Greg Robinson Posted October 13, 2009 Share #1 Posted October 13, 2009 One of our more experienced and knowledgeable members had these for sale on ebay last week. A unique item I've never seen before. Made in 1944 they are very heavy duty and beautifully made. You'd have a tough time today finding a pair of gloves made like this, and they'd cost more than twenty bucks. Greg pic of the markings............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Robinson Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share #2 Posted October 13, 2009 pics....front and back views............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted October 13, 2009 Share #3 Posted October 13, 2009 That is a nice pair of gloves, well marked too! I have a pair of gloves I have been trying to figure out for a while now. They are similar in construction to the USMC pair you have posted but as you can see they are different and they are not marked. Any ideas on this pair of gloves? Thanks, Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Greg Robinson Posted October 13, 2009 Author Share #5 Posted October 13, 2009 That is a nice pair of gloves, well marked too! I have a pair of gloves I have been trying to figure out for a while now. They are similar in construction to the USMC pair you have posted but as you can see they are different and they are not marked. Any ideas on this pair of gloves? Thanks, Rob Rob If I had to guess I'd say yours were made for the same purpose as mine and mine were sold as being for handling barb wire. Makes sense to me from the looks of them but to tell you the trust up until a week ago I'd never seen such a thing. I assume engineer units tasked with clearing wire were issued these. I doubt they were general issue. Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted October 13, 2009 Share #6 Posted October 13, 2009 Greg, I just took a look in the G.I. collector's guide reference book. I found the same gloves as the USMC pair you posted on page 54, they are listed as: GAUNTLETS, BARBED-WIRE (STOCK NO 73-G-2050) WORK GLOVES WITH REINFORCED PALM. AVAILABLE IN A SINGLE SIZE, THESE WERE FOR HANDLING BARBED WIRE. So it looks like the Army issued the same pattern gloves for handling barbed wire as the USMC. On page 196 (in the Signal Corps section) of the same book is a pair of gloves that are again similar in construction to mine to but still different. They are simply listed as: LC-10 GLOVES, STRONG LEATHER GLOVES WITH CUFFS My gloves look to be a cross between these signal corps LC-10 gloves and your USMC barbed wire gloves. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Flage Guy Posted October 14, 2009 Share #7 Posted October 14, 2009 Top-notch score, Greg (again!)... Rob: Are you certain that those are old military gloves? They are identical to what is most always used for welding/cutting now for many decades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinb Posted October 14, 2009 Share #8 Posted October 14, 2009 Here's a pair of barb wire gloves from the 1960-70 period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixbayonets! Posted October 14, 2009 Share #9 Posted October 14, 2009 Top-notch score, Greg (again!)... Rob: Are you certain that those are old military gloves? They are identical to what is most always used for welding/cutting now for many decades. 'Flage I believe they are military but I can't say I am 100% certain. I bought a WWII laundry bag containing unifroms that belonged to the same soldier, these gloves were in the bag. They sure look & feel like a piece of military issue gear but now you have me wondering :think: One thing is for sure, they are old. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted October 14, 2009 Share #10 Posted October 14, 2009 I think the barbed wire gloves will have palm and finger padding quite unlike anything used in welding gloves: puncture and heat resistance are probably quite different properties in gloves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Flage Guy Posted October 14, 2009 Share #11 Posted October 14, 2009 'Flage I believe they are military but I can't say I am 100% certain. I bought a WWII laundry bag containing unifroms that belonged to the same soldier, these gloves were in the bag. They sure look & feel like a piece of military issue gear but now you have me wondering :think: One thing is for sure, they are old. Rob Interesting! Now you got me wondering :think: They've been making the aforementioned welding gloves for a very long time, but that doesn't mean yours aren't old G.I. issue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunbarrel Posted October 14, 2009 Share #12 Posted October 14, 2009 Greg has asked me to post photos of my pair of current issue gloves for comparison. Notice the protective metal staples. I will also post photos of the current issue cutters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gunbarrel Posted October 14, 2009 Share #16 Posted October 14, 2009 These are FELCO Mod. Commando available commercially off the shelf, but that's what they are using nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nervous Posted March 25, 2020 Share #19 Posted March 25, 2020 I think it is IIWW or 50's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conn Posted March 25, 2020 Share #20 Posted March 25, 2020 the staple gloves we used in the plumbing trade when operating certain sewer rodding machines and also wire snakes, there was also a mitten style with staples that we used in the plumbing trade. i never looked inside the gloves for any manufacture marks i was in the corps, the barbwire detail i would stuck with, I never looked for any manufacture marks inside gloves, they were non wire staple glove type, this was the 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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