ORIGINAL: BobCo19-65
I use gloves. I could never get used to a tab and gave up on them quickly. I only use cordovan leather tipped gloves however. As mentioned, regular leather will get grooves in them. Cordovan will not.
Iheard the same about Cordovan. My gloves are not all that old and I am already making grooves. But with all thewonder materials we have today I am surprised there is not a synthetic glove that would be even better.