I be a union carpenter and have spend close to $ 2000.00 on `` brown jersey '' glove and leather palm work glove since 1987 I buy the iron-clad glove back in July of ' 02 , and have use they to do demo , framing , insulation , drywall -lrb- use screw and screwgun -rrb- ... they function fine and I have wash mine twice ! I have long fingernail on my right hand -lrb- guitar -rrb- and the glove have protect they without a break ... ... pardon the pun ... . and the glove have hold up well to the contact with the fingernail ... I doubt if they would hold-up in concrete or the mud ...