just bought a brand spankin new 12v Makita drill/driver (on special at HD for $99 AND got a $20 rebate coupon- that’s right $79 +tax!!!!) and it came with a pair of the most ridiculously fancy a$$ “work” gloves i have ever seen! these things look like they were designed by michael jackson in conjunction with nasa. has makita been “mforced” into giving them away because nobody was buying them? sure they’re comfortable and have all kinds of grippy surfaces and padding, etc but if i wear them at all it’ll be around the house working on stuff- not out to a disco or the space station. not to mention, they seem like they’d be hot as hades on even a mildly warm day.
i’m curious- has anybody ever actually dared show up on a real man’s jobsite with a pair (not just one like the king of pop) of these froufrou things? and if so, did he survive the heckling? makita has undoubtedly unloaded a lot of them recently- if nobody is using them, what should we do with them? collect a huge box of them and donate them to some foreign or US aid group? boy, that would leave the po’ folk of afghanistan scratching their heads, wouldn’t it?
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best work gloves I've ever used are the thin knit ones that have been dipped in latex. Not to hot, nice and grippy, and cheap. And since they are latex dipped, you can tell people that you wear because you promote the practice of "safe carpentry".
The California carpenters on monster house wear them.
Who Dares Wins.
Mail those puppys to me I'll take even if they are a bit wild looking they seem pretty cool.
Hey Gunner does that mean when I finish my corespondence carpenters course I can wear them ????.... :>)
Darkworks: No Guns No Butter squilla and the bling bling.
Yes and you have to bleach your hair blond and wear a string of toys around your neck like a huge necklace. Did you catch the last episode of monster house? What a goof mutha.Who Dares Wins.
I thought they were really cool but my wife won't go anywhere with me when I wear them. Kneepads too.
You could just wear one and be the Micheal Jackson of the building trades. I can see ya now moon walking accross the double top plates with a hammer in hand singing beeeaaattt iiitttt...
Darkworks: No Guns No Butter squilla and the bling bling.
Man, I was just thinking the same thing, lol.
Makes me think of a joke -
What do the Chicago Cubs and Michael Jackson have in common?
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They all wear a glove on one hand for no apparent reason.....
Just picked up the last drill kit this morning, got the rebate, got the gloves.............................a little strange looking till I dropped in Pep boys and they have the black version, and thinking back I did see the crews at daytona using them!
Twistin' wrenches is a whole nother ball game! You won't find a mechanic sticking his hand anywhere near that glowing red header in bare knuckles. Kevin Halliburton
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