Saturday, April 09, 2005
Oooooooo, hands.....
Did I mention the folks on the Ironrose list are great?
I have discovered an inexpensive way to get my hand protection-- heavy leather/felt finger gauntlets. Master Ekkehardt wears them for all his forms - combat archery, siege, pole, sword and shield, framea and shield, etc.... He gave pretty detailed instructions on the list (I will ask if I can publish the instructions, or maybe once I start constructing them I will post it all here, with pictures and everything.
The Meridian standards say that hardened 8 oz leather is considered rigid material, so I am pretty sure these will pass muster, as long as I harden the leather. Time to research cuirboulli.....
I have discovered an inexpensive way to get my hand protection-- heavy leather/felt finger gauntlets. Master Ekkehardt wears them for all his forms - combat archery, siege, pole, sword and shield, framea and shield, etc.... He gave pretty detailed instructions on the list (I will ask if I can publish the instructions, or maybe once I start constructing them I will post it all here, with pictures and everything.
The Meridian standards say that hardened 8 oz leather is considered rigid material, so I am pretty sure these will pass muster, as long as I harden the leather. Time to research cuirboulli.....
