Abstract: A glove for the protection of the hand of a welder from heat and burning during welding operations, includes a leather outer shell having a thickness in the range of about 0.8 to about 1.9 millimeters. The glove, within the outer shell, further includes an open-cell compressible flame retardant intermediate foam-like layer having a thickness in the range of about 2.3 to about 4.5 millimeters, a density in the range of about 1.5 to about 25 kilograms per cubic meter, and a porosity and compressibility in the range of about 25 to about 75 percent. The innermost layer of the glove, opposing the hand of the user, constitutes a felt-like cotton layer having a multiplicity of convection passages, said layer having a thread strand density characteristic in the range of about 5 to about 30 strands per lineal inch, a thickness in the range of about 1 to about 3 millimeters, and a density in the range of about 100 to about 200 kilograms per cubic meter.