I work in the crane/construction industry. I spend every day handling heavy cables, shackles, slings, metal, lumber.. you name it. I do all of that in every weather condition imaginable. In the past five years I've grown to become a glove fanatic. I love the way comfortable gloves feel and I'm always trying out new pairs of gloves as the ones I have get destroyed.
About two years ago I bought a pair of these Ranchworx gloves as a bit of a splurge. I was gambling on the Ironclad line based on the decent performance of some of their synthetic gloves, even though those gloves can have stitching issues. Sometimes I'll have a pair of the synthetic kind last 5 or 6 months, sometimes 5 or 6 weeks. I'm used to buying a new pair of gloves every two or three months on average because of that, and I accept it as the norm for the abuse I put them through. But these Ranchworx gloves have made it through every bit of the worst conditions I come across, and they've done it in spades. I still buy new pairs of gloves, just because I'm a maniac and love to try new gloves, but I keep coming back to these things. They're amazing. I've gotten diesel on them, picked up sharp metal, and handled rusty chains on a daily basis. All I have to do is wash them off, wring 'em out and throw them back in my car. Awesome. They've been wet and dry so many times now I can't even begin to count. I've finally used them up and made it all the way through the leather, but man, did it take a crap load of effort. If Ironclad gloves fit you well, these gloves will impress you.