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While browsing the Aero Leather website, i came across their cream horsehide work gloves. These look like a pretty good substitute for the Wells Lamont gloves. Horsehide is an excellent leather as evidenced by the demand for horsehide jackets from Wested.

http://www.aeroleatherclothing.com/weba ... prodid=455

The price of 15 pounds (about $30) seems very cheap for the quality of the glove, but if a group buy could be put together for more than 20 pairs, it would be even cheaper (plus we'd save a lot on postage)! If there is interest in this, I can contact Mark, the Aero rep in the US to see what can be worked out.

So what do you think?

-Lemon

Those are VERY nice looking gloves! Regards. Michaelson

They do look nice - are you thinking we should try to build up an order of 20 or more so everyone gets a discount? Or just buy them ourselves individually?

Ken

don't mean to hijack the thread....but does anyone know where I could find really good brown work gloves?

Indiana Ken wrote:They do look nice - are you thinking we should try to build up an order of 20 or more so everyone gets a discount? Or just buy them ourselves individually?

Ken

Yes, I was thinking if we got a bigger order together we could all save on both the gloves and the shipping cost. I'll be buying a pair either way.

Kentucky Blues wrote:don't mean to hijack the thread....but does anyone know where I could find really good brown work gloves?

Kind of depends on what you consider "good" work gloves.

For lightest weight, you can't beat the kangaroo Geier gloves from David Morgan. They also have excellent abrasion resistance. I use a pair of ropers in the warmer months for yardwork and the dress gloves for driving. Kangaroo makes for a very supple glove, but is not very useful in the cold.

If you want thicker material, you should check out the buffalo or elkskin gloves from Cabela's. Also very supple and much better in the cold weather than kangaroo.

For lowest cost tough gloves, just check out your local home improvement store. They should have a good selection of thick cowhide and/or goatskin work gloves.

Michaelson wrote:Those are VERY nice looking gloves! Regards. Michaelson

Greetings! I recently joined and am really enjoying reading through the various threads!!

I ordered a couple pairs of these gloves as work gloves - one for me and the other for my husband - oh my - these gloves absolutely ROCK!!! The horsehide leather is supple yet strong, and oddly enough quite lovely - which I never considered when I ordered them. The quality of the leather and construction is terrific, and far superior to anything I've seen locally at our hardware stores - especially for their price (~ 29 USD).

The fingers are a bit long for me, although for my purpose I have no doubt they'll do exactly what I want - function as armor to protect my hands without feeling uncomfortable or awkward.

It looks like it might be hard to get 20 people or so but why not start a pole in this thread and see if 20 people are itnerested or maybe several people in it can vote twice if they want 2 pairs of gloves say.

Ken

tehegemon wrote: Greetings! I recently joined and am really enjoying reading through the various threads!!

I ordered a couple pairs of these gloves as work gloves - one for me and the other for my husband - oh my - these gloves absolutely ROCK!!! The horsehide leather is supple yet strong, and oddly enough quite lovely - which I never considered when I ordered them. The quality of the leather and construction is terrific, and far superior to anything I've seen locally at our hardware stores - especially for their price (~ 29 USD).

The fingers are a bit long for me, although for my purpose I have no doubt they'll do exactly what I want - function as armor to protect my hands without feeling uncomfortable or awkward.

Welcome to the forum! Sounds like these gloves will be excellent additions to my growing collection of leather goods. Out of curiosity, do you remember how much the postage was and if there was any duty (shouldn't have been for things under $200)?

Indiana Ken wrote:It looks like it might be hard to get 20 people or so but why not start a pole in this thread and see if 20 people are itnerested or maybe several people in it can vote twice if they want 2 pairs of gloves say.

Ken

I'll keep checking on posts here for the next week or so. There are so many glove options (Geier, Sullivan, Raber, etc) out there that getting 20 pairs ordered from Aero will likely be tough. They might be willing to cut a deal on 10 pairs, but I'll wait to see what interest there is. I'll post a poll later, once I figure out what question should be asked. Thanks Ken!

Lemon wrote:Welcome to the forum! Sounds like these gloves will be excellent additions to my growing collection of leather goods. Out of curiosity, do you remember how much the postage was and if there was any duty (shouldn't have been for things under $200)?

Thank you for the warm reception!! I ordered these gloves along with a couple sales coats and jackets - so I met the required minimum to quality for free postage from Scotland, UK. Last month free shipping applied to orders equal to or greater than 250 GBP, and now applies to minimum orders of 275 GBP. I paid duty on my entire order, which end up being 6.5% of my total plus an additional $4.50 fixed "clearance fee" for the USPS.

So, based upon the credit card exchange rate on the date of my purchase (before mid-February it was 1.91 USD per 1 GBP) - I paid $28.65 per pair, plus $1.86 customs duty (excluding any portion of the $4.50 "clearance fee"). These gloves are simply glorious, and I don't even have a penchant towards gloves (I love shoes and western boots ).

I too considered buying in bulk to get a better deal. So, I thought to myself - who do I know is willing to shell out around $25/pr or less for some really excellent work gloves? If I could get several folks interested, we could reap the benefits of volume discount pricing! While I can think of numerous people working on their homes and yards in my neighborhood who would greatly benefit from a couple pairs of these, I know they would rather spend significantly less without thinking about how often they replace their gloves. Personally, I think it's penny-wise and pound-foolish to spend $5 every other week, although spending $5-$8 seemingly has less impact than spending three to five times that amount in one shot...why not spend more up-front and be done with the matter?

Forgive my ramblings...these gloves are fabulous, well - at least I think so. I never saw horsehide gloves before I bought these, although I've seen a lot of thick, uncomfortable, stiff leather work gloves that cost less but make the job difficult to do...the trade-off is good protection for inflexibility, which creates inherent risk.

I hope you can get some folks interested - good luck!

tehegemon, I would like to wish you a warm welcome to Club Obi Wan.

Canyon wrote:tehegemon, I would like to wish you a warm welcome to Club Obi Wan.

Hi Canyon - the pleasure is mine! Many thanks for the wonderful pleasant greeting!!

I'm truly happy to be here as the folks 'round here are quite nice!!!