[Ansteorra-rapier] Chain mail gauntlet

[Gassion]

I agree with Avey.  I'll turn down anyone that use fake gauntelts.

Don Tivar, did you use the gauntlet on your sword hand?  I don't think they 
were intended to be used with a sword.  I think they were used as protection 
for the open hand when in-fighting, blade grabing, hand parries, and 
commanding techniques.  But, I've been wrong before.

Gassion

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Zakes" <dontivar at gmail.com>
To: "Ansteorra RapierNet" <ansteorra-rapier at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-rapier] Chain mail gauntlet


> At 04:37 PM 10/26/2007, you wrote:
>
>>I would offer a suggestion that if someone would like to play with a
>>mail gauntlet, they have to actually have one.  We have enough things
>>in our game where we have to make concessions because of safety or
>>modernness, why not make people actually have what they are saying
>>they have?
>
> I totally agree.
>
> FWIW, I bought a mail butcher's glove about six months ago, sewed it
> over a regular leather gauntlet, and did some playing with it. Things
> I noticed:
>
> 1. The mail + leather means your hands and fingers are noticably
> thicker than they were. If you've got a blade with snug quillons,
> there's a good chance the mail glove won't work with that blade.
> 2. Your grip won't be as good. Steel rings on a wood grip have *much*
> less friction than leather on a wood grip.
> 3. Just wearing the mail over a leather glove, the mail tended to
> flop and sag a lot. Sewing it in place is pretty much a necessity,
> otherwise I would not be overly surprised to see a mail glove go
> flying during a vigorous hand-parry.
>
>
>>On the other hand, I have been fighting in the SCA for 14 years now
>>and have seen a grand total of 2 chainmail gauntlets, so I do not
>>think this will suddenly turn into a major issue.  ;)
>>
>>I will say that for C&T, if someone wants to fight with a mail
>>gauntlet, for safety reasons, I would HIGHLY suggest they actually
>>have one.  ~wry grin~
>
> Just remember that mail is *not* padding. A hard whack on
> mail-covered fingers won't be much different from a hard whack on
> fingers covered in unpadded leather.
>
>         -Tivar Moondragon
>
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