I have a tillman pigskin with long cuffs that has been pretty nice for TIG.
After that I tried revco kidskin with foam on the backs of the fingers. They got a little too stiff for my liking, I find myself reaching for old beaten up tillman pigskins more often than not. When I need more heat protection, I grab a weldingtipsandtricks TIG finger heat shield. Actually, I just used one on an aluminum welding job I did today.
Next pair I buy however, am going to get the tillman kidskin, long cuff. I have used those and they are just great, nice and flexible, supple material. Tillman and revco do note make equivalent leathers by the way, their tanning processes or something must be different.
You should avoid getting either pigskin or kidskin too hot, or it kind of hardens and shrinks.
Last edited by jakeru; 03-26-2012 at 04:30 AM.
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