<div>Those were most likely oyster shucker gloves. They are pretty good priced, when you can find them.</div> <div> </div> <div>Don Henri Molineaux</div> <div> </div> <div>P.S. Former oyster shucker.<BR><BR><B><I>Elton <elton2995@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">As I am just a lurker here, I probably shouldn't jump in, but back in my early SCA days a friend of mine made a pair of mailed gloves (mailed on the back only) that were litterly icepick proof. Granted they were a tighter link than most period mail, but impressive none the less.<BR>Eric Blackmoor<BR><BR>Ceallach mac Donal wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid:53ae68ad0710121948w27ce8793h600894ffcf87d3c5@mail.gmail.com type="cite"><PRE wrap="">On 10/12/07, Garnet Stevens <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:scooterjester@yahoo.com"><scooterjester@yahoo.com></A> wrote: <snip> </PRE>
<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><PRE wrap="">It is more than obvious that a thrust will take out a hand with a chainmail covering, so that would not need to be tested. </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><PRE wrap=""><!----><snip> I have to say that it's not obvious to me *chuckle* Has anyone done any testing of this? The only tests with thrusts against chainmail that I've seen have been against something like a sleeve (the gloves I've seen have smaller links/rings) with long swords and the like. I do know that a butchers chain glove has kept my cousin's hand safe from slips with a point. Curious, Ceallach mac Donal _______________________________________________ Ansteorra-rapier mailing list <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated href="mailto:Ansteorra-rapier@lists.ansteorra.org">Ansteorra-rapier@lists.ansteorra.org</A> <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
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