I bought these on the recommendation of my welding instructor. Initially, I started with expensive gloves that I bought at a large hardware store nearby. This was my first beginner welding lesson and it was pure pole welding. A very important piece of advice that I did not understand is that when welding with an electrode, you need gloves with threads that are not visible. The gloves I bought from the hardware store were expensive, but all the carvings around the fingers were visible from theβ¦