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At 02:06 AM 10/10/2007, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Chris Zakes wrote: <br>
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<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
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What's the reasoning behind this? To prevent injuries? Have there been
any?</blockquote><br>
*My* reasoning is that it is a secondary, not just a glove, and thus SCA
rules don't allow the contact, just as I cannot push or strike you with
my buckler.<br><br>
You may be right with what you implied here, that the contact would not
be unsafe.<br><br>
CD</blockquote><br>
<shrug> Okay, to me that's basically saying "don't bother with
a mail glove, you can't use it the way it was intended to be used."
It seems silly to me, but I'm not the guy writing (or officially
interpreting) the rules any more.<br><br>
But on the other hand, it's a perfectly period attitude. Excerpt from a
weapons law passed by Queen Mary in 1557, and reissued by Queen Elisabeth
in 1562 and 1565 :<br><br>
"...that from henceforth no person or persons, of what estate, or
condition so ever he or they be, do use or wear by night or by day, nor
sell any sword or rapier above the length of a yard and half a quarter in
the blade at the most, nor any buckler, with more pikes therein than one,
and the same not to be sharp, or above ii inches long, or of a broader
size than hath been most commonly used within this realm, **nor use or
wear any gauntlet, or vambrace,** nor any other weapon of defense other
than their common swords, rapiers, daggers, and bucklers..."
(emphasis added)<br><br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>-Tivar
Moondragon<br>
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