Rose Gauntlet

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  1. Meomye

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    Could anyone recommend a good pair of ladies rose gauntlets please? tia
     
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    I buy these from Amazon to use when I'm tackling brambles:

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    I bought these in 2013 to deal with my many climbing/rambling/shrub roses and brambles.I use them frequently and they're still completely thorn-proof-
    They're quite thin so easy to work with too.

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      I've also got the Gold Leaf Tough Touch gloves and can thoroughly recommend them. Mine were a bit cheaper than above though.
       
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        Thank you for your suggestions, very helpful.
         
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        Hi

        I use my old beekeeping gloves
         
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        Thanks everyone for suggestions.
        Finally opted for the gold leaf tough touch gloves (RHS approved), used them recently and actually didn't get impalled on the thorns!! :)
         
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          If anyone is still after gloves welder gloves are suppose to be good and cheaper.
           
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          I bought these for trimming a pyracantha and they really work well for that too.
           
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          Bit late, but we use these low cost welders gloves which protect against Pyracantha, Berberis and Rose thorns etc. A bit firm to start with but soon become suppler.

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            The problem is getting them small enough. I once ordered the smaller size of the gold leaf ones and sent them back - they were huge on me, far to long in the fingers and too wide everywhere so there's no way I could operate secateurs wearing them.

            I just had a look at the welding gauntlets on Toolstation's website but the description says "one size" and the picture shows size 10 which is ginormous when you take a glove size 6.5 to 7 maximum. Probably good value if you have big hands though.

            The smallest size in the Cooljob ones would also be an inch too wide across the palm and almost an inch too long in the middle finger, according to the measurements on their website.

            Given that there are a lot of female gardeners out there, surely I can't be the only one with small hands? I don't really have a problem getting regular gardening gloves, it's just the heavy duty thornproof gauntlets that seem to be unobtainable in my size. Maybe they think we get someone else to do the "heavy work" for us? Or maybe it's too hard for them to stitch the heavy material for shorter slimmer fingers.

            Edit - I have some of the cheaper ones from Amazon that are XS but they aren't actually thornproof even thought they claim to be.
             
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            Any gloves will do but just be careful. I usually do not wear any as I work from the outside branches to the inside ones on my roses. What I do wear is a suitable long sleeve fleece jumper and heavy trousers that do not catch on the thorns.
             
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            I (female though with medium hands) got Wilko gauntlets which were excellent against thorns and not too big. Range have taken over the Wilko brand, so might stock them
             
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