4099]

I have good pairs of all leather ones. I can't work in gloves either, even thin nitrile ones.

'The only gloves I wear, except in cold weather, ARE the Nitrile. Ones. Amazingly long life in rought use (processing firewood) they outlast any leather ones I have used. And cheap! My brother tried them and quit "they make my hands sweat". Yes they do but only for the firest few uses. Once broke in, and it doesn't take long, they don't do that. Also thin enough one can thread a nut on a bolt and other things no leather ones can do.

 

[Industrial Toys]

My Dad wore cotton work gloves from his work (Steel Industry) , his whole life, nothing else. I guess I adopted that trait. Comfortable, some protection and some dexterity. They get wet, you hang them in front of the fireplace , and soon they are warm, dry and soft again. Other gloves, dried out are like a dried out loaf of bread.

I really liked the Brown Jersey ones, but recently have only found the white ones.

 

[Fuddy1952]

To me that's the advantage of the cheap ones, just toss when they get really bad. I have good leather ones but I don't want to ruin them with dirt, oil, grease.
Same as these $14 muck boots, it saves my good boots.

 

[mikester]

Lately I stock up on the rubber dipped cotton knit gloves when I find them on sale for under $10/dozen. I like the leather mechanics gloves but find they don't last any longer than the rubber dipped cotton ones at less than 1/10th the cost.

 

[oosik]

I have one universal problem with all gloves. Big hands - short fingers. I have a somewhat unusual solution. Learned it from an old motorcycle jacket manufacturing company.

Put the leather gloves on - now put your gloved hands in hot water until the gloves are soaked. Wear them until completely dry. The fingers will shrink and become shorter. Good leather gloves will do this just great. One reason all my leather gloves come from one manufacturing company.

 

[Fuddy1952]

Certainly worked for "the juice".