New Leather demi gauntlets with full thumb

Uilleag · Post by **Uilleag** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:36 pm

Here is a variation of my demi gauntlet pattern with full articulating thumbs. I set the thumb up on a slot rivet, so that it could articulate in and around, like a thumb moves.

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Gerhard von Liebau · Post by **Gerhard von Liebau** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:43 pm

Hey, those look cool, Uilleag! I'm suspecting they were an ordered pair, since they seem pretty big on your hands, there! :p

Cheers!

-Gregory-

Uilleag · Post by **Uilleag** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 9:54 pm

Actually they are a little small on my hands, but the bells are made to fit over vambraces, so they are overlarge and won't interfere with wrist movement.

Gerhard von Liebau · Post by **Gerhard von Liebau** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:03 pm

Oh, I see. That makes sense. I might have to end up gettin' some demi-gauntlets from you, later on, if I don't find someone to give me some custom sized metal ones. They'd have to be hourglass, though, so, maybe you'll have an interesting new project, like those you're workin' on the new patterns for!

Cheers!

-Gregory-

Uilleag · Post by **Uilleag** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:06 pm

If you email me the measurements for the demi's that I have on the measurement charts' section I can work on developing the pattern to fit you, and then I will have a working pattern to develop other sizes off of.

Also please send me the v-brace/rerebrace and greave measurements. You can find all of that info on my measurement chart page of my web site.

Gerhard von Liebau · Post by **Gerhard von Liebau** » Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:36 pm

Hmmm, maybe doin' the pattern for the gauntlets to fit me wouldn't be too bad an idea. I'd definitely get them sooner than I would metal ones from anyone, and they'd likely cost less for the quality of product and service;)

I'll email out all of the measurements in the next 30 minutes or so.

Cheers!

-Gregory-

Uilleag · Post by **Uilleag** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 6:41 pm

Got your measurements....couldn't resist, started playing with patterns....I think I figured out the hourglass shape, its in the angles you cut the sewn ends at. When you sew them together they will pull the leather into an hourglass shape, then its just a matter of shapping the metacarple with the knuckle ridges! I am phsyched about this project! I may have a new demi pattern and get rid of the old one!!!!

Mord · Post by **Mord** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 7:51 pm

Now, that's very interesting! I've been thinking about contacting about just such a problem. You see I don't have adequate thumb protection for left hand when I use my center-grip shield.

Mord.

Uilleag · Post by **Uilleag** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 7:58 pm

I can hook you up. Shoot me an email and we can get that taken care of. Unless you will be at Gulf Wars, and we can discuss it there.

DAVID01 · Post by **DAVID01** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:21 pm

Are those cracks in the thumb?

Uilleag · Post by **Uilleag** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:30 pm

They are surface cracks that accured while shaping, they do not extend into the leather at all.

Mord · Post by **Mord** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 9:50 pm

House of the Wolf wrote:I can hook you up. Shoot me an email and we can get that taken care of. Unless you will be at Gulf Wars, and we can discuss it there.

I will not be at Gulf Wars, sadly. Right now, with new appliances and a new body armor, my finances are a little strained. I was just amazed that such a thing existed in the first place, and that anybody was willing to make it.

I'll be in touch.

Mord.

losthelm · Post by **losthelm** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:55 pm

how come the left one has an L on it but the right one does not have an R?

I would think the righ and left would get confused.

Uilleag · Post by **Uilleag** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 1:21 pm

Because "L" is the client's intial and that's what he wanted on his demi gauntlet. Silly! :lol: