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and driver gloves became standard in farm and ranch work. The leather in most driver gloves is between 0.9 mm and 1.1 mm thick. Carlile says his company offers 1.4 mm thick gloves made of cowhide.

It was over a morning coffee break at Larkin’s house after mustering their cattle one morning that the sisters’ conversation turned to their well-worn, standard-issue farm gloves.