Review: Asivik gloves and cheap liners
For a long time I have used the black leather gloves from the Danish Army, the lined cowhide gloves. They are fine and durable gloves, but the lining is warm, so they work really poorly as work gloves in summer. I am also not fully decided on whether the elastic cuff is good or bad. It gets a bit in the way of the sleeves, but on the other hand it keeps dirt out of the glove. I came across a pair of Asivik (SpejderSport’s own brand) leather gloves 2 years ago. They cost 100 kroner (~13 euros) on Black Friday. The normal price is 150 kroner (~20 euros). My gloves have been used a lot over the last couple of years and for much more than “just” bushcraft. They have of course been used to protect my fingers while carving, they have handled hot things by the fire, and protected my hands while splitting wood. But they have also survived as work gloves for all my other tasks: building a stone fence, removing a blackberry and rose thicket, tearing down old wooden walls, digging in soi...
