pdb1:In my teens, 20's and 30's . I never wore gloves . And my hands were used like gloves . My skin on my hands and fingers . Calloused so thick . That if I tried to bend my fingers closed . That the skin wouldn't bend . I couldn't bend my fingers . If I managed to . The skin would crack and split open . An easy 3/16 " deep .
Back when I was turning wrenches for a living my hands were so tough that I wouldn't even bleed any more when I busted a knuckle. Now that I work in a nice clean office, paper cuts are the effing worst! LOL.