I go through leather work gloves in less than a week. I'm curious if anybody has ever used kevlar motorcycle gloves as work gloves. I would be using them for logging and while sharpening chainsaw blades. So they would need to flexible, but also need to not tear from sharp edges. Thoughts?
Posted Sep 27, 2011, 3:12 AM UTC
Eh, kevlar is still a fabric and can be still be cut open. Kevlar bullet proof vests will stop a bullet, but you can still be stabbed just as easily as if you were wearing a T-shirt. So if you're handling chainsaw blades, to be honest, leather is probably more resistant to tearing/cutting than kevlar. That being said, I'm in no way a materials expert so if someone knows better, chime in :P
Buy chain mail gloves to go over the leather? :P
Honestly, motorcycle gloves will tear just as fast, if not faster. Leather work gloves will probably be your best bet.
In addition to what others have said, keep in mind that motorcycle gloves are designed to keep your hands curled over the handlebars. Because of that, they may not give you a full range of motion for other tasks.
Damn good point. Up!
Yeah, that's one of the points I was wondering about. That design would be great for holding down the the trigger on the saw, but maybe not so much for the rest of the wood handling.
I use old bike gloves when handling ropes and things while crewing and flying hot air balloons.
Try some of these: Chain Saw Protective Gloves
Gloves designed for operating chainsaws have long fibers outside of a protected glove. The idea is that the long fibers get stuck in the chain and stop the mechanism before the saw goes through the entire glove. You don't use gloves for operating chainsaws to ride a motorcycle. Same goes the other way around.
I see. Thanks for your input.