Carpenters / Framers Gloves

[promhandicam]

Over the last couple of winters I seem to have started to suffer from poor circulation in my hands - particularly in my little and ring fingers. Last winter I bought some dewalt framers gloves which were good for the first 30 minutes and then the stitching started to come apart. My wife kindly sewed the fingers up a couple of times before I resorted to duct tape. This year I decided to try a different make as I read reviews of the Dewalt gloves indicating I wasn't alone. I've ended up with a pair of Kunys Pro Framer gloves and they are excellent.

Time will tell how long they last, but they fit better than the dewalts and haven't fallen apart yet.

Highly recommended if like me you suffer with cold hands but want a glove you can work in without having to take it off every time you want to do something more precise.

[thatsnotafestool]

Brilliant suggestion..thanks Steve...now where to buy some...

[promhandicam]

The cheapest place I found was epic tools on eBay.

[thatsnotafestool]

Thanks Steve

[Journeyman]

I've tried numerous brands over the years, like yourself Steve, I find that the stitching comes undone and the inner lining departs from the rest of the glove, especially when they get wet. What I tend to use are various types in the 'Klass' range. Some of the engineers nitrile gloves are good for dexterous work, but for heavier work the DEL-L4001 are good and if you buy in bulk they work out around 50p per pair.

[promhandicam]

As a general purpose glove I tend to buy Polyco Poly Flex gloves which I find are comfortable as they fit fairly well but for doing jobs like trying to hold small screws they aren't a lot of good. I suppose I could cut the fingers off, but I wanted to see if I could find a well made pair of purpose made gloves. The Klass range look good and are quite a lot cheaper than the Polyco gloves - I pay £2.50 a pair inc VAT, which isn't too bad as they last fairly well and are comfortable. I'll have to report back in due course as to whether the Kuny's are up to the task.