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Post by yoshinaga on Mar 9, 2009 23:34:37 GMT -5
Has any one ever seen gauntlets that are laced like the front of a do? instead of the plates being riveted to the inside of the gauntlet on the leather strips the plats are laced on the outside with brightly colored lacing. I know they didn't exist in period but I think it would look better than the European style gauntlets worn over the top of kote. if any one has ever seen any thing like this i would love to see pictures. if not I can save my nickles and pennies for a few years and commission a set.
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Post by tengumoon on Mar 10, 2009 1:15:42 GMT -5
I am not sure if the laced gauntlets would look any good - maybe sugake lacing would be ok if matched the Dou - but surely the heavy lacing would just look silly on gauntlets and perhaps weaken them
I am of the opinion that you should just have low profile gauntlets (meaning they dont stand out) or ones that tend to fit in with the rest of the kit
a good example is Nissan Maxima's hands - they are black with red (same colour as rest of his armour) on the back of the hand to look like tekko (not sure if they are gauntlets or fingers from memory)
personally I have stainless clamshells tho I intend to blacken them
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Post by Please Delete on Mar 10, 2009 1:56:18 GMT -5
I'm with Tengumoon on this. Lacing would just add more stuff that is wrong, imho. Low profile would be better. If you *really* want to do something, then try to make the back of the gauntlets look like the tekko on the kote. I've been debating how to do something like that, but having hit on a solution I care for, yet.
-Ii
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Post by Otagiri Tatsuzou on Mar 10, 2009 8:10:46 GMT -5
If you look in Stone's Glossary under Gauntlets, you will find one pair of 19th century "mitten gauntlets" (5-6 lames) that are "laced" together. However, the lacing is more like a series of small 'tack' stitches - not prominent odoshi like you are thinking of here. Indeed, sort of like the knots on Nissan's arm pieces below, but smaller. I thought I had an image of that posted here - but I can't find it at the moment. Sir Sato has a pair similar to Nissan's though I cannot locate a photo. Nissan's is the first photo. My first attempt is in the second photo. Abandoned due to inferior construction.   Also, consider these ...  |
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Post by calonnihonjin on Mar 11, 2009 14:11:50 GMT -5
Sato's (made by Maxmillion of the Barony of Three Rivers)  |
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Post by Tatsuo Okami on Mar 15, 2009 13:16:39 GMT -5
As I dont have any of these pix hosted anywhere yet I will have to Link to my Post on AA. I am doing a pair of my Early Pattern Guants with sugake style lacing. It will not match any existing Period piece but the shape and lacing style will (IMO) add a very japanese flavour to a Necessary amount of modern protection. My next project in this line is to incorporate the Knuckle rider lame (see AA post) into the finger tip lame and extend (and reshape) the hand plate so that the Under rider lame could ride Hidden under chainmail connecting the hand piece and the finger tip piece to make a more Accurate to period example Nihonese gauntlet that will give the necessary protection for SCA. AA Post: forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=95029 |
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Post by jensith on Mar 20, 2009 12:29:21 GMT -5
Mine are somewhat standard strapped and riveted gauntlets, but are laced of sorts. This does let the plates "float" a little more then a standard pair which usually gets some comments and people looking at them. These were built probably near 10-years ago by Joe at Lonely Mountain Forge. First pic shows the underside, fairly standard, strapped and riveted gauntlet:  This picture attempts to show the back side of the hand, please forgive the photography, its very bright outside and all I had was my car trunk and cell phone camera =) (its also way harder to take a picture of your hand then I would have previously imagined!)  Lastly - An attempt while wearing it to show how the plates shift:  |
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Post by mitsuhide on Dec 10, 2009 20:33:02 GMT -5
I was wondering If some one had some more pixs of Nissan or Satos gauntlets I would like to build a set like Nissan's but I need more info. Or a direct email to either of them.
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Post by Yamanouchi Eidou on Dec 12, 2009 11:32:54 GMT -5
...period example Nihonese gauntlet... "Nihonteki" > "Nihonese" also, I think that Nissan's gauntlets look sweet and quite...Nihonteki. |
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Post by Yagyu Jubei Takemori on Jan 16, 2010 17:40:13 GMT -5
I finally got my hands on the pattern for Nissan's gauntlets (yaay) in the mean time I use a leather over Lacross glove setup that I think looks cool, even if not remotely period.   Here is a set I am making for a friend, this is before they have been molded, hardedned and colored.  |
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Post by tengumoon on Jan 16, 2010 21:49:31 GMT -5
they look interesting! and certainly not as bad as some things I have seen
My only real question is are they SCA legal?
I am of course a little... fussy... about hand armour
I wear full hockey goalie gloves now and even they let shots thru
I am working with a pair of EGG gauntlets as well
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Post by Yagyu Jubei Takemori on Jan 17, 2010 0:19:24 GMT -5
The local marshal cleared them, he said I could'nt use soley lacross gloves, but when I covered them with the hardened leather he said they were fine. I have taken a few hand shots with them on and I can feel them bit I am not worried about breaking anything in them, the hardened leather does alot to stop crushing with the padding.
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Post by konrad on Jan 18, 2010 16:29:35 GMT -5
Any reason not to color the 'Brine' logo on the wrist?
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Post by Yagyu Jubei Takemori on Jan 18, 2010 20:15:04 GMT -5
Lazy mostly
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Post by Yamamoto Morikazu on Jan 28, 2010 11:06:56 GMT -5
do you still have this pattern ?
id like to try something like this out of plastic.
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