Gloves or No

[bag of hammers]

I use the welders gloves anytime the stove is hot.. more than once my dumb self has reached out and rested or pushed off the top/front of the stove when standing up or kneeling down...

Yep - having the gloves on by default makes all the difference when I have one of my occasional brain farts....

 

[wingsfan]

I must agree with Fireman... Wear your PPE (personal protective equipment). I'm a firefighter myself - 28 years. I keep the last pair of gloves that I retired from service next to the stove and use them everytime. Never know when an ember might pop out. I just pick it up and back in it goes. If I dont like the lay of the fire I reach in and rearrange!

we use the little coa shovel/scooper when an ember falls out and have never gotten burnt. I don't think I would try to pick it up even if I did have gloves.

 

[ArsenalDon]

but after getting black on a few otherwise perfectly good dress-work shirts

Had to read this 3 times....thought you were telling us you wear a dress

 

[ArsenalDon]

Have a pair of leather gloves right there just in case I load a split too big and have to run outside with it half burning......or something needs to be moved around...other than that I cannot get in the habit of putting gloves on...and yes have plenty of burns to show how dumb I am.

 

[Insomnivore]

Reasons for my using gloves in order of importance: 1) Splinters They hurt almost as bad as burns and seem for some odd reason to be alcohol, the drinkin' kind, resistant, 2) Rodent and misc. small animal excrement / housing remnants on wood, (germophobe, yup) 3) Heat protection.

Every year I do end up with a new scar or two on my right forearm since my gloves stop at the wrist. The scars make good conversation around the lunch table at work in July though.

 

[BobUrban]

Often but not always - there are non-leather fire retardent gloves that dogs wont eat

 

[firebroad]

You can tell the NO glove wood burners ,the ones with all the scars(and no hair) on their forearms.

Damm, I'm gonna start loading my stove with my legs

 

[USMC80]

yup welders gloves, I too like to partake in after work drinks and can get a little sloppy when loading

 

[Ashful]

Damm, I'm gonna start loading my stove with my legs

Yep... don't wanna mess up your hairy forearms.

 

[Adios Pantalones]

I only wear gloves out to the wood pile to avoid splinters. I don't wear them loading the stove, unless they're already on. I don't think that I've ever put them on to load the stove

 

[firefighterjake]

I like to think that my gloves look more like super hero gauntlets . . . I have thought about adding the spikes on the side to look more like Batman . . . abeit a short, fat and balding Batman with no ninja-like moves.