The Belstaff Esses Glove is a new release from the historic British motorcycle gear manufacturer for 2015. Far from being just another good-looking glove with no real protection built-in, the Esses glove has flexible D3O protective armour across the knuckles and palms with an outer shell of full grain goat napa leather.
The internal lining is a waterproof and breathable light wool and somewhat brilliantly, the tip of the index finger on both hands has a patch of touchscreen friendly leather to save you the hassle of removing your gloves when you need to update your GPS device, answer calls or snap a picture with your phone.
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