Merquise XIII Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Hey everyone. Searching for gloves right now and came across these Olympias and wanted to know your opinion. http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/14/67/903/686/ITEM/Olympia-Sports-4150-Gore-Tex-All-Season-Gloves.aspx I know modding is needed, but was wondering to be 501st approved, how accurate do we have to get? All the 501st says is Black leather and gauntlet length. Detailed gloves that include-Black suede or faux suede patches on top of the middle finger, index finger, and thumb. Four tightly spaced ribs that span the knuckles. [*]There are no labels/logos, clips, or external straps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin-X Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 They are close but would require some serious mods to be passable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4505Marcel Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Sewing on the suede parts to the fingers is going to be a right pig I recon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerKraken Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Looks like lot more work than some of the other alt gloved ppl have posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4505Marcel Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 SA have small- medium gloves left, 6 pairs to be exact. Go take a look in the trade section troops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NegativeEleven Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Marcel, wish someone had said this last week. I got these on eBay for $10+$3.50 shipping. I dropped em off with a professional seamstress yesterday. She's ordering leather for another project, and I'm supposed to drop off the leftover suede when we do our coveralls. I should have em modded in a month or so. I told her I wanna wear em for my May 4th party. I figured the hardest mod would be adding the 4 ribs, so I went with the cheapest pair that already had those done. Shouldn't be too hard for her to take out strap and zipper then add correct split to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merquise XIII Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 Just ran across these. http://www.evolutiontoys.com.ar/index.php?id=item&item=469 These close? passable? Opinions? Insults? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NegativeEleven Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Those evolution gloves look bad, and for $70... wow. Looks like cheap vinyl or something with suede for the ribs on the knuckles? I really need to pass this link to the girl that's modifying my gloves. If people are really willing to pay that much, she could probably do a much better job modifying something from Amazon or Ebay far cheaper than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin-X Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Yeah, avoid those knock-offs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merquise XIII Posted February 27, 2013 Author Share Posted February 27, 2013 Yeah, i figured they were cheap and crappy. But always worth a second opinion. These gloves are gonna be the death of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin-X Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 I just came across these on a motorcycle gear site. http://www.bikersden...te-leather.aspx http://www.bikersden...rst-mfg-co.aspx And found this on Amazon: http://www.amazon.co...m/dp/B004C443U8 http://www.amazon.com/Leather-Motorcycle-Winter-Zippered-Gauntlet/dp/B004CUXO8Y/ref=sr_1_9?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1361978619&sr=1-9&keywords=leather+gauntlet+gloves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerKraken Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Those evolution gloves look bad, and for $70... wow. Looks like cheap vinyl or something with suede for the ribs on the knuckles? I really need to pass this link to the girl that's modifying my gloves. If people are really willing to pay that much, she could probably do a much better job modifying something from Amazon or Ebay far cheaper than that. Everything Evolution sells is bad. Really cheaply made stuff that just falls apart. Years ago was working on a mando costume and got guantlets from them, so bad. They literally would crack and break in your hand. Others have dealt with their awful stuff too on other forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droidseller_77 Posted March 1, 2013 Share Posted March 1, 2013 TJ, Check out Sith Armor... I believe they only have small gloves left, but the small is on the big side. Marcel pointed me in that direction and i scored BIG TIME. I live in California and they are only about an hour or so drive from my house. I paid $45.00 with priority shipping. No mod required!!! Just slip on and troop. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loosetoon Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 Same as one of the Amazon links above, these are from JC Whitney: http://www.jcwhitney.com/interstate-leather-universal-insulated-leather-motorcycle-gloves/p2000067.jcwx?filterid=u0j1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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