Gloves

[Nickwoolley]

I'm a fan of Ironclads,

 

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Pretty hard wearing and really comfy after a few hours wear

[mrjammy83]

I purchased a pair of Dirty rigger Framer gloves for set shifting For panto. that ran from dec 10 to boxing day and by then they had worn through the material and split the stitching by the fingers.

 

I recently bought a pair of tack ops black ironclad gloves and they are so much better. really comfy and very hard wearing. could even cope with hot gobo's and lots of metal and wood stuff.

 

may get a pair of the ironclad framer gloves soon as I do like the option of the fingerless thumb and finger. very handy when you get a call on you touchscreen phone. No need to whip you glove off.

 

Also the sizing chart on ironclad is really hand and the acctually fit is perfect.

 

after wearing them for 12 hours or so a day they certainly dont smell or leave your hands smelling like the Dirty rigger ones did.

 

HTH james

[ramdram]

Holy Phish,

 

no but I believe I got them in Trago Mills nr Liskeard, Kernow or B&Q or somesuch. They are quite stiff to start off with but after a day or so they soon soften up and fit just a like a ...glove.

[TeeJay]

Another Gill user here - Not entirely certain which particular line as I'm not near my gloves but they are similar to their Championship range with kevlar inserts on the fingers

 

All black with thumb and first finger joints uncovered for dextrous use.

 

I pick them up from Ocean Leisure underneath Charing Cross Station - think I've had two pairs in the last four years.

[Matthew Robinson]

Natural hide gardening gloves, with cotton liner, between £5 to £10 a pair with elasticated fabric cuffs.Wash with warm water and saddle soap, as if you were washing your hands, dry by the next day.Have used them all day in the cold and wet clearing the overhanging greenstuff off our canopy and had no probs with chaffing, or cold hands.Working with metal bashing tools, lumping flight cases, coiling mains cable, whatever...better than these nancy boy Irwins and similar...and half the price.

 

Up until my last event, I was wearing gloves like this. They were good for lifting steeldeck, moving flightcases, etc. However, whenever I wanted to do anything that required a modicum of dexterity, I had to take them off, and when you're under a stage with a load of broken glass, that's not a very nice prospect! Also, waste of time putting them on to lift steeldeck and then taking them off to do/undo the bolts, especially on a load out.

 

I'm a fan of Ironclads, My linkPretty hard wearing and really comfy after a few hours wear

 

I bought a pair of these. Can't comment yet on durability, longevity, etc; and I suppose that the kind of work I do is not really that physically demanding compared to many of the people on here. However, they were advertised as gloves that you put on at the beginning of a job and don't take off until you've done; and it's true- if I say that I took them off 5 times during the in (including eating, etc), that's probably excessive. They allow you to answer a touch-screen phone, do up wing-nuts, open combination locks, coil cables, etc. Excellent, and they give almost as good protection as my previous gloves for lifting steeldeck/flightcases. If I was going to pack a 40ft artic or similar, I may revert back to my previous gloves for the added protection.

[Munro]

I went for some leather dirty riggers a few months back. Really nice gloves, they're hardly ever off. Only complaint is that they don't work with my iPhone, but that's to be expected.

[Pete McCrea]

I've had a pair of 4 fingered sailing gloves for several years. Haven't warn them too much of late, but they must be a good three or four years old. I'll try and remember to dig them out tomorrow, if for no other reason than a good wash!

[madorangepanda]

2 months after the last post I can report back that I've got the Ironclad Framer gloves. Very good so far.

[DrummerJonny]

2 months after the last post I can report back that I've got the Ironclad Framer gloves. Very good so far.

 

I also picked up a pair of these on the recommendation of this thread.

 

I too can't fault them, very comfy and hard wearing :)

[CharlieH]

I also picked up a pair of these on the recommendation of this thread.

 

I too can't fault them, very comfy and hard wearing :)

Just ordered my pair :)

[Cupboard]

I've only used the ones I bought after reading this thread once, but I have to say I'm very impressed.

And I didn't have to take them off all day apart from food and toilet breaks :)

[brainwave-generator]

Got 2 pairs, depending on work:

 

1) Dirty Rigger full fingered - all fingers covered but still very nimble in them. Can still perform most rigging tasks whilst wearing them. The fact they started black & grey and are now just black shows the amount of work they've done but they're still in good nick. Feeding chain into Lodestars (you have to keep the chain tight on it's way in to stop it twisting) is a good way to tear gloves but not these/

 

2) Petzl (dunno name) leather rope gloves - really good for the climbing side of things, still great grip and ideal for load ins / load outs but quite expensive, mainly used when I'm dealing with ropes and don't want to risk friction burns.

 

after wearing them for 12 hours or so a day they certainly dont smell or leave your hands smelling like the Dirty rigger ones did.

 

That is my only complaint with dirty riggers. When I take my hands out of the Petzl gloves after 12 hours they're a bit yellow (colour of the leather) but otherwise much the same. Taking off the dirty riggers, my hands are pretty rotten inside and properly stink. No damage, so gloves are doing their job, but need a handwash before going near other people.