Best Leather Gloves

Durable goatskin with a shearling lining. The default 'wear all day around camp' glove.

Wool-terry palm, unmatched dexterity in the cold. Ray Mears–approved for a reason.

Traditional elk-hide glove that stays supple year after year. Splitting kindling, handling rope, general craft.

Genuinely waterproof leather glove. Best pick for coastal rain and boat work.

Wool-lined deerskin mitts for real cold. Nothing else keeps hands as warm at rest.

Merino-lined, articulated for tool use. Best of the modern hunting-glove crop for cold hikes.

Cheap, tough, replaceable. The 'buy a pair, keep a spare' work glove.

Traditional two-piece chopper. The liner dries by the fire while the shell keeps working.

Bison is more supple and abrasion-resistant than cowhide. A near-lifetime work glove if oiled.

Fire-resistant and cut-resistant Kevlar-lined glove for camp tasks around sharp tools and hot coals. Not a warmth pick — a safety pick when you're working fire, axes, and metal pots.