Anyone wear gloves to handle vacuum tubes?

Bare hands give better grip, wipe clean with dry microfiber cloth after.

I use special hand stitched, exotic leather, custom made "Audiophile Hand Enclosures - Explicitly designed for handling vacuum tubes and touching high end audio gear." I got ’em from the emperor’s tailor.

@vuch I use special hand stitched, exotic leather, custom made

Would that be fine Corinthian leather?

Make sure they're cool and use cotton gloves, finger cots or surgical gloves.  The acids from your skin on hot glass can over time etch the surface making it porous causing the tube to lose vacuum.  I'm sure someone is going to dispute this, live and learn!

Whoever first spread the rumor years ago that skin oil damages tubes was an absolute fool, but washing your hands before handling them is a good idea.