Protective Gloves

[smithy]

What type of gloves is the best to use to prevent small cuts and abrasions. I am taking a heavy duty blood thinner and any little "nick" results in a LOT a blood flow. I have searched and found a ton of gloves with no explanation about their protective qualities.

If you have any experience, or can recommend a specific item, I would really like to know. As always, TIA. ...Teddy

 

[Drew Riley]

Any leather or otherwise durable fabric glove shoul be enough to help prevent most small cuts and abrasions, depending on what exactly you're doing.

I RARELY wear gloves, but when I do, I prefer the tighter fitting "mechanic" or "framing/carpenter" style gloves. That said, I'll never wear ANY type of glove around a machine that rotates, has chains, belts, gears, or teeth, as in my opinion, you're just asking for trouble.

 

[rhinoknives]

Teddy,
The kind that fit you and are the most comfortable with the level of protection you need.
Some say never wear gloves, Jewelery watches etc any thing that can snag.

I wear my wedding band, Watch and get inexpensive gloves from Harbor freight.
With you on those blood meds, I'm sure these are in order.

http://www.harborfreight.com/mechanics-gloves-x-large-93641.html

The other protective pads I wear are from Rio Grande.
being a Jeweler you may already have these?

http://www.riogrande.com/Product/Leather-Thumb-Guards/201395?Pos=1

The other cool thing about the Thumb & Finger guards is that after you have worn the tips off of the gloves. You just slide these on and you are good to go!

Laurence

www.rhinoknives.com

 

[leozinho]

I use Dyneema gloves after hearing about them from Chris of Wilmont Grinders on a youtube video.

This is what I bought (which may not be exactly what Chris uses.)
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002SG835S/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
They are suprisinglly stretchy and form-fitting. I'd say they are worth it even if they add just a bit of cut protection.

I think you can go higher in protection from the model above, but I don't know about the trade-off in dexterity that comes with the extra protection.