I put my gloves in a boiling hot bath as well at the start of the season to giet them as supple as possible maybe i am a tad mad
You what!!
This is interesting. Does it help?
I find my gloves get stiffer or less supple with age. Thats the main reason I soak my inners. To get the moister back in the keeping gloves leather and get them supple, rather than for the inners themselves.
Does a hot bath bring the suppleness back? (It does help my thighs)
I'd be worried about the glues binding the palm as well.