Elkskin Glove Testimonial

Elkskin Glove Testimonial

I wanted to fill in some information about my mishap so that you can appreciate the circumstance and how well your gear protected me. I struck a deer at about 50mph or so, on a two-lane Hwy in the San Bernardino Mountains just south of Big Bear, suffering an open fracture of the left wrist, a C5 fracture, three broken fingertips and a baseball sized abrasion on my knee (I was wearing my Falstaff jacket, jeans (lazy), the Ropers, boots and a Schuberth helmet).

I’m amazed how well the Ropers held up to the abrasion – I probably ended up with my hands underneath me at some point, putting weight on the gloves while sliding on the pavement. The paramedics cut my Falstaff off in the ambulance, so I didn’t get a chance to see what marks were there. If I had been wearing my Darian pants, I would have been abrasion free.”

-- Bob Mueller IBA 313