UPDATE:These were a bit cruder than expected, which wouldn’t be so bad if the overall quality was better but it really wasn’t.
When I received it the left gauntlet’s buckle strap had come off in shipping and there was some advanced rust formed on several of the fingers on both gauntlets. The edge of the cuff plates haven’t been finished off and are generally a hazard, also the leather of the cuffs were seriously thicker than necessary and needlessly compromises the mobility of the wrists. The attached gloves were woefully thin and oddly made for fitting only someone with short and stubby fingers.
After a single use the palm strap broke on the left gauntlet and I noticed the leather backing of the metacarpal plate is now split near the edge of the plate.
So essentially I may have saved a couple hundred bucks but I’ll have to spend a few weeks salvaging these ‘gauntlets by keeping the fingers and stitching them directly onto the new medium weight deerskin falconry gauntlets. I’ll probably do the same with the thumb and metacarpal plates and then combine it with my renfaire leather half-gauntlets instead of keeping the original cuff.
In hindsight I would have probably saved myself a lot of extra work if I just purchased a kit from the beginning but my misfortune can at least forewarn the next buyer.
