Does anybody have any experience with the midest gloves. Are they puncture proof?
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midwest gloves
elie
Feb 10, 2004 01:58 AM
Replies (5)
GaboonKeeper
Feb 10, 2004 09:03 AM
Especially if you keep some of the larger fanged vipers...... I am pretty sure a big gaboon will easily puncture the glove...... Kevlar can stop bullets but it cant stop a knife......
kingcobrafan
Feb 10, 2004 12:04 PM
The Midwest gloves are ABSOLUTELY NOT puncture-proof, but supposedly puncture-resistant. I wear them simply for an extra layer of protection, although I know friends who have had the gloves punctured (including a WDB bite that went "through the glove like it wasn't there"
. DO NOT depend on them to stop a full-on bite; as Midwest says, make every effort to avoid the bite in the first place. Hope this helped.
Sincerely,
Bill Huseth
kingcobrafan
Feb 10, 2004 12:07 PM
No idea how that smiley got in there; rest assured, it wasn't my intent at all.
Bill Huseth
psilocybe
Feb 11, 2004 03:05 PM
yes, it seemed kinda cruel of you to put a smiley when talking about a friend who got nailed by an atrox Did he actually get envenomated?
kingcobrafan
Feb 12, 2004 02:07 AM
Drew blood, but a dry bite venom-wise.
