I purchased 1 pair each of the XS goatskin gloves with cowhide gauntlet sleeves from Rose Pruning Gloves for Men and Women. Thorn Proof Goatskin Leather Gardening Gloves with Long Cowhide Gauntlet to Protect Your Arms Until the Elbow (Extra Small) and Leather Gardening Gloves by Fir Tree. Premium Goatskin Gloves With Cowhide Suede Gauntlet Sleeves. Perfect Rose Garden Gloves. Men's and Women's Sizes. (See Size Chart Photo) Size S in the hopes one would be better then the other for handling physical chores on our property that require gauntlet sleeves. Both are identical gloves. The only difference is their green graphic/logo imprinted on the sleeves.

Dexterity = Great.
Fit = Great. Comfortable.
Sizing = Great. True to size.

Wild Roses: The gloves can handle them with only a few ouch moments.

Mature Himalayan blackberries: If you plan to grab hold of cut canes and yank them out, you WILL feel thorn pricks. A lighter grip on the cane will help ease the Ouch moments.

Young Himalayan blackberries and mature Evergreen blackberries: The gloves can handle pulling these canes out of the ground. No ouch moments.

Canada Thistle: The gloves can handle them - especially if you grab them from "underdeath" and pull up.

Bull Thistle: Ouch. Ouch. OUCH!!!!

4-stars because they are advertised as "Thorn Proof", otherwise they would have been 5-stars.

Great gardening gloves"”they're easy to use, leather, and protect your whole arm. Especially great when pulling weeds that might have prickers

These are nice looking rose gauntlets, and appear to be well made. As recommended by others I bought up in size and they are just about right in size. I think with a little breaking in they are going to be perfect.

These are incredibly good gauntlet gloves. I love mine and will order a second pair because I fear I might not find something this good again. The fit was perfect for me (F) at a medium and I have larger hands. The protection from thorny roses and barberry is superb. You will not regret having these gloves if you're tired or ripping up your forearms in the garden. I love mine!!

I purchased these gloves to better handle my cat while clipping her nails. I'm on a blood thinner and can't have her scratching or biting me. That possibility had me not confident handling her making nail cutting a huge issue as she wants NOTHING cut off her body. Even the errant fur will anger her to cut it off. LOL

I didn't need precise dexterity so these worked perfectly! I was able to hold her paw and the cutters and get the job done. She did try to bite and scratch but she was no match for the gloves. She didn't even finish her attempted bite when her mouth didn't hit skin.

This is my second pair. The first pair arrived with one glove "damaged/defective". It's as if the glove had become wet making the leather stiff and it was 1/2" smaller than the other glove making it useless for me as I couldn't get it fully up my arm let alone bend it. The seller had emailed after the purchase so I went directly to her, Zoe, with the issue. She was very nice and fast in her both her response and action with sending me a new pair. Thanks Zoe! The new pair arrived and were as expected fitting me great and bending as needed. I'm short so they hit me at the elbow. Being able to bend is important.

Sizing according to the chart was perfect. I measured over a seven so went with the small size.

These gloves are nicely made and comfortable to wear. I would buy again!