Our Craft

At the heart of manufacturing lays the genius of creation. Behind great designs and efficient methods of production lay great ideas and the tradition of craftsmanship.

Dotzert Glove, of St. Jacobs, Ontario, thrives by keeping this close to heart, producing its gloves the time-honoured way: by hand. 

Working gloves made by working hands. It's a grand old idea still carried on today in the business of glove making. Dotzert Glove receives tanned hides from all over Canada and the United States -- hides of horse, cow, goat, deer, moose and elk -- and fashions them into precisely cut and sewn products worn by men and women around the country.

Cutting is the art. Hides are stretched and cut by experienced cutters, individuals with a knowing eye who can judge the thickness of a hide by sight and determine its most efficient use.

Gloves are cut one piece of leather at a time. When every piece of the glove is cut, the pieces are bundled together and sent to the sewers, many of whom still work from their homes.

Sewers stitch the gloves inside out, adding the necessary domes and bands as they go. From this point, the gloves are "turned" on a turning post. Pulled rightside out, by hand. 

The gloves are then stretched over steam-heated metal boards. Seams are straightened with wooden tools designed over one hundred years ago.

Dotzert Glove demands that each glove be inspected by hand before it's shipped to its destination. Threads must be trimmed, the linings correct, the leather spotless and the stitching perfect. 

A lot goes into the making of our gloves because a lot is expected from them. We stand by our craftsmanship today the way we did one hundred years ago. With confidence and pride. 

We know you'll love our gloves.