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Midwest's heavy duty gloves.
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by newggtongs on December 25, 2001
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I an thinking of purchasing a pair of midwests gloves.
My question is:
how protective are they? if you have used them,Can you name the species that has bitten them? How well do they perform?
Thanks.
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RE: Midwest's heavy duty gloves.
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by KingCobraFan on December 25, 2001
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Bryan Greig Fry uses them; you can contact him by logging on to his International Venom and Toxin Database site. You might also click Kingsnake's Venomous Reptiles forum and pose your question to a herper named bill (lower case); he raves about them.
Hope this helps.
Sincerely,
Bill Huseth
kcf
P.S. Midwest sells a Kevlar-lined glove and one with metal staples added.
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by Naja_oxiana on December 25, 2001
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Acording to BGF, The Midwest gloves could not be bitten through by C. atrox or O. hannah, but N. kaouthia chewed through in approx 30 seconds. As I recalle, he was going to try them on a large B. gabonica. These were the unstapled gloves. He said that the stapled gloves worked like a charm with Heloderms.
You would do best to contact him and get the specifics of his testing methods and a complete report.
Cheers
Roger
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by TIMFRIEDE on December 26, 2001
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Mr Huseth is correct, that's a nice piece of gear and Bill will confirm, we used it. AKA Bill(bill), jammed a needle through it at full speed with mamba venom(polylepis)<, he just got dizzy. No, not from the needle, from the venom, I was there. In all serious-ness, those gloves are a nice kicker and they are a nice smooth fit. It's a good buy dude. Buy um. Timbo
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The only thing that need be mentioned...
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by Naja_oxiana on December 26, 2001
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...kinda a devil's advocate, I suppose, is that of the loss of hand dexterity. How will they do with the larger, squirmier say, Dendroaspis or Naja?
Cheers
Roger
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by TIMFRIEDE on December 27, 2001
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We were using them on a HUGE ED and they worked fine. Bill used them on a small mamba for an injection and it seemed to work ok. I just put them on to get a feel and they seemed to feel pretty good. BGF has used them to the limit and could answer the q's better then I. C ya Rog, Tim
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