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<a href="/wiki/Singed_and_Stained_Work_Gloves" title="Singed and Stained Work Gloves">Singed and Stained Work Gloves</a> - You get a Fluke Core from Evolution to spend on them anyway so no point in getting these. If only it was +7 shadowy instead of +3, then they might be worth a damn.