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Matthew Murrell
Location: Uk Joined: 14 Aug 2013
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Posted: Sun 01 Sep, 2013 11:48 am Post subject: Tallhoffer rondel/besagrew gauntlets |
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I've been trying to find a photo/photos and other sources on these type of gauntlets.
I've tried to search the forum and not found anything, however I'm not sure I've got the search function under control and I've tried dr google with no results.
I'm interested in making a pair / having a pair made so any information would be greatly appreciated.
I'm pretty new to the reactment seen so I don't have all the insider knowledge on great hidden websites that you'd never find In a search.
Cheers mat
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Henrik Granlid
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Posted: Sun 01 Sep, 2013 12:15 pm Post subject: |
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It's a common and often required piece of protection in some groups/areas of reenactment or medieval combat. Far as I've gathered, it is more often than not a sort of small buckler that you strap to your hand rather than an intergrated part of the gauntlet.
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Matthew P. Adams
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Posted: Sun 01 Sep, 2013 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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Merctailer makes them, look under "finger gauntlets".
I have a pair, they're padded and backed in leather with buckled straps that go over your hand. I like mine a lot.
"We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training" Archilochus, Greek Soldier, Poet, c. 650 BC
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Chad Arnow
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Posted: Sun 01 Sep, 2013 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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Matthew P. Adams wrote: | Merctailer makes them, look under "finger gauntlets". |
Many people call them "finger bucklers" rather than finger gauntlets.
ChadA
http://chadarnow.com/
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Matthew Murrell
Location: Uk Joined: 14 Aug 2013
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Posted: Mon 02 Sep, 2013 12:08 am Post subject: |
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The mercenary tailor guy is out of bisness, so he's a no go.
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Mick Jarvis
Location: Australia Joined: 18 Jul 2010
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Matthew P. Adams
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Posted: Mon 02 Sep, 2013 8:30 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Chad, that's what I meant! Bucklers. Jeeze, don't know how I wrote gauntlets.
"We do not rise to the level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training" Archilochus, Greek Soldier, Poet, c. 650 BC
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Mark Griffin
Location: The Welsh Marches, in the hills above Newtown, Powys. Joined: 28 Dec 2006
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Posted: Mon 02 Sep, 2013 11:40 am Post subject: |
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Hi Matthew, most of the decent UK armourers will have at some point made these, I see them around a lot so I'd talk to Dave Hewitt, Mark Vickers, Matt Bayley, Ash etc etc
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