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Author Topic: Shooting glove Cordovan--Follow up  (Read 10193 times)

Offline mjh

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Shooting glove Cordovan--Follow up
« on: February 19, 2024, 02:21:49 PM »
Did a search, plenty of discussion but nothing recent.

SO, is anybody making a shooting glove with REAL Cordovan on the finger ends??

I have a couple of the  NEET deer skin glove with so called cordovan but it's ain't like the cordovan of old.  It's not hard-smooth and shinny like the old Alaska Bowhunting gloves.   The Neet glove has some texture--is smoothish but not at all like my last Alaska Bowhunting glove that is now starting to show it's age.

Looks like BearPaw is making a glove as with cordovan tips as well.  Looking at photos as best I can again too much texture, not hard smooth and shinny looking.

I've got a couple of tabs with cordovan---never warmed up to using a tap.....maybe time to look at that again??

Any gloves come close to the feel and durability of the old quality cordovan????

I may try to sew and glue to repair my last good glove.......at least get another year or two use out of it.

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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2024, 03:06:23 PM »
I know this doesn't help with the glove search, but the closest I've found recently for the hard - smooth, shiny and slick cordovan is the Eichler Cordovan tab.
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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2024, 04:46:40 PM »
Check out Bateman. I’ve been shooting the cordovan model with the plastic inserts for a couple of years and really like it. I think they have a couple of different options with cordovan

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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2024, 05:18:41 PM »
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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2024, 05:21:20 PM »
Thanks--will have to consider the Bateman's.  Not inexpensive---but if they last a good long while.   

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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2024, 02:37:32 PM »
Tried just about everything, to be a Bateman or Bigshot the best

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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2024, 06:55:00 PM »
Off topic, but I like the AL Kangaroo Crossover and Bigshot.  But what do I know I'm a Death Adder tab shooter.
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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2024, 01:45:48 PM »
Bateman X3. Last a long time so worth the money.

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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2024, 10:28:53 PM »
I wish the bateman gloves had longer fingerstalls.  I would buy one.

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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2024, 11:19:59 PM »
Best a tab: Rod Jenkins designed and made the best I have used.  Safari Tuff,  now under new ownership, carry’s them.  I picked up two at the PBS odd year gathering a couple weeks back.  Just in case I lost the ones I have.
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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2024, 09:52:34 AM »
I wish the bateman gloves had longer fingerstalls.  I would buy one.
PDK I have long skinny fingers and the stalls were a little short for me.  I cut the end stitching so I could put my farther into the glove.  I put a couple of stitches in to tighten up so now I have a custom fit and it’s held up for several seasons. 

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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2024, 03:17:54 PM »
A guy named Max of woodsmansfinest makes Cordovan tabs and I really like them, simple and effective and he has them set up to swap the cordovan face when it wears.

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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #12 on: April 01, 2024, 01:24:40 PM »
Best a tab: Rod Jenkins designed and made the best I have used.  Safari Tuff,  now under new ownership, carry’s them.  I picked up two at the PBS odd year gathering a couple weeks back.  Just in case I lost the ones I have.

Agreed. I need a small, thin tab (due to hand issues, i shoot a fairly shallow hook and need a flexible, tactile tab). The Jenkins is the only tab I use. I do want to try the Death Adder, those are quite thin as well, I’ve heard.

The Eichler tabs are good, but I prefer the p-cord finger attachment for hunting.

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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #13 on: April 04, 2024, 11:17:23 AM »
Best a tab: Rod Jenkins designed and made the best I have used.  Safari Tuff,  now under new ownership, carry’s them.  I picked up two at the PBS odd year gathering a couple weeks back.  Just in case I lost the ones I have.
Have a couple headed my way, as back-up.
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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #14 on: April 04, 2024, 07:28:06 PM »
I don't know.
 Much about the courtavan but I do know that the American leathers gloves are the bomb.

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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #15 on: April 05, 2024, 07:43:07 AM »
Another vote for Bateman.  Been using them for years.
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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #16 on: April 05, 2024, 09:59:29 AM »
Sorry I went through this last year. A bunch of the glove makers advertise cordovan but its not. The Neet was the only thing that was slick but its way to thin.  The Bearpaw is not what I call cordovan..

There is nothing like the Alaska Bowhunting glove available. I have a bag of gloves I tried out. It finally pushed me into changing to a Tab after 20 some years of glove shooting. The bateman split finger cordovan tab is similar stuff and readily available.

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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #17 on: April 05, 2024, 09:04:25 PM »
I have RJ Elite tab and Bateman tab headed this way.  They may go into the rotation with my ballistic nylon tab.  We'll see how they hold up to Texas heat and my sweat.
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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #18 on: April 05, 2024, 09:19:30 PM »
I have RJ Elite tab and Bateman tab headed this way.  They may go into the rotation with my ballistic nylon tab.  We'll see how they hold up to Texas heat and my sweat.
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Would like to hear your impressions of the RJ after you shoot it a bit. I was considering one as well.
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Re: Shooting glove Cordovan???
« Reply #19 on: April 05, 2024, 09:25:48 PM »
I'm a tab guy, but have to agree with Bobby about the AL gloves, particularly Kangaroo Crossover with Buffalo leather inside tips instead of plastic.   
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