Lengthen the fingers of your leather gloves

[ntm]

My fingers are long and skinny and I have trouble finding motorcycle gloves that fit well. If the fingers are long enough, the glove itself tends to be too large for my hand.

Trust me, it is truly annoying to wear gloves whose fingers are a bit too short for your fingers. Custom gloves are not always an option.

I wanted some Lee Parks gloves and I ran into the same problem. Lee had a fix. You steam the fingers one at a time over a teapot and then grasp the glove at the base of that finger with your first hand and with your second hand you pinch the glove finger and pull it away from the glove body, gradually working that second hand out to the tip of the finger. Think of it as trying to "milk" that glove finger. You can use alot of force. Some twisting may also help.

It is important to not pull against a seam, so if there is a seam at the base of the finger, make sure your first hand has hold of the seam so you're not pulling against it. Repeat for all fingers and the thumb, as needed. Then put the two gloves together and be amazed at how much you have stretched the fingers - as much as half an inch.

I've now done it with two pairs of gloves - a lined pair of Lee Parks deer skin gloves and an unlined pair of Vanson cow hide gloves. I'm very pleased with the results.

Nick