"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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Gloves up to the elbow? What's the temperature been for the last week
where YOU live? :-)

"Sterling" wrote in message
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Gloves up to the elbow in hot weather sound a lot more comfortable than
having your hands and forearms scratched apart by rose thorns and other
plant briars in any temperature.

Home Depot had some really great gloves - they have a very long cuff
(comes up to your elbow). I bought 2 pair as I like them so much. The
glove part is leather and the 'cuff' part is a very stiff canvas. They
were in a special display in the garden center as opposed to their glove
section.

I agree with the BBQ tongs for any really vicious thorns.

Sterling

Charles wrote:
On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 03:47:33 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:


"BE" wrote in message
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Howdy, anyone have any suggestions as to good pair of gloves that would
be resistant to thorns/thickets etc.???

I'll be clearing some heavily overgrown areas in my yard with a gas
powered trimmer that I hope to rent.

Thanks...


Yeah...the leather or pigskin ones, or whatever they're made of. They're
sort of a dark orange color. The color will come off on your hands for a
couple of weeks, but after that, they're fine. Some thorns will still
get through, especially if you have to grab certain plants really hard.
Long BBQ tongs can be useful in avoiding that.



I agree, pigskin if you can find it. Mine are light tan, I doubt that
color makes a lot of difference.