hello,
I'm looking for a heat resistant, well made, electrician's glove to be able to wear during hangs and focuses and all around general use. Does anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks
I've always liked sailing gloves - well made and stand up to a fair amount of abuse. I prefer the ones with all fingertips exposed, but you can also get them where only the thumb and forefinger are exposed - good for fiddly work, means you don't have to take your gloves off! I originally got mine when I was working in a hemp house purely for the rope handling, but ended up wearing them all the time when I was rigging or focusing.
I finally found fingerless framers at Harbor Freight.Sears sells a pair of inexpensive gloves I use, fore and middle fingerless, about $13
Although I've never used (or even seen, that I recall) them, SetWear's HotHand Gloves. are popular among the industry lighting folk, although they are rather expensive and not something one would want to wear for general use.
The Ironclads make framers with the fingers cut off already. It's funny, I have three different types in my toolbox, framers, regulars like the Mechanix and zero degrees for working outside in winter, the problem is I don't wear gloves even when rigging.
Mechanix has quite an extensive line of gloves actually, also including those with fingers already cut out.
I have to say the ironclads look nice, too bad noone around here sells em, I'd have to pay a whack of shipping. Not worth it when I can get Mechanix locally.
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