My own character, who is not a monk, uses gloves as his primary weapon. Fists of Andral are far from being the only good set of gauntlets as well. There are some fairly common ones, such as; Vechorite Cestus, which provide a decent damage boost that stacks with enhancement and turns your melee damage into bludgeoning-piercing, and none of the crafted weapon damage bonuses stack with enhancement bonus, and also comes with a low proc chance but potentially useful 5 rounds confusion effect at passable DC; Gauntest of Lassitude, which has a high proc rate slow effect on a very respectable DC, Ghoul's Touch (I may be remembering the name wrong) which has a 3 rounds paralyze effect with passable DC though it has alignment restrictions; and I believe I saw a pair of gloves with the same damage bonus as Vechorite Cestus in slashing format, which also stacks with enhancement. These are just some very common gloves I see at least once a week at Blaustein or Mist Camp shop, and they are already comparable to most enchanted weapons if not better, a longsword gets the same damage bonus from enchanting as the Vechorite Cestus has for example.
Of course there are the more rare but definitely stronger gloves such as Fists of Andral, which has a damage and enhancement bonus equal to that of an Enchanted Steel Bastardsword; Fists of Balance, which does elemental and hence resistable damage but offers more damage than the bonus Enchanted Steel Greatsword gets against targets that don't resist fire or cold damage. There are quite a few more gloves with impressive, and sometimes unique, bonuses present in the module as is. I don't really see a way to let players make gloves that can compete with these via crafting without going overboard, and the same goes for enchanting. If I remember correctly, the exp cost for a bastard sword, which gets the same damage bonus as Fists of Andral, is 13k experience, and I don't think many would be interested in paying that for an increase of 1 damage per hit on average over the fairly common Vechorite Cestus instead of saving up and waiting for a Fists of Andral to show up available for purchase.
If you have any suggestions for craftable/enchanted gloves that can compete with these without going overboard, I would be very interested in seeing them, as I would love the idea of more crafted items.