purchase because many review have say these be better than those mechanix glove they have at home depot . I can see why many would feel that way , but I struggle to enjoy these glove at work . for one , the leather on the palm\/fingers be way too soft . I can not grip cardboard box very well with these on , and you can forget about anything make of plastic . I plan on use these to protect my finger from splinter off the terrible wooden table at work , but instead of pull shard out of my skin I have to tweeze they out of these soft glove . tl ; dr : a harder leather would have make these perfect for I .