armour Pr0n for Larmer and Armillary

[abendgules]

Pictures of the shiny:

Sorry for the fuzzies - limit of taking pictures one-handed.

View of the coverage of my thumb, and flexibility: I'm making a fist.



When I got them Robert asked if when I closed my hand my thumb could fold over my fingers, or was it stuck out straight. It sits on top of my fingers.


Making a fist around a long sword.


Only drawback I can see is the limit of the bell of the cuff: I can bend back my wrist only so far. So any moulinet is limited to a kind of cone-shaped curve (w. my wrist at the point), not a full circle with my wrist at the centre.

HOWEVER: the customer service was such that I think you could ask for extra-flared cuffs. They seem very amenable to doing custom work.



Will be able to tell you more after Double Wars in May!

Comments

[larmer.livejournal.com]

You will probably get banged up fingers. I don't know how hard they hit in C&T but in rattan combat I'm getting my hands banged up with my pole arm. Fortunately your hands are less in harm's way on a two handed sword that a pole arm. Thanks for sharing.