Bomb-proof gauntlets?

Torum · Post by **Torum** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 10:19 pm

Gettir,

What is your "standard fit" ? do you ahve some measurements?
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Thanks

Grettir The Slow · Post by **Grettir The Slow** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:21 am

Torum, my standard fit means that I make them to fit my hand. I have very long fingers so i use an x-large glove. I'm currently useing size 12 elkskin gloves that I get from Aerostich.com , expensive, but they are by far the finest gloves I've found in 20 years of making gauntlets. They have a sizing chart on their website. By the way , I'm currently looking into getting blackening salts so I am resonably certain I be able to offer ablack oxide finish on the next batch.
Grettir

RoaK · Post by **RoaK** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:47 am

Grettir, screw everybody else! Please have a set for me at Pennsic... I'll pay you there... I believe we did a hand comparison before and my hands are about the same size as yours, (minus the longish fingers).

Blackened or non shiny would be great.

See you at Pennsic...

Grettir The Slow wrote:Gredwyn, you old dog, why you be lie'n to these nice folks? You let you nice shiny gauntlets rust up. then gave me some lame excuse about it being the " Patina or autheticity" . By the way, I think the three pair Imentioned in my last posting are now spoken for. I'll defintly be starting a new batch before Pennsic so anybody interested E-mail me if they want.
Grettir

Tadeus · Post by **Tadeus** » Fri Jul 03, 2009 5:59 pm

RoaK wrote:Grettir, screw everybody else! Please have a set for me at Pennsic... I'll pay you there... I believe we did a hand comparison before and my hands are about the same size as yours, (minus the longish fingers).

Blackened or non shiny would be great.

See you at Pennsic...

Not so fast, Brother! I done paid for mine! I'll let ya look at them at Pennsic!

Grettir The Slow wrote:Gredwyn, you old dog, why you be lie'n to these nice folks? You let you nice shiny gauntlets rust up. then gave me some lame excuse about it being the " Patina or autheticity" . By the way, I think the three pair Imentioned in my last posting are now spoken for. I'll defintly be starting a new batch before Pennsic so anybody interested E-mail me if they want.
Grettir

daithi · Post by **daithi** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:24 am

Grettir The Slow wrote:...I'm currently useing size 12 elkskin gloves that I get from Aerostich.com , expensive, but they are by far the finest gloves I've found in 20 years of making gauntlets... Grettir

And let me just say the elkskin gloves are pretty awesome. Little warm, but this is outweighed by the facts that the elkskin provides some built in padding due to it being thick and spongy. The spongy feeling also helps with grip. My complaints with prior versions of Grettir gauntlets I had borrowed before my set was the leather gloves had a slick grip. Not so with the elkskin, they really hold well.

benz72 · Post by **benz72** » Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:55 am

Sigurd wrote:I'll add that some of the Andy Ward gaunts are pretty tough as well, not obviously as nice as some of the Grettr/Sasuke level ones out there. I scored a set of the Ti ones on ebay, but new the steel ones are in the $150 range. I've heard that Calontir Trim has them from time to time...

Sig

Seconded... I've had mine for about 10 years and love them so much I tracked him down and bought material to ship to him for a second pair in case mine ever get lost. I'm not sure I could bounce a baseball bat off of them without feeling it, but I've never been injured in them, and the only discomfort I've every felt is when I don't make sure the strapping is complete and let something slip out... stupid of me, but the gauntlets are rock solid.