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Sir Wolf:
new pics?

Sir Brian:

--- Quote from: Sir Edward on 2013-10-01, 13:25:59 ---I did try moving around with them a little, including doing a scheitelhau, and they do restrict some of that motion. The scheitelhau was probably the hardest to do, but not impossible. Like with any steel gauntlets, you have to alter your technique a little to accommodate what the gaunts will permit.
Having said that though, I'm hoping this set will be a good trade-off.
My crappy hourglass gaunts allow more range of motion, but that's because some of the rivets ripped out, and leave huge gaps in the protection they offer. And they're technically too big for me (I wear those padded fencing gloves inside them to make them fit right, and protect me from the rivets inside the fingers).
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Cool that you got the correct gauntlet already! Bummer they impede you range of motion! :(

I always worry about that when I looked at gauntlets online that offer that enclosed style
cuff since I essentially wasted the money for those crappy steel mitten style a couple of years ago.
Oh and btw, I'm nearly done with my 'hybrid' leather-steel gauntlets and have a pretty
good notion in how to assemble the final sections. I think they will serve me very well. :)

Sir Edward:

Yeah, the restricted movement isn't too bad. The cuffs lightly press into the forearms, though that will probably be more significant later with arm pads. I think more of the restriction comes from the inflexibility in the middle of the hand, but I'm not sure there are any gaunts that fully overcome this.

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