Gauntlets are gloves designed to wear with suited armour for protecting the hands in combat. This gauntlet is of a basic design and is meant for decoration only. This design is the most basic of our selection, and is typical of period medieval gauntlets. Steel Finish gauntlet, steel finish, 14.5" long Historically, gauntlets were an important piece of armour, since the hands and arms were particularly vulnerable in hand-to-hand combat. With the rise of easily-reloadable firearms, hand-to-hand combat became less common and so gauntlets lost most of their strategic value. |
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