[INCH-POUND]
A-A-50054A
MAR. 6 1990
SUPERSEDING
A-A-50054
June 23, 1983
COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION
GLOVES, BARBED TAPE – WIRE HANDLERS
The General Services Administration has authorized the use of this commercial item description in preference to Military specification MIL-G–43411.
1. SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS
1.1 Description. The gloves shall be leather, Clute design, with a 2–piece butterfly thumb, a lined or unlined gauntlet, and a lined palm. The thumb to palm seam shall be covered with a leather strap, stapled with a double or triple row of reinforcement staples. The fourchettes shall be stapled, and in addition may also be sewn. A stapled reinforcing patch shall cover the front of the thumb. There shall be twelve strips of leather stapled to the palm side, two extending from each fingertip, and one from each crotch, along the entire exposed length area to the thumb or to the wrist seam, as applicable. The palm side of the gloves shall be lined to the gauntlet joining seam. The gauntlet shall be attached to the hand with thread and one row of stitching staples. Stitching or reinforcing staples shall be used for the closing seams. The gauntlet shall be bound on the top edge (see figure 1).
1.2 Size and dimensions. The gloves shall be of one size having a hand width of 5-1/2 to 6 inches, a hand length of 8-5/8 to 9-1/8 inches measured from the tip of the second finger to the bottom of the gauntlet at the wrist, and an overall length of 12-1/2 to 13-1/2 inches.
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