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Short Aircrew (Pilot's) Gloves

Southcombe Gloves

£45

Crafted from the same design as the gloves supplied to the RAF, but cut to a shorter length, these aviator gloves are made from premium British top-grain lamb nappa leather, produced in our own Somerset tannery. The leather is butter-soft, water-resistant, and sweat-resistant, ticking all the boxes required by aviators. Each glove is table-cut by skilled craftsmen using traditional glove-making methods which are unique to the trade. Sewn with specialist seams and fitted with quirks at the base of each finger, they provide exceptional dexterity, a precise fit, and a “second-skin” feel. Measurin

Southcombe Gloves's own words, read from their page.

Buy from Southcombe GlovesOut of stock. Price seen 2026-09-04. Affiliate link.

Where this comes from

The part other shops don't tell you. Three separate questions, kept separate on purpose, each with its source.

UK company
Registered at Companies House as SOUTHCOMBE BROTHERS LIMITED, number 00372391. Checked 2026-08-29.
Means the business is a British legal entity, not a British-sounding name owned elsewhere. It says nothing about where anything is made.
UK operations
Stated by the company: "Southcombe own and operate a tannery, a glove factory, a warehouse and a head office" Source.
Means people employed here, or premises they actually work from. We keep this separate from the company badge because a registered office can be an accountant's spare room, and a company can be registered in Britain while everything it does happens somewhere else. Where we have not looked, we say so rather than assuming.
British-owned
No majority shareholding traced outside the UK. Companies House.
Read from the register of people with significant control, following the chain of holding companies. It does not gate anything: a firm can be made here and owned elsewhere, and that is worth telling you rather than hiding.
Where it is made
The maker doesn't say, so neither do we.
This is about the individual product, not the company. A British firm can sell things made abroad, which is normal and not a criticism. We would rather tell you which is which than average them into a score.