I also need a glove with alot of finger protection, if I feel the string I also feel the pain which makes for a bad shooting experience. I was looking at buying the big shot glove but instead I went with the Neets traditional glove with the cordovan overlays. I had read some of the reviews on the 3R site & some said that the stitching on the overlays comes out, with that in mind, as soon as I got the glove I rubbed string wax liberally into the overlay stitching and have had no problems. It is the best glove I have used; smoothe release easy break in, plenty of finger protection and less than half the cost of a big shot glove. The cordovan has formed slight creases but I think any material would crease to some degree, either way it does not affect the release. I highly reccomend it.