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Basic Work Glove Patterns


Clute Cut - The most popular pattern for cotton flannel gloves – offers comfort as well as good hand protection. Seams on back of hand.

Reversible - A pattern that has the thumb positioned on the side of the glove, so it can be worn on either hand. Particularly effective where palm or thumb receive a lot of wear. When thumb or palm wears out, glove can be switched to the other hand.

Gunn Cut - Particularly effective in leather palm gloves, because leather on the front of fingers extends two thirds of the way around each finger, eliminating exposed seams in palm wear area.



 
Do more layers equal more protection?
Construction in the palm area of leather gloves leads to some misconceptions. When sizing up gloves in a catalog, it is tempting to believe – based on appearance alone – that a patch palm is going to double your protection. To the uninitiated, palm patches would seem to offer greater protection, as the double palm looks like it would give twice the protection in that area.
The reality with most patch-palm leather glove styles is that the patch exists as a kind of bridge between two pieces of leather to create a full palm. This enables the glove manufacturer to maximize use of the full hide by using up all the smaller leftover pieces.

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