Marsee

These gloves are thick enough to insulate my hands from the sun's heat, and the vented leather lets my hands breathe.

Although they look like leather gloves with holes punched in them (which they are on the back side), they do keep you quite a bit cooler on a warm day. They are protective leather (vs. decorative leather) but they do not have any armor pieces if you are looking for that. The palm portion has some degree of padding but mine tends to bunch up under the top of your palm (just below the fingers) making it almost less comfortable, but not enough that I would rather go bare on my hands should something happen.