The hand and wrist joints must be adequately protected from impact at all times, to include the fingers, thumb , the metacarpal, and the wrist joint to at least 1 inch above and below the points of the wrist. This protection may consist of a gauntlet constructed from a minimum of 8 oz unhardened leather or equivalent material, or some combination of gauntlet or demi-gauntlet and knuckle bow of a swept hilt basket. The gauntlet should be well secured and not allowed to slip up or down the hand.
So, those of you who are already doing cut and thrust (in Artemisia or in other kingdoms), what do you use for hand/wrist protection? I'd really like something lighter/less bulky than full on finger gauntlets (and less expensive than finger gauntlets wouldn't go amiss either), but I do want my hands to be safe.
My thanks in advance.
