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Looking to replace my stolen hour galss gauntlets. I am looking for mitten or finger gauntlets in spring steel. I would need prices and delivery times please send me a pm if you are interrested in the job. Below is a link to what mine looked like, this is a general idea of what I am looking for, scroll to the bottom.

http://www.legiodraconis.com/modules.ph ... 1&start=15

Contact Ken Zicker of VkArms. His 14thc gaunts are amazing! I am sorry you lost them , make sure you engrave your name and info in your new ones
Cheers,
Leo

E-mail sent
Thanks Leo
Ken

I have a pair of 15th century italian mittens available. I'll send pics via e-mail later today.

Those are beautiful - and I'm sorry to hear of your loss.

I do have a question for you about them, though, as I've recently come to the conclusion that I need finger gauntlets to improve my own kit.

From the picture, it appears that the plates don't seem to wrap down far enough that they'll contact the stick on impact. Am I wrong in this? How much padding lies between the plates and your fingers?

NO MITTENS.

Are you going back to 14c, Your Highness?

Eventually I will use my 14th century harness again. My wife wanted to see me in this current harness and I love it and will fight in it often. With that said yesterday she said that she likes me better in my 14th century stuff, I replied I need finger gauntlets and a new helm she said "write the check!" Yes God has blessed me many times over but you really have to give thanks for having a wife who loves, understands, encourages deeds upon the field and the equipment required for ones station. Ah yes the things I do for love. She says I must buy armor and what must I do but comply.

Oh and Vitus blued mittens are fine for my Norman stuff as everything is wrong.

Jost von Aichstadt wrote:Those are beautiful - and I'm sorry to hear of your loss.

I do have a question for you about them, though, as I've recently come to the conclusion that I need finger gauntlets to improve my own kit.

From the picture, it appears that the plates don't seem to wrap down far enough that they'll contact the stick on impact. Am I wrong in this? How much padding lies between the plates and your fingers?

They were deemed the equivalent of hockey gloves. Further I have had about eight different sets of gauntlets since I have started fighting 16 years ago and by far they are the safest gauntlets I have ever had. I have taken repeated pole and great sword shots that I thought for sure were going to break my hands or fingers and nothing, no bruises, no stiffness, nothing. I never even padded them it was just the steel and the glove.

Felix wrote:Eventually I will use my 14th century harness again. My wife wanted to see me in this current harness and I love it and will fight in it often. With that said yesterday she said that she likes me better in my 14th century stuff, I replied I need finger gauntlets and a new helm she said "write the check!" Yes God has blessed me many times over but you really have to give thanks for having a wife who loves, understands, encourages deeds upon the field and the equipment required for ones station. Ah yes the things I do for love. She says I must buy armor and what must I do but comply.

Oh and Vitus blued mittens are fine for my Norman stuff as everything is wrong.

Damn, You have the coolest wife ever. LONG LIVE PRINCESS MADELEINA!

Hey YH Felix...will you please get your lovely consort to send me a chain that I can wear on my ankle for my vow?
-Vitus

Vitus von Atzinger wrote:Hey YH Felix...will you please get your lovely consort to send me a chain that I can wear on my ankle for my vow?
-Vitus

Done!

Those were fabulaopus gauntlets! I am sorry to hear some crass scoundrel stole them.. If I may ask, were they based on the Black Prince gaunts?

Who approved them for use without a basket? I have a not disimilar pair and want to get them inpsected for use.

"Who approved them for use without a basket? I have a not disimilar pair and want to get them inpsected for use."

Felix is a royal peer, of course they pass inspection.

Duke Ronald

Bump

Me too anyone who could have em done by Gulf Wars???


I know thats fast.

Might check with Clay Moore, here is a set of gaunts he has for sale on Ebay

They are not in spring, but you could ask him. I highly recommend him (and his brother, Lewis, of course!)