[IBC] bonsai wood carving gloves

Folks,
I was at our local "Safety Store" the other day and got some great #5 welding gogles 
for looking at kiln firing cones ( finally I can see them) .
 While I was there I got looking at Kevlar and other gloves for carving protection. 
That left hand is always vulnerable while power wood carving and has been knicked in 
more than one instance. The owner recommended the stainless steel thread gloves ( 
reeeeeally fine wire covered with synthetic yarn) over the Kevlar and says most 
butchers and wood carvers around here use them. Dexterity was pretty darn good. Sold 
as ambidextrous single gloves about $8.95.
I got one.
I also bought a pair of Kevlar to try. They are much cheaper at about $4.00 for a PAIR 
( even though both gloves are ambidextrous), thinner and even better dexterity. You 
can get the Kevlar with or without the tiny neoprene (?) "sticky dots" all over them 
which come on a coarser weaved glove.. Although they grip like an octopus I think they 
lose some dexterity.
I seem to remember seeing Ernie using some Kevlar gloves somewhere. If so, How do you 
like them Ernie?
I was bothered by a safety note on the stainless steel cloth gloves warning against 
using with "Moving or toothed cutters".....
Oh Heck! They weren't talking to me! :>)
I rationalized that the cutters I use aren't really "Toothed" so would probably not 
snag on them or the Kevlar knit.
Regards,
Dale Cochoy, Wild Things Bonsai Studio,  Hartville, Ohio
[EMAIL PROTECTED]    http://www.WildThingsBonsai.Com
Specializing in power wood carving tools.
Yakimono no Kokoro  bonsai pottery of hand-built stoneware

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