These gloves arrived in one of those donation-seeking packages that I never respond to, thinking as I do they'd only spend whatever I send them on more goodies for the next potential donors. I think these are supposed to be garden gloves, but they are really too fine for that, and wouldn't be any use against rose bush thorns at all. What they are good for, using the knobbly side, is brushing/stroking Precious. She quite likes that.