I've had a pair of Alpinestar GP Tech gloves for a couple years now and they are the utmost in protection, hard plastic on the fingers, knuckles, and wrist, double leather in high abrasion areas, pinkie and ring fingers stitched together, etc. I don't think they make that model any more and and the closest thing they offer now is the Stella GP Plus gloves. You could probably find some left over GP Techs (which cost more) or just spring for the Stella's but they aren't cheap ($159). IMO, you get what you pay for when it comes to your personal protection. I look at like this, it's only $150 over 3 years so it only costs you $50 a year for some of the best hand protection. Don't be cheap!