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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 06:05 PM
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yeah, ya know what they say about a man with big hands="big gloves". but really, i can wrap my fingers around a coke can and overlap my thumb with my bird finger, and trying to find gloves with long enough fingers is impossible. the biggest ones i've found are XXXL's which are clearly too small. unless the leather vee between the fingers come all the way down to the crotch between the fingers, i end up blowing out the fingertips in gloves. i used to have a gal who'd sew up elkhide gloves for me to fit my hands, but she's no longer around. any ideas?
 
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Old Feb 22, 2013 | 06:10 PM
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If you can get some elk skin gloves. Soak them in water then stuff some sockets in the fingers. Works for my ape hands.
 
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Find a custom leather worker and have a set made might be your best option. Or you could buy the materiels and tools, get a book and try to make your own ? I have fingers like sausages and big hands but damn dude yours are monsters !
 
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Man you must have a hell of a time tying your shoe's.... :-)
 
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