I buy a pair of these for work here on the ranch . the first day i split the first layer of leather , but I be rotate the chain on my chainsaw to get a jam out . Probily not design for that . they have some thread that have unravel and a few more cut but I have really run they through the mill . sretch barb wire and drive t post . cut boi d arc post and such be hard on any glove . after a year they be still alive but not real pretty . most of the time I dont wear glove because skin grow back and glove dont but I be start to get tire of bleeding . I would say they be worth buy if you catch a deal on the .