Best cut resistant gloves?

[realdocBBQ]

All the ones I see on Amazon (Level 5! Level 9!) all have reviews with people posting pics of them being cut, even one with his chef's knife just cutting the tip off the glove easily. St00pid. Are ALL cloth gloves really bad? Are they ANY good ones out there?

Or should I just get a set of the chainmail style?

[Oak Smoke]

Anything other than the chainmail is a risk in my opinion. I have 1 knife that will easily slice through a leather glove or in the case of the last time it cut me it sliced through several layers of dish cloth so smoothly that I didn’t realize it until I was cut.

[Donw]

Chainmail definitely. I still use chainmail gloves given to me by some Nebraska butchers in the 70’s.

[carolts]

I use the Level 5 for shucking oysters, along with a dishtowel.

[realdocBBQ]

My problem is I don't BELIEVE the BS most of them on Amazon are spouting. I just don't trust them.

[smokenoob]

I use Rapala fillet gloves, still have all my fingers!

[Michael_in_TX]

Just use a dull knife; common sense says that if the knife isn't sharp, you won't cut yourself.

(The number of times I have cut myself with a freaking butter knife is.....uncomfortable.)

[Alan Brice]

I know you are kidding. SheilaAnn is always saying it is easier to cut yourself with a dull knife than it is with a properly sharp one.
I believe that.

[realdocBBQ]

In my experience, SheilaAnn is right on the money with that one.

[Draznnl]

After my meat slicer whacked the tip off a finger of the cloth cut resistant gloves I bought on Amazon, I got a pair of chain mail. No incidents since.

oops, my wife says it was the mandoline that cut the cut resistant gloves, not the meat slicer. I think she’s right.

[MBMorgan]

THESE have saved me from mandolin-induced trips to the ER several times. That said, they are only advertised as "CUT RESISTANT" (not CUT PROOF) ... and I'm not dumb enough to deliberately test them against one of my good knives (bad ones either).

[SheilaAnn]

Be careful! Go slow! Pay attention! Seriously, as noted above, I have the one mesh glove for oysters, mostly. I’ve cut myself twice. Once, an employee hit my right arm while I was cutting veggies. Once when I failed to use the hand guard on a mandoline. Now I am going to cut myself this week because I just jinxed it 😜 🔪

burns, of course, are another story! 🤦🏼♀️ I’m a walking burn victim!

[Jerod Broussard]

Chainmail for the Plant workers WITH an arm guard. Ask your family doctor what kind of blood delivery systems the arm guard protects.

[realdocBBQ]

I think I am going to spring for a real chain glove. It looks like a lot of the ones on Amazon are made with a woven metal material, which allows food and junk to get in the fibers and is impossible to clean out. A true chain mail type glove is going to be my best bet. But not cheap...

[SheilaAnn]

realdocBBQ at my corporate restaurant job, all the employees we required to wear the chain type. We just ran them through the dishwasher!

[dpearce]

realdocBBQ Does Amazon carry the real chain gloves, or is that something you'd have to find at a professional restaurant supply store? Everything I'm seeing on Amazon is labeled as "cut resistant".

[realdocBBQ]

You can find them if you search hard enough with the right terms. Chainmail gloves. Run $35-45 each.

[Smoker_Boy]

I think I am going to spring for a real chain glove. It looks like a lot of the ones on Amazon are made with a woven metal material, which allows food and junk to get in the fibers and is impossible to clean out. A true chain mail type glove is going to be my best bet. But not cheap...

Have you priced hand re-construction surgery lately?

I can go dig up the bills. It was well over $100,000 when all was said and done.

[STEbbq]

I have been very pleased with these gloves. I believe going slow and being careful is the best advice and these gloves provide a degree of comfort. If chain mail gloves provide that degree of comfort, cool, but still take it slow. Overconfidence in your safety is probably the real cause of lost fingers.

https://a.co/d/i2xOyIt

[surfdog]

I’ve got a couple pair of Mercer Max gloves…but they’re rarely used. They seem more or less up to the task, just because I’m wearing one I’m not about to get stupid with any of my knives. Too many nicks & cuts to play that game.

For more serious shtuff…like a mandolin, I have a pair of Schwer chain gloves. They can be picked up for around 40 bucks. Still cheaper than stitches. I’m sure there are others, but it’s at least a brand I’ve heard of…unlike some of the oddball imported stuff.
I still keep my hand/fingers well away from blades, especially moving/rotating blades.

[Murdy]

I have a buddy who has a chain saw that's bigger than I'd be comfortable operating. He also has some of those protective pants. Obviously, the pants won't stop the saw. He says it'll give him an extra 1/8th of a second to jerk back if the saw comes in contact with his leg.

Is that maybe the point of cut-resistance gloves, to give you a better chance to mitigate the damage?

[ItsAllGoneToTheDogs]

The pants should still stop the saw. At least they have with the 41+ inch bar saws Ive used. Unless he's got one of those competition saws, those things are nuts.

[Murdy]

@ItsAllGoneToTheDogs

Maybe I misunderstood him, but is that stop instantly, or stop before it's all the way through the leg?