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Ski gloves seem to be split between cow and goat; mountaineering and ice climbing gloves seem to be more on the goat side. Skiing also attracts a lot of people willing to spend big money somewhat unnecessarily, so its hard to tell the useful bits of gear from the form-over-function bits of...

Hah, yes. Probably should have mentioned that. I'm primarily interested in gloves for doing things rather than just looking nice or feeling nice, and that can cope with a bit of wear and tear. Some of the goat leather gloves I've been looking at are intended for things like mountaineering or...

Goat or cow? I'm finding it strangely difficult to get any useful information on why one would choose one over the other. I'm assuming that goat leather is either grippier, or more supple, or harder wearing, or some combination of the above... but it could just as easily be a bit of marketing...

Cambridge based antisocial workaholic here. I'm more of a lurker than a contributor on most forums, but its not implausible that I'll have more to say in future than just an introductory post ;-) Incidentally, the little 'new members' message that's shown at the top of each page until you...