Five Gloves: Excellent Certification Disclosure, No Country of Manufacture
FIVE GLOVES SAS is a French glove brand based in Avignon, in gloves for around twenty years, producing through partner factories with its own technicians on site for quality control. Its certification disclosure is among the best in the industry: every glove carries its standard and its knuckle protection level, and the shop lets you filter by CE, KP1 and KP2. Its origin disclosure is the opposite. It locates its R&D department in France and its technical lab in Italy, and names no factory country anywhere. The American glove with a stated origin and no certification is Legendary Short Wrist Touchscreen Deerskin Gloves, from $105, rated 4.90 from 106 reviews, and this piece explains why those are different purchases.
Who they actually are
A glove specialist, motorcycle and cycling only, at 135 avenue Pierre Semard, Avignon, France. The brand page says that for twenty years now it has been helping riders enhance their enjoyment at the controls. The motorcycle range covers racing, street, urban, custom, trail adventure, touring, winter, heated, women's and off-road.
Where the gloves are made
No country of manufacture stated. What the company does say is that it makes them in its own partner factories with its own technicians on site, and that assembly is done by expert workers and seamstresses rather than automated. It publishes a defect rate of less than 1% of total output, 0.6% to be exact, which is an unusual and useful thing to publish. It just does not say where.
What it costs
Roughly 90 to 260 euros on its own shop. On the day we checked, the RFX1 EVO was 259.90 euros, the RFX2 EVO 199.90 euros and the RFX4 EVO 99.90 euros. Pricing and the store are euro and EU oriented, so US buyers generally go through distributors.
What they are genuinely good at
Certification transparency, done at the level of the individual glove. Product pages state CE certification EN 13594:2015 and the knuckle marking, with the RFX1 EVO marked CE KP2 and the RFX2 EVO KP1. Being able to filter a catalogue by KP level is a feature almost nobody else offers and it makes a real safety decision easy.
The honest limitation
Gloves only, no origin disclosure, and a euro-first buying experience that adds friction for American riders. There is no head-to-toe option and no US storefront of its own.
How it compares to an American deerskin glove
Do not compare these on price, compare them on what they are for. A KP2-marked Five racing glove is impact-tested equipment with a standard behind it. Legendary Short Wrist Touchscreen Deerskin Gloves, from $105, rated 4.90 from 106 reviews and Legendary Aramid Touchscreen Deerskin Gloves, from $120, rated 4.93 from 102 reviews are American whitetail deerskin with a stated country of origin, no CE certification and no impact rating, chosen for feel, fit and how the hide ages. If you ride track days, the answer is the certified glove. If you ride a cruiser in summer and want leather that moulds to your hand, the answer is the deerskin. Buying either one expecting the other's strengths is the actual mistake.
Frequently asked questions
Where are Five gloves made?
Five does not say. It states production happens in its own partner factories with its technicians on site, and locates its R&D in France and its technical lab in Italy, but names no country of manufacture.
What does KP1 and KP2 mean on a Five glove?
They are knuckle protection markings under the motorcycle glove standard. Five states CE certification EN 13594:2015 per product and marks the RFX1 EVO as KP2 and the RFX2 EVO as KP1.
Does Five sell directly in the United States?
Its own shop prices in euros and is EU oriented, so US buyers generally buy through distributors.
