Oyster glove

An oyster glove is a special glove worn to protect the hand holding an oyster when opening it with an oyster knife. The oyster glove is only worn on the hand holding the oyster. This glove traditionally is made with a heavy leather palm [1] but are now often made of chain mail.

Oyster glove

References

  1. Ernest Ingersoll (1881). The Oyster Industry. U.S. Government Printing Office. pp. 246–.


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