I began making children's gloves when my son Andre was born. We had just moved to Gloversville, New York. A town once known for producing gloves for the American market. I was lucky to meet the last remaining titans in the glove industry. Frank Vertucci and Joe Pagano were two Italian men in their early 80s who began their careers as young men trained as table cutters. They each owned their factories, primarily producing women's dress gloves. Mr. Vertucci became a businessman, while Joe Pagano stayed true to the craft as a glove master. One early afternoon, while I was visiting Mr. Pagano, I discovered a box on the floor of his making room. I asked him what was inside, and he replied: "Oh, you must have these; they are rare." He opened the box, and inside was a complete set of children's steel rule glove dies from the early 1900s. A set for children ages Newborn to 8. I was in Heaven. A few years later, Andre and I were walking along Fifth Avenue. Andre was fiv...