These gloves save your hands like steel reinforced-toe shoes save your feet!! Never have I had a pair of gloves so soft yet strong enough for me to finally overcome my powerful rose thorns. Pruning has been a nightmare since we moved into a new home with a lush tropical backyard setting, including many beautiful rose varieties. One in particular has thorns up to 5/16" long and sharp as a surgeon's tool. I used to feel she was out to get me as I nearly bled to death several times while pruning.

These soft, truly Thorn Proof, EZ-on gloves are quite simply the best. They slip on easily and stay put. Others I've owned had annoying straps that would come loose. Not to mention these gloves are made of steel. Not to big or floppy; like real gloves but for gardening...but made of steel.

Yesterday, I was able to load the clippings I pruned off the Beast and push them into the wheelbarrow with my Gloved Hands. Then I shoved them into the recycler with my Gloved Hands. Did I mention these gloves are made of the softest steel fabric ever invented? They call it Thorn Proof Goatskin.

This is an honest company who delivers on all their claims. I recommend these gloves wholeheartedly, you will not be disappointed. Fabulous price, when you receive them you'll realize you'd expect to pay more for this type of quality. I've conquered the Beast; she's once again my Beauty.

Gloves arrived in pristine condition, folded neatly inside a plastic bag and mailed inside a padded envelope. The seller provided a chart for sizing online, which was helpful. For feedback for all, my palm measured as just over 8 (about 8.25), which meant I was between a S and M size. I also have long fingers (middle finger is 3.5 inches long from tip to base where it connect to palm), so I elected to order size M (medium). Glad I did. The finger portion of the gloves fits exactly right. The portion of the glove around the palm is very generous when I lay my hand flat, but when I make a fist (or grab a tool), the glove becomes snug around the knuckles (those adjacent to the palms). I can deal with a little excess around the heel of my palm in order to have comfortable flexibility when using the gloves.

Also, the color is beautiful (I ordered the burgundy). The hand leather is very supple and soft while the forearm covering is nice and thick (but not heavy). Nice to have a real leather protective part all the way up to the bend of my elbow. I work with spiny palm fronds and roses. These should help protect a lot of my arms as well as my hands. I will leave feedback again as soon as I test them later this week.

If these work, I will definitely be ordering a second pair, perhaps in another color just for variety.

I bought these to use for trail clearing in Arizona, where every plant is festooned with spikes and ready to shred lesser gloves. When doing battle with fearsome brush, especially Cat Claw, these gloves did the job. The glove part over the hands did a good job of protecting my hands when picking up cuttings and grabbing stalks to move for access to a cut point. The cow leather forearm part did an excellent job of protecting my arms when reaching deep inside a murderous needle-equipped Death Bush.

The goatskin part is functional and effective for many spiky plants. Just don't grab too hard and you'll be OK. I tried picking up a cholla cutting and despite being gentle, the devil plant managed to poke me a little bit through the glove. With any other glove I would have been thoroughly impaled and forced to whip out my hemostat to de-spike myself. With these I just brushed the offending spiky chunk off with a pair of clippers and moved on.

No, you aren't going to win a punching contest with a saguaro, but for normal garden work, and even careful trail trimming, these are awesome.

I bought these for my husband after we purchased 10 acres that was extremely overgrown with weeds/vines/plants/shrubs. We were concerned not only with thorns and brambles but with snakes (He is terrified of snakes) These gloves helped him clear out several feet of thorny and his words, 'snakey' vines with no problem. The cuffs come up well onto the arm and are thick and very protective while the hand part of the gloves are soft and malleable. We purchased the large for him and they fit him wonderfully. They are easy to use and will serve us well clearing the land. Hopefully we won't have to find out if they are snake proof.

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.