Just wondering if I was the only one

[Butch_Speer]

Originally Posted by hhersh

Don't be stupid, wear the glove !!....

sent you a pm.

[Colin-Partridge]

Butch didnt get a PM.
Colin

[edcornflake]

I picked up a fillet glove because I found that I was tyring harder not to cut myself than I was making chips. Now I don't worry as much, if I slip, it's less likely to cost me a digit, though I do still try to be careful. I also wear goggles when using the saw, I find that sawdust in the eyes hurts more than it did when I was younger and slightly more foolish than I am now.

[id carver]

I too have tried the white ones from Woodcraft, but found them to be too slick and not very durable. They seem to fall apart after one nick. Sewing them back together is only a temporary stopgap measure. I started cutting off the rubber glove fingertips and sewing them on to the white gloves but still felt like there was something better. Plus the $20+ price was getting hard to swallow.

I ordered some of the yellow ones with the rubber dots on the palms from TreelineUsa in Provo, Utah (although they are available in many places) and have been pleased with the grip, even if they do not have the durability of the Kevlar ones. Still I enjoy them much more as I can grip my work much better. Since I can grip better and not slip, I seem to get fewer cuts and fewer nicks in the gloves. They sell a Kevlar one in the brown/tan color that seems to be better constructed than those white ones, but I have not used it much as I enjoy the yellow ones with the rubber dots on the palms.

Again, this works for me, but maybe not for everyone. I almost always use a glove when carving, as the discomfort and frustration are easier to deal with than multiple trips to the emergency room to get sewn up. My wife does not enjoy having to haul my butt to the emergency room. Who can blame her?

Thanks for listening!
Eric Owens

[Butch_Speer]

Colin,
Sorry. That was meant for hhersh.

[Dan S]

You know, what we have here is an opportunity for WCI to write an article. They can teach us to suture wounds, apply a pressure dressing, cauterize arterial bleeding and other useful skills!

Dan

[MelNM]

Its all personal choice, I wear it most of the time and to be honest with you I have only been cut when I didn't have it on. After I have been carved for a while I don't even notice having it on. Funny I have seen a video where someone was wearing a carving glove that was all taped up. I guess he was glad to have one on, so much that he bandaged his carving glove. Good thread Colin
Mel (Aka 4 stitches)

[Thor]

Chiming in here, because I think it's important, especially for beginners to take stock and decide what is right for them.
I wear a glove all the time, even when I am sharpening or honing my tools. I wore it during photos for an article, and while filming a how to video. I also put it on my mandatory tool list when I teach and keep extras in case they did not bring one.
I respect Colin very much, and would not dream of telling anyone what to do under most circumstances, but if a carver is in my class, they wear a glove. I do not want to take time to take them to the hospital to get stitches, or do like so many carvers who learned before safety gloves were common place. If you learn with one on, then it seems more natural and is certainly safer from the start.
I have seen really bad cuts and scars from cuts. None on me. I have worn a glove since I first invested in good tools, and I learned to from this very message board, many years ago.
Christina

[vin]

Well after poking into my thumb twice, second time was real deep ,missed the nerves, Went to woodcraft and got that white glove. Hope its good. I might enforce it with a duck tape thumb.

[rickm]

i love that line just brush the teeth you want to keep lmfao