I believe a lotta manufacturers buy the same carbon fiber knuckle guards and use it on their own products, ie vanson , deathrage, etc.
but I used to sell deathrage gloves 3 years ago and had nothing but flaws and defects and poor customer service from the manufacturer.....the only solution deathrage came up with was to give free hats and tshirts with their "cool" logos...
not something ya wanna deal with after a customer spends over $100 on gloves only to have it fall apart or not fit right in a short period of time....
I've sold quite a few of the new Vanson gloves and never had issues with customers about the gloves and can't keep em in stock cuz the price/quality is so good....
there might of been issues with the older stuff from vanson which was made overseas but now they got their stuff together....
Ive never seen the older stuff though so can't really compare but I do see a lotta the other gloves on the market and impressed with the vansons...