Best gloves for Hawthorne

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

1 Pair on the way! Hawthorn / hazel hedge next week

[Mark Bolam]

Me too.

Thanks for the heads-up Rover.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

They'll wonder what's happening at the warehouse! A sudden run on heavy gloves, tinternet's a wonderful thing!!

[Mark Bolam]

Haha, Rover should get commission.

 

I hope they haven't sold out!

[Daniël Bos]

Haha, Rover should get commission.

 

I hope they haven't sold out!

 

Should...?

 

Why do you think they're that expensive?

Every pair sold earns me a tenner!

[Mark Bolam]

Hahahahahaha!

[Mark Bolam]

Welding gloves/gauntlets are pants! They last me about two or three days when hedge-laying, then the seems start to give and thorns always come through the back of the glove to get wedged in between the bones on your knuckles.

 

I lay hedges for a living, do nought else all winter and there is only one glove, it's these Ripeur 2 :: Safety Hut : World class personal protective equipment for industry

Now I hear you say what? £25 for a pair of gloves?! Try them, what's £25 nowadays, not enough to get you drunk on a good night out, not enough to get you laid on a bad night either.

I bought a pair before last winter, and I still use them. I have used them hard. They do get slippery when wet, but that is just unavoidable with leather gloves.

When you get them they'll seem too small (they were very tight on me anyway) but they break in in a day or two. Easily the best gloves I've ever taken to a hedge and I've tried many different kinds.

 

I tried a comparison once with a fencing contractor who was bragging a bit, we both grabbed hold of one end of a piece of barbed wire and had a tug of war. He won, he winced and grunted, huffed and puffed and pulled harder than I did. Then he took his "special barb-wire" gloves off to reveal his bleeding fingers, mine are as soft as a baby's bottom.

 

Used mine for the first time yesterday and today doing Blackthorn.

Not a single sign of even the slightest prickle. They have been worth the money already.

 

Thanks Rover!

[Tucky]

I'm another convert bought them after spending an hour trying to get three bits of thorn out of my hands. I did offer to order my workmate some as well but he refused so I get the added bonus of watching him wince every time a thorn goes through his gloves.

Cheers Tucky

[MATTMOSS]

Best gloves for hawthorn are someone else's

[Mark Bolam]

There is that Matt, as you said on page1!

These are the real deal though.

 

I may even cut my bastardtax on thorn work!