GDFB 14th Century Guantlets

[Sir Wolf]

pictures to come after work.

when i opened the box, and opened the 100s of yards of plastic and paper i was like oooooooooo then hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
they are not bad for the price (under 100 at kult of athena) and even better for me FREE!! but they do have some aesthetic issues. the fingers are not rolled or dished enough. the knuckle area isn't as well. the fingers are sewn to the leather gauntlet liners but there is a whole lot of excess that needs to be trimmed. they will work well for my kit and would encourage others that can't afford 500 dollar pair of gauntlets to get a set. i am thinking of removing the brass work but not 100% sold on that idea.
they fit my smaller hands well and the fingers move pretty good. i can grip a sword a lot better than i can in the mail mittens that's for sure. they are also cut in a way that allows for a lot of wrist movement. Hal from Therion was great to deal with and the shipping from him was done very professionally. he even sent me a Spanish coin that looks like a remake of a doubloon.

[Sir William]

Huh...might have to keep these in mind should I decide to go this route.  I probably will, eventually.

[Sir Brian]

Would they be worthy to fight with Sir Wolf?

[Sir James A]

Sir Brian, if I may - I wouldn't trust my fingers to them - especially with your record thus far. The gauntlets I wore at VARF with my kit were the same ones Sir Wolf just received. I had one finger break the thread sewn to the leather tab, and my total time wearing them is maybe 2 hours. Maybe with reworked (or replaced) fingers they would be good for combat, but not as they come. Or maybe if your last name is "Knievil" and broken bones are normal.

They are certainly nice as costume armor for the price, though.

Congrats, Sir Wolf.

[Sir Brian]

Thanks Sir James! I suppose it would be best to stick with my leather clamshell gaunts when practicing WMA! 

[Sir Wolf]

if you need anymore please let me know and i will try to get them

oh they say they fingers and stuff are 16 guage

[Sir Brian]

They do look great! Are you done stitching the gloves on yet? 

[Sir Wolf]

but but nooooooooooo i just got DUKE NUKEM FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!

[Sir William]

Oh no...not Duke.  I got so tired of waiting that I am no longer a fan.  LOL

Let us know how it is, Wolf.  Me, I'm finishing up Dragon Age: Awakening and debating on AC: Brotherhood or Dragon Age II (the first iteration and expansion are well written and a lot of fun to play).

Then there's the new Escalation pack just put out for CoD...

[Sir Wolf]

heehheeh

[Sir Gerard de Rodes]

I must agree with Sir Wolf and James. One of my comrades in arms, Sir David de Jarponville used a pair of these for a few events and really was never happy with them. The fit seemed uncomfortable and the fingers gave way quite early into their life.

They look fantastic though 

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[Sir William]

Sir Wolf, lets see you fully dressed to kill, brother!

Sir Gerard, I just saw your comrade, Sir David, undergo a medieval divorce?  That was hilarious!

[Sir Gerard de Rodes]

Sir Wolf, lets see you fully dressed to kill, brother!

Sir Gerard, I just saw your comrade, Sir David, undergo a medieval divorce?  That was hilarious!

Ahh yes that`ll be him divorcing the "good" lady Elouise, she seems to get herself around the garrison alot, good for morall you see lmao  

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[Sir Brian]

Has anyone fought with these? Reason I ask is my leather clamshell gauntlets are irritating me. They are either losing pop rivets or the few solid rivets are causing me blisters on my knuckles (better padded insert gloves seem to have remedied that issue though). I lost another rivet last night forcing me to use by worn out lacrosse gloves and wouldn’t you know it I took a hit on the thumb, so now I have a ‘Toton’ thumbnail.

I noticed that the prices on these are really tempting the only differences I can tell with these is the Milanese is $20.00 more and has a palm strap, for twenty bucks I can add my own palm strap! 

http://kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=AB0068&name=Milanese+Mitten+Gauntlets


http://kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=AB2727&name=Mitten+Gauntlets

[Sir Gerard de Rodes]

Has anyone fought with these? Reason I ask is my leather clamshell gauntlets are irritating me. They are either losing pop rivets or the few solid rivets are causing me blisters on my knuckles (better padded insert gloves seem to have remedied that issue though). I lost another rivet last night forcing me to use by worn out lacrosse gloves and wouldn’t you know it I took a hit on the thumb, so now I have a ‘Toton’ thumbnail.

I noticed that the prices on these are really tempting the only differences I can tell with these is the Milanese is $20.00 more and has a palm strap, for twenty bucks I can add my own palm strap! 

http://kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=AB0068&name=Milanese+Mitten+Gauntlets


http://kultofathena.com/product.asp?item=AB2727&name=Mitten+Gauntlets

Sir Brian, I have a pair of early mitten gauntlets similar to those. The only main difference is that the "hourglass" cuff doesn`t go all the way round the inside of the wrist, this seems to give good flexability. I swear by my mittens for comfort, fit, protection and low maintainence.

This isn`t a bad photograph of them
http://www.sgfnet.co.uk/owainglyndwr/OwainGlyndwr10/OGlyndwr2010/content/OGlyndwr10_101_large.html

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