Today's update:

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Jiří Klepač Late-14th Century Hourglass Gauntlets
A hands-on review by Michael P. Smith

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Armour and Castings Gothic Finger Gauntlets
A hands-on review by Bill Grandy

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Lewis Moore 14th Century Hourglass Gauntlets
A hands-on review by Bill Grandy

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Lewis Moore 14th Century Hourglass Gauntlets
Added to Chad's Collection

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I really enjoyed reading up on the gauntlets, and found it very interesting to compare the reviews of similar products from three different artisans.

I liked it too. I like that an entire update is devoted to one small piece of armor. It is good to see reviews of armor. Very nice, thanks to the authors.

Kenton

Very interesting and useful article and good to have comparisons of gauntlets made at various levels of quality and usability.

I look forward to similar article covering other pieces of armour.

As much as I appreciate all the sword reviews it's really nice to see a wider range of subjects covered as armour and the previous one on Rondel daggers.

Some pole arms reviews would be very interesting also. ( I realize that many articles are still in the early planning stage and I am just mentioning what I would like to see in my wish list. And thanks for all the work involved by the team and Nathan. )

I'm glad everyone likes the update. I was so impressed with the Lewis Moore gauntlets after editing Bill's review that I bought my own pair. Lewis was great to work with. For anyone interested in more of Lewis's work, he sells items frequently on Ebay (though he does commissions, too): http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZthe_templar_knightQQhtZ-1

Jean wrote:

Some pole arms reviews would be very interesting also. ( I realize that many articles are still in the early planning stage and I am just mentioning what I would like to see in my wish list. And thanks for all the work involved by the team and Nathan. )

Jean,
There will be some of those items in the future. We're trying. :) Hearing people's wish lists is always fun, but our wish list is already pretty extensive (hundreds of concepts). Once again, we don't lack ideas, just people to act on them. :)

I really like gauntlets, thanks for the reviews!

If you don't need an article by a particular date, send me a subject and I'll see what I can do to research it.

Chad;

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Jean, There will be some of those items in the future. We're trying. :) Hearing people's wish lists is always fun, but our wish list is already pretty extensive (hundreds of concepts). Once again, we don't lack ideas, just people to act on them. :)

Oh, I'm already lined up to do some drawings in photoshop for Nathan as soon as he sends me the info / Picts I need to do it and I could also do drawings of some future Pollarms feature if Nathan needs any drawings for those projects. :D ( Gotta earn that contributor title, usergroups, next to my name! So far I've only done a few test drawings.)

So I'm not just wishing I also volunteered! :p :cool: :lol:

Chad;

Oh, and I was trying to also show that there are more than one way to offer help and I was also sort of not just talking to you and sending a general message.

And it is true that I want to EARN the collaborators title I will feel more confortable with the title when I have sent in finished work it just feels premature now. :D ( O.K. my insecurities are showing. :cool: :lol: )

Also, a welcome to new author Michael P. Smith. Nice job! Working with you was nice and easy. Thanks!

Thanks guys for this excellent update ! The hourglass gauntlets have always been my favorite ones. I already knew Jiri Klepac's site, but this review is giving more light on his work.

Cheers,

David