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<DIV><SPAN class=375461822-09102007><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I also
believe that mail gauntlets are proof against cuts only. Meaning, a thrust
would penetrate the mail a cause wounds to the hand. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Lord Gassion de
Beaumarchais</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cadet to
Don James Francis Navarre</FONT></SPAN> <BR><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Mooneschadowe Insegnante</FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<P><SPAN lang=en-us><FONT face=Arial size=2>Control thyself, or be ruled by
another...</FONT></SPAN> </P>
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face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
ansteorra-rapier-bounces@lists.ansteorra.org
[mailto:ansteorra-rapier-bounces@lists.ansteorra.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Brian O'hUilliam<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 09, 2007 4:40
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Ansteorra RapierNet<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Ansteorra-rapier]
gauntlets and rapier<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<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 text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">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></UL>Christian Doré, Kingdom Rapier
Marshal<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Ansteorra-rapier
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