New Peccary leather gloves

[Russell]

My grandfather’s Peccary gloves have gone into honourable retirement this year so I’m looking for replacements. The candidates so far are:

Dents hand-sewn Peccary gloves (made by Dents)

Hand sewn Peccary gloves sold by Drakes of London (made in Italy)

Hand-sewn Peccary gloves sold by Budd (made by ?)

I imagine any of the above would give long-lasting pleasure but comments or advice regarding their relative merits would be appreciated.

Regards
Russell

[lgcintra]

Did you try the three pairs on your hands? What is your first assessment?

[Russell]

Did you try the three pairs on your hands? What is your first assessment?

I’ve tried the Dents gloves – they offer a wide range of sizes, one of which fitted well across my palm & fingers.

I’ve not tried the gloves from Drakes or Budd yet – I was hoping to ascertain if either offered anything over Dents prior to spending a day travelling to London (I can buy Dents locally).

Judging by the photos on the Drakes website, the hand sewing on the Drakes gloves is more subtle & attractive than on Dents.

[st.tully]

I bought mine from Budd. Go and have chat with the ever amusing and sartorially wise Mr. Rowley and let him guide you through the peccary experience. Cheers, st.tully

[NJS]

I bought mine from Budd. Go and have chat with the ever amusing and sartorially wise Mr. Rowley and let him guide you through the peccary experience. Cheers, st.tully

I bought a pair in Lords (of blessed memory) and the manager convinced me to buy a pair with a nice bit of scarring, to demonstrate that the beast had been in a tusk fight or two!
NJS

[Russell]

St Tully & NJS have touched on another important aspect of purchasing a durable & very personal item - that of 'buying experience'. Not in the dumbed down Disney Land form which retail companies & shopping mall owners inflict on largely willing customers but a quieter & more personal manifestation - such as having an order taken whilst sitting in a chair used by everyone fron the Aga Khan to King Zog or being told to "mind the hole in the rug sir - a bit of phosphorous from an incendiary did it" - through to sales talk in the manner of (to borrow an example from NJS): "rain sounds so much better on silk sir". All add greatly to the pleasure of using the item.

I think I'll pay a visit to Budd first.

By the way, I thought I'd take the train down London rather than drive but I shudder to think what the week-day rail fares from the north-west of England to London will be when the new company takes over from Virgin Trains. Current standard fares to travel at times which allow a full day in the city more or less equal that of a pair of finest Peccary gloves. It's more than double a standard fare at similar times for London to Paris on the Eurostar.

Regards
Russell

[alden]

Russell

Merola made many pairs of bespoke gloves for me. You can send a outline of your hand and they will make them for you.

http://www.merolagloves.it/

Michael

[davidhuh]

I’ve tried the Dents gloves – they offer a wide range of sizes, one of which fitted well across my palm & fingers.

I’ve not tried the gloves from Drakes or Budd yet – I was hoping to ascertain if either offered anything over Dents prior to spending a day travelling to London (I can buy Dents locally).

Dear Russell,

I am equally happy with peccary gloves from both Dents and Budd.

cheers, david

[kamil]

A friend of mine has recently interviewed Stefano Merola: http://www.butwbutonierce.pl/en/strona- ... iczkimeren