Badass Factory Pilot Gloves Protect Your Dainty Hands

Oakley's badass Factory Pilot gloves offer carbon-fiber protection.
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How'd you like a carbon-fiber knuckle sandwich? Photo: Ariel Zambelich/WiredPhoto by Ariel Zambelich

Brass knuckles are so mid-20th century. Oakley’s Factory Pilot gloves are sheathed in carbon fiber to shield you from knuckle-crushing stunts, whether you're mountain biking or combat training.

But that’s only a fraction of what makes them badass. Oakley also put Unobtanium on the fingertips, for a better grip on your brake levers or M-16 triggers. We don’t know how Oakley got a hold of the material, but we're sure it was a rough trip.

The Factory Pilot glove was already a badass mountain-biking glove in its own right. So much so that the U.S. military wanted some. What's more, Oakley added a soft, micro-vented leather palm, and finger exhaust ports, befitting enough for a cyborg. Yes, a robot could wear these and look sufficiently badass.

But then, a robot could look badass using just about any of our badass gadgets, including the ammo-can lunch box.

Photo by Ariel Zambelich