Well, I had to throw in the towel on the leather gloves being made from the poncho leather. Turns out there were some sections of the leather that were rather dried out and weak. I got the thumb and a couple fingers done and then realized the stitching was pulling through on the knuckles. After making a fist only a couple times I realized that the gloves were not going to hold up.
(By the way I think this glove took about 4hours to cut and sew. I hope to be quicker on the future ones as I have worked out the kinks in my pattern now.)