Gloves

In summer rarely anything. Sometimes I pack a pair of Raw hide leather gloves (Cheap from any home improvement store). In winter I send to wear either my regular gloves or the raw hide ones depending on task sometimes nothing at all.
 
I carry a pair of Hatch's through Spring and Autumn. But for protection in the woods, I have a cheap pair of fingerless, padded palm gloves. If I need any more protection than that, I just kick whatever it is out of the way. :)
 
I have a nice pair of RAB gloves.
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I most frequently wear a pair of flight gloves. I also wear my Mechanix wear gloves or my mtn bike gloves while riding.

Anything weather that requires a thicker glove than that I'll be wearing a pair of my ski gloves.
 
I have a pair of Elkskin ropers that I use when work gloves are needed. I add synthetic liners if is is cool.

For cold weather, I have some Canadian milsurp, arctic mittens with leather palms, wool liners and a "trigger finger" feature.
 
I always pack a pair of Geier Kangaroo leather gloves...the thinest and toughest gloves I've every used.

If it's cold, I have a very thin pair of Cabelas hunting glove liners that will just fit with the leather gloves over.

I've recently picked up a couple pair of Ironclad gloves and so far, pretty impressed with how they've held up doing work around the house.

As a side note, gloves should be considered a part of your protectice clothing (what we refere to as PPE in the Army = Personal Protective Equipment). Your hands and fingers are essential to a lot of task and chores...getting an injured hand or even a finger can really impact your ability to function.

Just my experience, I was crawling under a barbed-wire fence a few weeks ago and stirred up a yellow jacket underground hive. I wasn't wearing gloves as I usually do, and one stung me on my index finger...SOB did that hurt! It actually caused my finger to swell up at the knuckle and I was really hampered at using my left had for several tasks for almost a week. Just something to consider why gloves can be very effective for keeping your hands insulated and protected when outdoors.

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Loads of different types. Silk and Meralkon [polypropylene] liners, Neoprene, Nomex based, various leather jobs, Thinsulate lined, Gore-Tex, and humble gardening rough leather gauntlets for playing in the twigs.

Not like it's much use to most of you but I snagged up another pair yesterday for mah woman. At the moment she's stuck with a pair of retro boiled wool things we affectionately call “the Bungle Gloves” [after Rainbow] due to their clumpy nature and that stuff sticks to them like a bear's-weakside-woodland-wiper. These obviously aren't as tough as the last Gore-Tex jobs she had and err toward the ultralight end, but they are going to be plenty warm and waterproof enough for what she does here. Serendipitous find and well worth the paltry sale price.

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I was using these gloves I've had for a while that were too big for my hands (I'd need ham hocks as hands for them to fit), but recently picked up some Mechanix original gloves. They are great for what I wanted them for and that was to keep my hands from being chewed up from chopping or other rough work.

Not sure what I'd do in the winter though. Don't want to mess up my heavier gloves. Took a quick look and Carhartt seems to have some insulated gloves that are also waterproof, seems like a good way to go.
 
I always wear gloves... I have to at work so it is second nature now. That being said I always have some kind of leather gloves in my bag for working around wood/fire. In the winter I have a pair of gortex carhart's with a thick insulation.

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I don't typically wear gloves for warmth because I can't stand my hands to get too hot and sweaty.

But I do wear an old pair of Blackhawk Hellstorm fingerless gloves for cleaning up the yard and they go in my pack for hiking. They're very comfortable and breathable so my hands don't get hot. I've never worn them in the winter, but I can't seem them being very effective for warmth.
 
I mostly use army surplus gloves. Bundeswehr Nomex gloves are really good, and cost ~5 EUR a pair. For winter I have Finnish army mittens... thick leather with a removable fleece-type liner. Costs ~10 EURs a pair.
 
What are you doing with your hands?

For work which is usually consists of writing, or examining artifacts, in very cold weather I use these http://www.rei.com/product/803861 They allow me to keep my hands warm, when I need dexterity I can open them for my fingers.

There are several other versions of these available from other makers, but I swear by the glomitt. Cabelas makes some great ones for less money.
 
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