GROWL Products

08/26/2026

08/25/2026

Heat. Abrasion. Way Longer Lasting.

ClawSKINZ top grain leather holds up to sustained heat exposure. It resists abrasion from rough surfaces and heavy materials longer than synthetic materials do. And it conforms to your hand over time instead of stiffening or cracking.

Ask your industrial safety supplier about ClawSKINZ.

08/21/2026

Most shops track what they spend on gloves.

Almost none track what the wrong glove costs them.

Those are very different numbers. Swipe to see the gap. →

08/18/2026

Most hand injuries in a shop don't come from blades.

They come from impact.

A dropped component. A pinch point that closed faster than expected. A knuckle against a hard surface during a pull that slipped.

Cut resistance gets all the attention. Impact protection barely gets mentioned — even in environments where impact is the more likely injury vector.

ClawGUARD is rated ANSI Impact Level 2.

That means back of hand protection tested against blunt force. The kind that shows up in heavy mechanical work, parts handling, and equipment operation. The kind that doesn't cut. It just does damage.

The glove that stops a cut doesn't automatically stop an impact.

Different ratings. Different materials. Different protection zones.

Learn more at growlproducts.com. Ask your industrial safety supplier about ClawGUARD.

08/13/2026

Most shops have a glove drawer, not a glove program.

There's a difference. And the difference shows up in cost, compliance, and injury rate.

Swipe to see how to build the real thing. →

08/06/2026

Disposable or reusable — most shops pick one and stick with it.

The ones running the most efficient programs use both. On purpose.

Swipe to see how to build the right hybrid. →

07/30/2026

The most common cut protection mistake in industrial environments is not buying too little protection.

It is buying the wrong protection for the specific job.

Cut resistance ratings are not a quality spectrum. A9 is not better than A4. They are specifications matched to specific hazard profiles, and the wrong match creates its own problems.

A4 is the baseline for sheet metal fabrication and most structured manufacturing assembly -- contact with cut or stamped material at controlled angles.

A6 covers wire, cable, and rebar work. The hazard is thin, flexible, and contacts the hand from angles that are not predictable. The higher threshold matters here.

A9 exists specifically for glass handling and automotive stamping. Those environments produce cut events that lower ratings cannot stop, which is why the classification was written for them.

The problem with putting an A9 glove on a worker doing general sheet metal work is not over-protection. It is reduced dexterity and reduced compliance. Workers pull off gloves that fight the job. A glove that is off the hand does not protect anything.

Match the level to the hazard. That is the entire point of the ANSI classification system.

Full guide to matching cut levels to specific environments -- link in the first comment.

What cut level are you wearing right now, and does it match what you actually handle?

07/28/2026

Rebar feels manageable until it isn't.

Most of the time, it's just heavy, awkward steel. Bending it, tying it, moving bundles, positioning pieces before the pour. Workers handle it for hours without incident and the glove holds up fine.

Then a bundle shifts. An end kicks out. A cut edge catches a finger at the wrong angle.

Rebar injuries are not gradual. They happen fast, in the moment the work stops being routine. The glove that was "good enough" for three hours of handling is the same glove that wasn't rated for the one moment that mattered.

ClawGUARD A6 is built for the full range of rebar work, the routine hours and the moment that isn't. A6 cut resistance for the edges that don't wait for a convenient time to find a gap in the glove.

Ask your industrial safety supplier about ClawGUARD A6.

07/23/2026

Gear oil. Differential fluid. Transmission fluid.

At the end of a diesel shop day, a tech's hands carry all three. Standard hand soap was not designed for this combination.

Most shop soap dispensers are filled with general-purpose degreaser foam. It handles surface contamination reasonably well. It does not handle the bio-accumulation that builds up in skin folds and nail beds after a full shift of hands-on heavy equipment work -- the layer that survives a standard wash and is still there on the drive home.

GrizzlyGRIT is a pumice and perlite power scrub that physically lifts what chemical-only formulas leave behind. Water-activated, so it works before the rinse. No solvent base. No harsh chemical smell. Lanolin and glycerin to condition -- because dry cracked hands at the end of a shift are a secondary exposure risk for any chemical that gets into broken skin.

It is not a novelty hand cleaner. It is what the end of a diesel shift actually requires.

Made in the USA.

Ask your safety supplier about GrizzlyGRIT.