Pictures of nice gloves...?

[bengal-stripe]

I have slim hands but long fingers so most standard leather gloves do not fit me well.

Try ladies' gloves.

The sizes (hand circumference) are the same but size 8 is small for men but large for woman. But the fingers in a ladies' size are slimmer and longer than in a men's size. A classic hand-stitched glove will be the same design for men or women. I have a pair, size 8 Ladies, from Thomas Riemer which I ordered at a trunk show in London quite a few years ago. They fit very nicely but Riemer gloves have no 'quirks', those 'gussets' between the fingers.


Picture taken from 'Dents Gloves'

If you want to order gloves online, be careful of the size. Traditionally glove makers use 'French or Paris Inches'. Their length is 27.1 mm, compared to Imperial Inches (25.4 mm) they are 1.5 mm longer. Yes, I know, those Paris inches (pouce) were abolished during the French Revolution, nevertheless glove makers stuck with them, Maybe two different inches were too much for the general public so Imperial inches get now used as well. I'm sure all French and Italian glove makers stick to their inheritance while Anglo-Saxons stick to their inches. (Thomas Riemer and Dents use Imperial ones). But I have no idea what the Hungarians use.

 

[PDX-S]

Just saw this thread. Liking gloves, thought I'd check it out. Big props to Dorian Green for almost single handedly keeping the entire thread afloat for 2024. Man- that's a lot of gloves. Good on you.

 

[DorianGreen]

Thomas Riemer in goatskin.

 

[L.deJong]

My new gloves from Riemer have arrived. Mtm, a bit of an indulgence, but I had to... because I have very small hands, so we started with a 7.5 women sizd and shortened the finger length.

Edit: it's lamb skin in antique beige with shearling inside.

 

[DorianGreen]

Thomas Riemer in shearling.

 

[DorianGreen]

Another pair in shearling, can't remember the maker.

 

[Proleet]

@DorianGreen Amazing collection. Might I ask how many pairs?

 

[DorianGreen]

@DorianGreen Amazing collection. Might I ask how many pairs?

Thank you! It's about thirty pairs.

 

[Johnny80]

Thank you! It's about thirty pairs.

oh my goodness ..thirty or thirteen ?

 

[DorianGreen]

oh my goodness ..thirty or thirteen ?

30.

Today. Thomas Riemer.

 

[Proleet]

oh my goodness ..thirty or thirteen ?

That’s some serious numbers. I think I am at 8 only and interest has waned quite a bit over these past four years

 

[chrfi]

I also have around 8 pairs of custom made peccary gloves and it seems to be enough variation and I haven't really been interested in buying more. Mine are all from Hungant, from back in the days when they were around 100e a pair.

 

[Proleet]

I also have around 8 pairs of custom made peccary gloves and it seems to be enough variation and I haven't really been interested in buying more. Mine are all from Hungant, from back in the days when they were around 100e a pair.

I got most from them as well but a bit more variety: deer, shearling, peccary (2) and then suede and regular calf from other makers

 

[gyasih]

I got most from them as well but a bit more variety: deer, shearling, peccary (2) and then suede and regular calf from other makers

Hungant has gone up significantly