Protective glove with wire mesh

A protective glove comprising:

• an inner liner having a fabric material configured to abut a skin surface of a user;
• a plurality of wire mesh panels layered over a palm portion of the inner liner to protect the adjacent skin surface from cuts, abrasions, and punctures and having an edge portion with a plurality of wire ends;
• an edge protector covering the edge portion of the wire mesh panels to substantially conceal the plurality of wire ends and to prevent the edge portion from fraying;
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• an outer layer disposed over the plurality of wire mesh panels and having a stitching that extends thought the edge protector and the inner liner to attach the outer layer with the inner liner.

A method of making a protective glove comprising:

• providing a fabric shell liner that has a fabric material configured to abut a skin surface of a user and sized to cover a front side and a back side of a user's hand;
• providing a plurality of wire mesh panels having an edge portion with a plurality of wire ends and a shape generally conforming to a periphery of the front side of the user's hand;
• attaching an edge protector to the edge portion of the plurality of wire mesh panels to substantially conceal the wire ends and prevent the edge portion from fraying;
• attaching the plurality of wire mesh panels to the fabric shell liner, such that a palm portion of the plurality of wire mesh panels cover a palm area of the fabric shell liner and a finger portion of the plurality of wire mesh panels is shaped wrap over tips of a finger area of the fabric shell liner to protect the adjacent skin surface from cuts, abrasions, and punctures;
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• attaching an outer layer over the plurality of wire mesh panels by stitching through the outer layer, the plurality of wire panels, and the fabric shell liner to attach the outer layer with the inner liner.