Mate I bought a pair of name brand "fishing" specific gloves that lasted about three months and cost me a fortune ex japan. For the last few years I've been using a pair of tooling gloves I bought at bunnings for $15 on sale... The name brand one's cuffs ripped away from the palms on one hand and the back of the hand on the other, most likely from pulling them on to tight I was told but I'm a lot more rough with my tooling gloves and they stand up to it.

I use the Smith Pro gloves as well.... very comfortable and hardy. Have also tried the Shout equivalent and they are nice. At a lower price, I have looked at the Owner gloves and they feel really good... never used them though.

One consideration is how high up the wrist you want your gloves. Personally I find the really high fitting styles a bit irritating. The Fisherman gloves look great and are no doubt very well made. But I don't like the wrapping so high around my wrist. That's probably just me though.

As for whether the cost is worth it compared to much cheaper bike gloves.... probably not :).

Owned Saltiga, Zanaq, Fishermans and used the Smith's for a week long trip.  I did like the Smiths a lot.

Cheers team very helpful   Went through my moto x gloves but there all shagged, obviously crashed more often than I recall.