Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Another compromise…. Leather Gauntlets
Val is going to make the gauntlets. He is really into leather working, and I am not going to turn down any help. Here is the pattern he is going to use: http://www.armourarchive.org/patterns/gauntlet_clang/ .
The "base" glove is going to be the mylec gloves. You can see the gloves here: http://www.mylec.com/590-3.htm Lot's of SCA folks use them, they're basically just a leather glove with padding on the cuff, back of the hand, and tops of the fingers. Then cuirboulli over the top of those to make them legal without basket hilts. They will be way cool. I do wish I had looked at the website before I ordered the plastic lamellar. They have a chest protection rig that has integral shoulders and arms for $50 or so- which is what I paid for 1/3 of the number of lamella plates I anticipate needing.Since I am only doing the plastic lamellar to get onto the field ASAP, I would have preferred the other. Oh well. On the plus side, the lamellar looks better, and I can always sell or give away the rig one I make my cuirboulli lamellar.
The "base" glove is going to be the mylec gloves. You can see the gloves here: http://www.mylec.com/590-3.htm Lot's of SCA folks use them, they're basically just a leather glove with padding on the cuff, back of the hand, and tops of the fingers. Then cuirboulli over the top of those to make them legal without basket hilts. They will be way cool. I do wish I had looked at the website before I ordered the plastic lamellar. They have a chest protection rig that has integral shoulders and arms for $50 or so- which is what I paid for 1/3 of the number of lamella plates I anticipate needing.
