Ed's Mid 14th C. kit

[Sir Edward]

So I have some 14th C. gaunts coming soon. Andrey Galevskiy (Ukrainian armorer) is making them:



(hopefully hot-linking from FB will work)

[Sir James A]

hot-linking worked

And awesome! I believe that's the guy who used to work at (or still is?) Hammer Breaker, same one who made the greaves I've been wearing the last year.

[Ian]

pretty!

[Sir Gerard de Rodes]

Oooo very nice, I do like that first knuckle articulation.
G.

[Sir Edward]

He does a really nice job in the shaping, and includes that double/sliding knuckle-bow. His price is really good for mild-steel, but I paid the extra to have it done in stainless so I don't have to clean so much rust off of them. I may do future components in spring-steel, but gaunts are a paint to de-rust.

[Ian]

He does a really nice job in the shaping, and includes that double/sliding knuckle-bow. His price is really good for mild-steel, but I paid the extra to have it done in stainless so I don't have to clean so much rust off of them. I may do future components in spring-steel, but gaunts are a paint to de-rust.

You'd be surprised how little they rust if they had a good polish to begin with and you keep them clean.  After 3 days of DoK and about 100 kids handling and trying on my gauntlets, there was a speck of rust on one of the index finger tips, and it came right off.

[Sir Wolf]

nice, whatcha doing with the old ones?

[Sir Edward]

You'd be surprised how little they rust if they had a good polish to begin with and you keep them clean.  After 3 days of DoK and about 100 kids handling and trying on my gauntlets, there was a speck of rust on one of the index finger tips, and it came right off.

The bolded part is the problem. You see, I know myself all too well.

nice, whatcha doing with the old ones?

Oh, I'll still use them for HEMA (in conjunction with the new Darkwood gaunts I picked up). They're beaten all to hell, but still working.

[Ian]

The bolded part is the problem. You see, I know myself all too well.

My 'keeping them clean' regimen is wipe off the dirt after 3 days of use, oil them, and sit them on a shelf until I use them again.  It's pretty minimalist

[Sir Edward]

My 'keeping them clean' regimen is wipe off the dirt after 3 days of use, oil them, and sit them on a shelf until I use them again.  It's pretty minimalist

That sounds great, but trust me, I'd find a way to ruin them.

Also, my new house has a lot more humidity. I'm finding that things rust faster here than at my previous condo.

[Sir Wolf]

spring steellllllll droooooooollllllllllllzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Sir William]

Sweet!

[Sir Brian]

I finally remembered to check that picture out from the home computer this morning! - Those gaunts look great! I can't wait to see them!

[Don Jorge]

Sir Edward, do you have an updated picture of your 14th century Kit? I would love to admire it over the interwebs

[Sir Edward]

Sir Edward, do you have an updated picture of your 14th century Kit? I would love to admire it over the interwebs

I don't have a lot of great pictures of it. But here are a few. One of the problems I have is that the besegews aren't staying where they should, and I never think to fix them before taking pictures, so they look awful. I'm going to point them to the mail instead of the spaulders to correct this.