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For Brian Fry (BGF)
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by newggtongs on December 29, 2001
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Hello,
I an thinking of buying a pair of midwests heavy duty gloves.
I asked this question on this site and they said that you rave about the gloves.
If you could tell me what degree of protection they offer. Also, what species have bitten your gloves?
How well did they fare during those bites?
Is there a downside to midwest's gloves?
Thank you for your help,
Darren
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by BGF on December 29, 2001
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Hi,
I've had the gloves chewed on by a wide assortment of elapids (cobras, death adders, king cobras, mulgas, etc...), vipers (Malayan pitvipers, Rattlesnakes, Trimeresurus species) and even boomslangs. For a regular bite, they offer excellent protection. However, an elapid (due to short but very strong fangs and powerful jaws) can chew its way through. This however will not happen immediately (ie... it took a two meter monocled cobra 30 seconds to do this). The gloves are incredibly supper so loss of dexterity is minimal. However, for fine work (ie.. slidding a pippette tip over a sea snakes fang) I use my dive gloves instead.
Cheers
Bryan
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by vettesherps on December 30, 2001
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BGF, Have you tried them with a gabboon yet. I am always worried about having one of them bite me even though I own the pair with the kevlar lining and the staples. What are your thoughts on this.
vette
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by BGF on December 30, 2001
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No, I haven't tried them with Gaboons yet but have tried them (with and without my hand in there) with very large Malayan pitvipers and also very large rattlesnakes. Vipers have very weak jaws and long curve & brittle fangs, so the fangs are far less able to penetrate than the short straight thick fangs and strong jaws of an elapid. Size isn't everything ;-)
Cheers
B
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by Naja_oxiana on December 30, 2001
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Bryan,
I am wondering about the construction of these gloves. How far does the balistic kevlar go up the sleeve? Does it protect just the hand or does it go the whole way up the arm? I guess what I'm asking is, if I get tagged a little above the rist by a C. atrox, will I be reasonable well protected?
In your tests, where did the snakes strike?
Cheers
Roger
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by newggtongs on January 4, 2002
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To naja_oxiana
I asked midwest a similar question and they said that the kevlar lining does run through the entire glove, sleeve and all. (it better for $100+!) I think a bite in the forarm would have the same level of protection as the hand. maybe more since the sleeve is not right up against the skin and the fangs may only get a fold of leather.
Hope this answers your question,
Darren
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