<div>So the hand with the guantlet can still be used for blade grabbing? Just wanting to make sure.</div>
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<div>Brian</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/9/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">James Crouchet</b> <<a href="mailto:james@crouchet.com">james@crouchet.com</a>> wrote:</span>
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<div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">Both Robert and Brian are correct about the gauntlets.<br><br>Don Aeron added mail gauntlets in the April 2006 edition of the Ansteorran Rapier Rules as a new secondary. This is not restricted to "armor as worn" tournaments. However, as with
<u><b>all</b></u> weapons and secondaries, you and your opponent must agree that those weapons are acceptable.<br><br>There are a few points of note concerning mail gauntlets:<br><br>
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<li>Basically, it must be a REAL metal/chain gauntlet and only the areas covered with metal are proof against hits.
<li>The gauntlet does NOT protect the hand from being damaged if the hand is grasping a blade and that blade moves or twists in the hand.<br>
<li>The gauntlet is a secondary, not a gloved hand, and thus is NOT approved for use against the other fighter's person (no "fleeting contact"). </li></li></li></ul>Christian Doré, Kingdom Rapier Marshal<br>
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