Work glove

A glove having a palm portion, finger portions and a thumb portion, the finger portions being truncated for exposing the wearer's fingertips, said thumb portion having a first end adjacent said palm portion and a second end remote therefrom, a hole formed intermediate the ends of the thumb portion to permit the wearer's thumb to extend therethrough, a thumb pad having a first part fixed to the exterior of the thumb portion between the hole and the remote end thereof and a second part on the exterior of the thumb portion and extending from the first part over the hole and toward said palm portion, at the area of the hole said second part being unattached to said thumb portion and normally covering the hole, whereby said second part can be pushed away from said opening to permit the wearer's thumb to extend through the opening, and a half mitten attached to the rear of the glove along a line opposite the palm portion, said half mitten defining an open ended pocket which may be pivoted over the wearer's exposed fingertips for protecting the same, said thumb portion extending free of the half mitten when the latter covers the exposed end of the finger portions so that the wearer's fingertips may be covered and uncovered separately from the thumb.