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  • I wear Towa powergrab every day for work, they’re washable unlike most rubber palm work gloves but come in at £4-5/pair.
    When it comes to serious thorns I wear my PMI rigging/steel cable handling gloves over the top.
    They’re leather unfortunately but as a waste not want not vegan I couldn’t bring myself to pass them on when I gave up the swine. No idea what I’ll replace them with when they perish.
    The main piece of advice I’d give is not wearing the same pair for a whole day and powdering your hands first.

    If you have an Arco nearby they stock the widest range you’ll come across. In 12yrs of tree work I’ve settled on Towa but for high summer I use super thin rubber palm ones. I usually end up chucking them after a day or two which is wasteful but I can’t bring myself to wear dirty sweaty ones.

    In wet weather I’ll put a dry pair on every few hours and try to wash/dry ready for the next day. There’s prob 30+ pairs in my works truck right now.

    Despite my best efforts I still have skanky nails and battered knuckles but still in far better shape than the lads that go gloveless year round.

  • Thanks for that. I'll give towa a go to start with and maybe look for some leather ones for the really thorny stuff.

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