I always wondered why they armored the back of gloves until I found out one day. My gloves had leather pads on the outside of the fingers, but no armor when I got "learned". A slow moving car changed lanes into me when I was going about 60mph. I removed the side mirror for him with my hand. Looks like 8 stitches? I could see the bones. It wasn't the first time I clipped a mirror, but that time really hurt. I'll admit none of my gloves today have armor on the fingers, but if I went back to riding on the street I'd get some. My KTM dirtbike already has shields.