Your Glove.....Are you dicing with death?

[harrishawker]

Some of the gloves i see with Falconers amaze me on how dirty they are with stained old chick yolk holding up a load of old rabbit fur.

This surely is a recipe for disaster. Salmonella is just one i can think off

[morganf]

it also ruins the leather killing the life expectancy of a glove.

I just spritz it with a water bottle and rub it down really good after training.

[m4tt]

what i did to protect mine, is i was told by T78 and Aaron to wet it so my hand fits it better, and then by Aaron and another to put lanolin on it and let it dry...

[kenbro77]

m4tt said:

what i did to protect mine, is i was told by T78 and Aaron to wet it so my hand fits it better, and then by Aaron and another to put lanolin on it and let it dry...

That is the initial protection. The glove will still need to be cleaned often after you start putting raw meat on it. I use a lot of chicken necks which leaves a lot of yuk on the glove.

[Master Yarak]

Saddle soap. It works great. Neats foot and mink oil clog the pores of the leather. Lanolin does not. Maven recently won a gauntlet for me off of e-bay. I have yet to use it. It is a bit big. Great glove though and is very puncture resistant. I have never used water to shrink one, I guess I will have to try it. She does not like idea of a decorative gauntlet. I have grown attached to my current one. It fits great but it is beat up and has lost some integrity. It is 5 or 6 years old. Bane's meat hooks can always find the holes.
Yarak

[Jay]

I have always used Neats foot oil for all my leather equipment, but was told last summer by a vet tech that it is an irritant for birds. Has anyone else heard this or had problems?

[birdguy888]

I actually wash mine off after it gets all bloody from the bird eating under the kitchen sink. I then dry it off with a paper towel and then re-condition it with any type of leather treatment/oil. I can't remember the specific brands off hand but I buy them from IFA (Intermountain Farmers Association). If anyone wants to know the actual brands I'll go look and let you know. Doing this my gloves tend to last great for about 8 to 10 years depending on the glove (light glove for small birds vs welders glove for RT's.

[austringer89]

jay said:

I have always used Neats foot oil for all my leather equipment, but was told last summer by a vet tech that it is an irritant for birds. Has anyone else heard this or had problems?

thats a good question. Anyone ever respond to it?

[cjinx]

Yea, it is a good question. I have been scrubbing mine off with Suede cleaner and then washing it off really well with water. It gets hard afterwards but is clean .