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At 03:26 PM 10/9/2007, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Both Robert and Brian are
correct about the gauntlets.<br>
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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 <b><u>all</u></b>
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>
<ul>
<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.</blockquote>
</ul>Okay... I have a leather gauntlet covered by a butcher's glove. It's
fine mesh mail over the entire hand down to the wrist. Are you saying
that my palm is *still* susceptible to being cut if I grab a blade with
the mail gauntlet? That doesn't seem right (and, arguably, it contradicts
"When wearing a mail gauntlet, the hand will be protected from cuts
wherever it is covered by steel.")<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">
<ul>
<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"). </blockquote>
</ul><br>
What's the reasoning behind this? To prevent injuries? Have there been
any?<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>-Tivar
Moondragon<br>
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