pattyb0009
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Post by pattyb0009 on Aug 2, 2020 3:18:24 GMT
Hello, all! Do any of you fine folks know anyone who makes custom gloves/custom sword gloves? Like the leather and maybe lined kind. Not so much the bulky HEMA ones. Thanks!
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Post by pgandy on Aug 2, 2020 12:23:51 GMT
I don’t have an answer to your question. However unless you have some deformity I’d suggest a good pair of gloves sold as stock items. I have a pair from Amazon, unfortunately no longer sold. They were sold as biker’s gloves and there was one review from a rapier instructor endorsing them saying that he bought them for his classes. I found them very supple and was able to use my computer’s keyboard with no problem wearing them. I later bought a pair from MRL’s DoD that were almost as good, perhaps after they get broken in about equal. At the moment they stored away as a backup.
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Post by strigoil on Aug 2, 2020 13:07:14 GMT
www.chesterjefferies.co.uk/Fully custom, made to size, some of their models when unlined can pass as a form of "Sword glove" Their sizing process is quite comprehensive including sending them an outline of your hand. Not cheap, but quality is never worth counting pennies on.
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pattyb0009
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Post by pattyb0009 on Aug 2, 2020 20:31:12 GMT
I don’t have an answer to your question. However unless you have some deformity I’d suggest a good pair of gloves sold as stock items. I have a pair from Amazon, unfortunately no longer sold. They were sold as biker’s gloves and there was one review from a rapier instructor endorsing them saying that he bought them for his classes. I found them very supple and was able to use my computer’s keyboard with no problem wearing them. I later bought a pair from MRL’s DoD that were almost as good, perhaps after they get broken in about equal. At the moment they stored away as a backup. I had an excellent pair of civil war repro gloves that...well...fit like a glove lol. But those are stashed somewhere. Essentially lost. I don't have a deformity, per se, but i have tiny hands. Like I wear women's sizes. So I have a hard time with finger length particularly.
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pattyb0009
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Post by pattyb0009 on Aug 2, 2020 20:31:49 GMT
www.chesterjefferies.co.uk/Fully custom, made to size, some of their models when unlined can pass as a form of "Sword glove" Their sizing process is quite comprehensive including sending them an outline of your hand. Not cheap, but quality is never worth counting pennies on. I was actually checking them out this morning. The price isn't terrible. More than fair for bespoke gloves. I'll get a couple pairs from them! Thanks.
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