http://www.leeparksdesign.com/
The brown is elk skin the black is deerskin. Very supple.
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Velcro closure at wrist. Neat stitching.
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On the hand, the wrist strap has a little "tail" on it to keep it from falling out of the plastic loop. Heavy double deer skin layer over knuckles.
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Excellent, comfortable fix right out of the box, these will need next to zero break in. Big elk skin over part of palm most likely to sustain road rash.
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Gauntlet style firmly cinches down over jacket cuff. All the velcro tab are just the right length, no excess flapping in the wind.
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Wrist closure to keep the glove on in the event of a crash. Notice the length of the strap. Not to long not to short.
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One more beauty shot
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These are excellent gloves and they can be washed with a mild detergent. If you want a functional, hand crafted made in the USA, over the gauntlet style glove I highly recommend Lee parks.
Purchased on Ebay for $109 Us dollars.
You download a sizing chart from the Lee Parks web site and measure you hand. My fit was a medium and it was spot on.
Cut and paste from the Lee Parks web site;
"The 4 Big Secrets Glove Manufacturers Don't Want You To Know
Secret #1: U.S. deerskin is superior to cowhide in comfort, protection & utility.
The reason most gloves are made of cowhide is because over 90% of motorcycle gloves (including Harley-Davidson's) are made in China and Pakistan where labor is dirt cheap and deerskin is not readily available.
Secret #2: Most gloves fail at the seams.
With the majority of manufacturers more concerned with adding flashy features than real protection, they end up with overly complicated designs with too many seams. Each seam is a potential failure point. Count how many seams are in your own gloves. Most have as many as four seams on every finger, but Lee Parks Design gloves have only have four seams in the entire glove! Fewer seams mean real safety.
Secret #3: Thin Kevlar® thread reduces seam strength.
Unlike textiles, more threads per inch in leather makes it weaker, not stronger. Kevlar® is a very strong aramid fiber made by DuPont® but it makes a lousy thread for motorcycle gloves because it doesn't stretch when the gloves undergo stress. That makes it act like a cheese knife cutting through the leather and letting the gloves rip open. Lee Parks Design gloves use a special "dual-duty" design that has two strong nylon threads per hole, engineered with just enough elasticity to maximize the seam strength.
Secret #4: Hard carbon fiber shatters (not deforms), creating a safety hazard.
Popular carbon fiber knuckle guards turn into dangerously sharp shards of fiber-reinforced epoxy resin which can aggravate a wound.
The world's finest deerskin and elkskin motorcycle gloves and accessories, proudly handcrafted in the USA. Plus, brand management consulting for companies in, or wishing to enter, the motorcycle industry. Parks is also the author of Total Control, the most well regarded motorcycle riding technique book ever published."
cheers
ken
The brown is elk skin the black is deerskin. Very supple.
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Velcro closure at wrist. Neat stitching.
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On the hand, the wrist strap has a little "tail" on it to keep it from falling out of the plastic loop. Heavy double deer skin layer over knuckles.
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Excellent, comfortable fix right out of the box, these will need next to zero break in. Big elk skin over part of palm most likely to sustain road rash.
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Gauntlet style firmly cinches down over jacket cuff. All the velcro tab are just the right length, no excess flapping in the wind.
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Wrist closure to keep the glove on in the event of a crash. Notice the length of the strap. Not to long not to short.
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One more beauty shot
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These are excellent gloves and they can be washed with a mild detergent. If you want a functional, hand crafted made in the USA, over the gauntlet style glove I highly recommend Lee parks.
Purchased on Ebay for $109 Us dollars.
You download a sizing chart from the Lee Parks web site and measure you hand. My fit was a medium and it was spot on.
Cut and paste from the Lee Parks web site;
"The 4 Big Secrets Glove Manufacturers Don't Want You To Know
Secret #1: U.S. deerskin is superior to cowhide in comfort, protection & utility.
The reason most gloves are made of cowhide is because over 90% of motorcycle gloves (including Harley-Davidson's) are made in China and Pakistan where labor is dirt cheap and deerskin is not readily available.
Secret #2: Most gloves fail at the seams.
With the majority of manufacturers more concerned with adding flashy features than real protection, they end up with overly complicated designs with too many seams. Each seam is a potential failure point. Count how many seams are in your own gloves. Most have as many as four seams on every finger, but Lee Parks Design gloves have only have four seams in the entire glove! Fewer seams mean real safety.
Secret #3: Thin Kevlar® thread reduces seam strength.
Unlike textiles, more threads per inch in leather makes it weaker, not stronger. Kevlar® is a very strong aramid fiber made by DuPont® but it makes a lousy thread for motorcycle gloves because it doesn't stretch when the gloves undergo stress. That makes it act like a cheese knife cutting through the leather and letting the gloves rip open. Lee Parks Design gloves use a special "dual-duty" design that has two strong nylon threads per hole, engineered with just enough elasticity to maximize the seam strength.
Secret #4: Hard carbon fiber shatters (not deforms), creating a safety hazard.
Popular carbon fiber knuckle guards turn into dangerously sharp shards of fiber-reinforced epoxy resin which can aggravate a wound.
The world's finest deerskin and elkskin motorcycle gloves and accessories, proudly handcrafted in the USA. Plus, brand management consulting for companies in, or wishing to enter, the motorcycle industry. Parks is also the author of Total Control, the most well regarded motorcycle riding technique book ever published."
cheers
ken
