On Sun, 31 Mar 2013 08:31:07 -0600, gary wrote:

Anyone suggest mechanics gloves that are thin, VERY durable?

Hate trashing a set when the tip of the index finger wears through.

Not a single brand lasts worth a hoot, from Mechanics, to Mechanix
(nice comfy glove), to Western Safety, or any of the rest of the
imports.

I've easily gone through a gross of gloves and the one style I've
finally adopted is the #90913 latex-dipped knits from HF. They're
thin enough to pick up coins or dropped nails/screws, thick enough to
protect my hands from splinters and sharp objects, and I get about 2
months out of them before a finger or two wear out. At $1.59 a pair,
it works out to 80 cents a month.

I buy lots of different types of gloves there, including the knits
(cold weather wear), sticky fingers (glass handling), roping
(fencing), nitrile (chemicals), poly (food handling), thin/single knit
(wear under thick nitrile), latex (painting), cotton sheeting
(gardening), long thick suede (welding), goatskin (TIG), to string
knits (I'm chainsawing up a downed doug fir and moving the detritus
with these.) None are bright, striped, and -ugly- like the silly
American-made gloves are wont to be nowadays. sheesh

At $5-6 a dozen ($9 for 3pr welding gloves, $6/pr goatskin), I keep
stacks of all types around. I give a pair (usually latex-dipped) to
each worker who works a day with me. Not only do I get more work out
of them that day, they're happy to keep the blisters down and to take
'em home with them for use another day.

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