Cheers for the help, as I said I would not use anything like that to play online, I'd consider it cheating. Single player on my own PC though - I can use that to think up some weird and wonderful stuff
I will use those tips to make some suitable gloves for use online though, I found the gloves available in the OC and SoU/HoTU to be quite boring - loads of weapon options for other classes, but just the standard ones for us monks
(I think having a monk use a kama or staff is a bit of a waste).
Although having said that I did find a nice pair of gloves in HoTU last night when I accidentally killed someone who surrendered just as they were falling to the floor.