Cut Resistant Metal Mesh Kitchen Gloves

These Gloves from Velleora Home Decor are woven from fine metal mesh, the same principle used in butchery and oyster shucking. A blade slides across the mesh rather than through it, which is what protects the hand underneath.

They matter most for the jobs where a knife or blade is moving toward the hand holding the food - shucking oysters, filleting, using a mandoline, or a whetstone. A mandoline in particular sends more people to hospital than almost any other kitchen tool, and a mesh glove is the standard answer.

Six size and colour options are offered - a glove that is too loose slides and stops protecting, so choose by hand size. They rinse under a tap and can go in a dishwasher. Note the limits: they resist slicing and slashing, not stabbing or puncture, and they give no protection against heat. Replace them if the mesh is damaged or a link opens.

• Fine woven metal mesh construction
• Resists slicing and slashing cuts
• For mandolines, shucking and filleting
• Six size and colour options
• Rinse or dishwasher clean
• Not puncture proof, not heat resistant