That is a crazy story! I have a couple of the cheap fish filet gloves and really like using one when doing fish for the grip as well as cut resistant. I think that just for the grip alone it would be a great help on quartering. My fish ones just get thrown in with my bleach/soap water when washing down my boat then leave hanging. No smell at all. They are very pourous, almost like a mesh. Clean and dry real easy. How do the other types compare to the mesh style for cleaning, drying and stinking?