Awesome Gloves

You’ll love Pete Hottelet’s oven glove. It’s so bad its awesome. Designed to look like Nintendo’s infamous NES peripheral, the glove is made of heat-resistant silicone rubber. There’s currently no left-handed version though.

While you probably wouldn’t want to wear these in the ring, any fan of pugilism would love to have these hand-stitched leather boxing gloves proudly on display in their sports collection.

There are already many touchscreen–friendly gloves, but if you want to save some cash, try AnyGlove. Apply it on your current pair of gloves and they’ll work with capacitive touchscreens.

Most touchscreen-friendly gloves are synthetic, but these gloves are made from soft, warm and durable lambskin with wool lining. They use nanotechnology to mimic the properties of human skin.

These capacitive gloves from Hi-Fun have a speaker and microphone sewn into the thumb and pinkie. You will no longer have to choose between taking that important call and frostbite.

A must-have glove for chefs, gearheads and tinkerers. The BladeX5 offers protection from cuts, slashes and abrasion. The gloves are made from nylon, lycra as well as glass and HPPE fibers.

Designer Marco van Leeuwen’s innovative concept for a what looks like a cross between a Nintendo Power Glove and and electric shaver looks a lot cooler than it sounds.

Cozy or koozie? In any case, keep your fingers warm and your drink cool with a little more class thanks to the original Sküüzi. Each one is handmade with 100% Merino sheep’s wool.

A pair of gloves meant for self-defense. Embedded with 8oz of steel shot in the back of the hand. Also have steel plates over the fingers as well as extra padding to cushion impact. Not fair in a fight.

Guys who love to get a baseball glove ready by smacking the hell out of it while also bothering their wives should check out Louisville Slugger’s Pro Flare Code 55 stiff leather gloves. (Thanks Albert!)

Perhaps the most awesome oven mitt prototype ever: Aaron Trocola’s Fire Gauntlet, an articulated hard-shelled glove based on a 3D scan of his hand, 3D printed with room for a Nomex cloth lining.

Never be without a Rock, Paper, Scissors sparring buddy again with Steve Hoefer’s Playing Glove: this arduino gadget will not only play against you, but learns from your moves.

The North Face’s E-Tip Glove is not only touchscreen friendly thanks to silicone panels but also sports an anti-bacterial, breathable, and moisture-resistant X-static shell. Thanks, Dwayne!

Preorder now: the Peregrine Glove mixes Minority Report and button mashing, letting you frag via your fingers with 18 touch points and 3 pads, good for 30 programmable actions.

Ideal for folks living in chilly climes, Steve Hoefer teaches you how to make any pair of gloves touch screen-friendly: all you’ll need is a needle and about 12″ of conductive thread.

That Knox’s Handroid looks cybernetic is no accident; these armored rider’s gloves feature an exoskeleton, ratchet lacing system, scaphoid protection, and honeycomb gel structure.

Available for preorder: Dots’ D200 gloves keep your hands warm while letting you use your iPhone with three conductive dots; it sports a fleece lining, nylon shell and grippy microfiber palm.

Made specifically for skiers, Oakley’s Hounds Mountain Glove features grippy silicone on the palms, a 5,000mm waterproof rating, 3M Thinsulate, antimicrobial lining and goggle wipe.

Brown leather piping, suede inserts, and ultra soft leather stand out in OMP Racing’s Vintage Collection of helmets, boots and gloves, all inspired by 60s Bullitt-star Steve McQueen.

Make the best of the remaining snow season with these battery-powered Core Heat snow gloves; they’ll heat the entire length of your fingers and back of the hand. Thanks, Jaap!

Flip the bird in medieval style with these Steel Gauntlets; although they’re made with chrome-finished heavy steel, the fingers are open which you file those “knightly” TPS reports.

Though not available for sale, these cursor-shaped Clicking Kitchen Grip gloves are only missing a “Kiss The Geek” apron; just don’t try and click and drag your casserole to the oven.

Lacrosse players are raving over (or lusting after) these limited edition Mac Daddy II gloves, which sport a reinforced lobster glove, reflective zebra skin and contour cuff system. Thanks, Caleb!