Chain mail gloves .... recommendations advice please
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Hi fella,
spent 1/2 my life with a chainmail on my hand... (speed butcher by trade)
Yes they are great. Sizing is the key...they come in both left & right handed. Some that use a textile strap to tension are reversible & there for ambidextrous. Others will only fit L or R
The tensioner pictured get Called spiders here in the SW but an XL vinyl glove over the top with fingers removed will keep it nice & taught.
Personally wouldn’t put a glove over to save cleaning. They aren’t so hard to clean really & the extra grip the exposed chain fingers give you will assist your butchery.
They clean really well in the dishwasher...just don’t tell the MRS... *
II use chainmail glove when gralloching and processing. I do so because about two years ago I slashed my trigger finger when processing deer at the larder. I had stay in hospital, get nerves stitched and 16 stitches. The surgeon said I was lucky the tendons wasnt damaged. So take care. I always used to think and accept a wee nick with a knife was as bad as it would get
Since slicing my knuckle I have used a chainmail glove for both gralloching and butchering, and since a comment on here from bigscott270 have been wearing it under a nitrile glove. I still chuck it in the dishwasher every time it's used.
The grip is better with a chainmail glove but I didn't notice it was any worse when I put the rubber glove over the top.
I use the rubber gloves to protect me from bugs rather than worrying about bugs being transferred from me to the meat...I invariably have cuts and splits in my fingers from other sources so generally double glove both hands when grallochng and butchering anyway just changing the outer one if need be.
Alan
The grip is better with a chainmail glove but I didn't notice it was any worse when I put the rubber glove over the top.
I use the rubber gloves to protect me from bugs rather than worrying about bugs being transferred from me to the meat...I invariably have cuts and splits in my fingers from other sources so generally double glove both hands when grallochng and butchering anyway just changing the outer one if need be.
Alan
Well guys thanks for all the replies
I was kindly given chain mail glove and those woolen type with interwoven stab proof material
Big big thank you to jono2486 / Steve [emoji120][emoji120][emoji120][emoji120]
I too odd nick bit did two fingers very badly in December last year can’t see any marking hardly now but numbness down length of two fingers I suppose I’m lucky as I really thought I’d done tendons .... must have been close
Easier done than folk think
So for me ... now.... the non knife hand the glove goes on ! I’ll carry the woolen looking one in roe sack and cover with nitrile one for gralloch
Paul
I was kindly given chain mail glove and those woolen type with interwoven stab proof material
Big big thank you to jono2486 / Steve [emoji120][emoji120][emoji120][emoji120]
I too odd nick bit did two fingers very badly in December last year can’t see any marking hardly now but numbness down length of two fingers I suppose I’m lucky as I really thought I’d done tendons .... must have been close
Easier done than folk think
So for me ... now.... the non knife hand the glove goes on ! I’ll carry the woolen looking one in roe sack and cover with nitrile one for gralloch
Paul
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Cut+Squirt
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Bit of conflicting info on these gloves ( Kevlar , steel wire etc)
Some say cut resistant whilst others say not cut resistant ? If not what’s the point?
Paul
I bought a pair of these for cutting blackthorn bushes with the chainsaw. They cost somewhere in the region of £15.
They were advertised as cut and needle stick resistant, I'm unable to comment on their cut resistance but can say with authority my hands were jagged to buggery.
I never bought another pair.
Bit of conflicting info on these gloves ( Kevlar , steel wire etc)
Some say cut resistant whilst others say not cut resistant ? If not what’s the point?
Paul
Their resistance is useless...to (miss) quote Douglas Adams...A friend demonstrated his wonderful new cut resistant kevlar gloves with a serrated bread knife...there was a lot of mess and cursing. If you are going to test the effectiveness of Kevlar and Stainless chainmail gloves...do it without your hand inside.
I suggest you do an experiment or two trying to cut through both on a cutting board...and then use the stainless glove for both gralloching and larder work...not least because the Kevlar one will have a slash through it.
Alan
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Freeforester
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FFS Paul, take care, you canna afford to do that too often!
That'll nip a bit for a fair while!!
That'll nip a bit for a fair while!!
Yup I’ll have numbness for life I think in the sides of fingers but lucky, it could have been lot worse
So I’ll wear a Kevlar glove or a chain glove on free hand from now on
Paul
I use a chainmail glove and its saved many a wound. A butcher friend advised wear a cotton glove (available from Boots chemist) nearest the skin, then a nitrile on top, then the chainmail tensioned with rubberbands. It works a treat. Cleaning is not a problem, swill the ch/mail under a hot tap, then in the dishwasher! Works for me...
Cheers
Jezza308
Cheers
Jezza308
