Burns and Gloves

[firefighterjake]

Regular old welding gloves for reloading . . . heavy duty red stove gloves (given free of charge . . . thank you Evergreen Home Solutions) for hauling the sometimes hot ash pan outside to dump the ashes . . . but sometimes I like to tempt fate and load the stove without using the gloves . . . besides I've got to get some nice burns one way or another so folks think I'm one tough, bad-@$# firefighter . . . although more likely they'll just look at me and think I am one dumb @$# firefighter for not wearing gloves.

 

[Cluttermagnet]

This fireproof sleeve goes all the way up to the shoulder. For our top-loader, reaching all the way in to adjust the logs is NP. Got it at the local welders' supply store. Paid for itself first time I used it.

Wow! Impressive. Those gloves look positively industrial. Thanks for the photo.

Note to self: Buy cheap pair of welding gloves at Harbor Freight.

'Baker's arms'? I did a brief stint in a bakery 41 years ago- about a week of it, while in the military. I still have 3 thin, faintly visible scars on my left wrist and thumb area, all these years later. Yeah, I have a few stove burns to show for this winter's heating, but that stove doesn't scare me. Maybe it should.

 

[Cluttermagnet]

I may not have said that right. Probably those are pretty expensive gloves. But I bet they work really well.