maybe looking to buy gauntlets.

Benedek · Post by **Benedek** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:46 pm

Once I'm able to sell a piece or two of armour I will probably be in the market for some gauntlets to go along with my Ottoman kit.

This picture shows the gaunts and bazubands together. I currently have the bazubands on order, I need a pair of gaunts that resemble these. I think the cuff could be leather and then covered with maille to give it the appearance of a one piece item.

Anyone think they could pull it off or have any idea's? Stainless would be great but not necessary.

nakos · Post by **nakos** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 1:02 am

While I would love to try and sell you one of mine, I think your best bet will be Zeihammer's kit. Without having to custom order a set I think his can be easily modded to get the look you want. It has plenty of lames and looks similar enough.

Nakos

InsaneIrish · Post by **InsaneIrish** » Tue Jan 26, 2010 9:36 am

Here is a much bigger pic of the armour you posted:

http://media.photobucket.com/image/otto ... mour_B.jpg

It looks like the gauntlets are actually just plates that are integrated into the chainmail mittens. They are not hard articulated like more conventional gauntlets.

nakos · Post by **nakos** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 12:59 am

It does look like they are laying ontop of the mail with an overlap.

I would still use Zweihammer's kit to recreate this. It has holes already placed in similar locations to be attached to a mail gauntlet and the lames would just need to be shaped like the ones in the pic. The only difference would be the thumb, I would use a hard articulation of the thumb to the metacarpal rather than the original design for SCA use. Otherwise additional lames would need to be made for the thumb.

Nakos

Benedek · Post by **Benedek** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:08 pm

Thanks for the better pic.

I do know that these are lames on a maille mitten, I'm hoping I can find something that looks like that even if it is not quite the same. I think the zweihammer kit could work but I don't know that I have the time/place to knock it out at this time.

I'll have to keep looking to see what other option I can come up with.

DELETEMYACCOUNT · Post by **DELETEMYACCOUNT** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:42 pm

Kronos makes a clamshell gauntlet that sorta looks like that. Lots of lames, excellent articulation and protection and all that. He can do that cuff you want but I dunno if he's still making mail but he can definitely do the gauntlet part. He sent me a picture of his clamshells, edited to add I figured it out. Here they are. This is the typical cuff he does, but he can adjust to your bazubands without a problem he said.

Benedek · Post by **Benedek** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 3:15 pm

Animal Weretiger wrote:Kronos makes a clamshell gauntlet that sorta looks like that. Lots of lames, excellent articulation and protection and all that. He can do that cuff you want but I dunno if he's still making mail but he can definitely do the gauntlet part. He sent me a picture of his clamshells, edited to add I figured it out. Here they are. This is the typical cuff he does, but he can adjust to your bazubands without a problem he said.

While those are great gauntlets indeed, if you look closely at the picture the lames overlap the other direction. I'm hoping I can find somehow to construct them in that manner. I know plenty of places for wonderfully clamshells......Kronos included, but I'm going for a specific look.

I have a pair of cheap, protective, 15th cent. Milanese that work, but just aren't period enough for me. :wink:

Basically I want to keep as close to period as possible for this new kit I am putting together. I've already got the maille, helmet on order, as well as some awesome bazubands being constructed. I can't wait to post it once I get it all together.

MarkH · Post by **MarkH** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 3:51 pm

what about these?
http://www.armstreet.com/store/armor/1/235.html