*RTS* Black Leather Squared Layered Gauntlets Armor SCA LARP fantasy medieval

Description

On Hand And Ready To Ship!
The pair pictured is the pair you will receive.
This auction is for a Black Medieval/Fantasy Style
PAIR
of Leather Squared Layered Gauntlets made up with nickel plated hardware. These gauntlets are made from a 1 piece base and layers of heavy 9 ounce dyed leather. The articulated wrist and hand piece give full coverage to the hand . I have hand cut, dyed, and sealed these gauntlets for weather resistance, as well as done some basic line work to give accent details. These bracers have been made wide so that the "wings" can overlap underneath giving total forearm protection to the wearer. Please keep in mind, huge Popeye style arms may not allow for the overlap and total coverage underneath, but will still cover more of your forearms than most of the bracers available!
The leather for these gauntlets was chosen from pieces with scars, grainy texture and basic blems that was then "battle damages" to enhance the color and give a very cool, authentic look. Basically the leather is not the slick, perfect cuts most people are after but a fuller, textured look that in no way takes away from the durability or strength of the leather itself.
The straps have been left long so they can be custom cut to length or, as I prefer to do, be folded back under and tucked under the keeper - as shown in the pics below.
In order to help prevent the articulated wrist from "popping" out with extreme flexing I have attached an internal leash on the underside of this design that connects the bracers to the wrist to the hand piece. When wearing the gauntlets the leash piece works great at keeping everything where it goes ;) It can still be over flexed - as can all articulated armor, be it leather or steel - but you have to really work at it!
This is a design I came up with, patterned and made myself. It is not some machine punched piece, produced in bulk and put together by a gaggle of half starved orphan kids.
Please ask any and all questions before the auction closes. Payment is due within 7 days of auction close. Please, if there are ANY problems before, during or after the auction, don't go all negative on me! It will be worked out if handled properly ;) Be sure to check and see if I have any other auctions running, I do combine shipping!
Thanks for looking and HAPPY BIDDING!
Due to eBay's infinite wisdom and inability to leave well enough alone, shipping insurance has now been removed as an option on items so, in order to cover myself on shipments, I am now required to revise all items and include it into the handling fees. This was explained to me by an eBay associate who did no speak clear English as the fact that the seller should cover insurance fees and not the buyer but, since the buyer will not be covered if the item is lost or damaged during shipment without insurance it can be added into the handling fees instead so that insurance fees can be included and added to items?????????? Has the entire world lost it's mind? Anyway, the handling fees now include shipping insurance fees thus, thanks to eBay, requiring insurance on all items rather than giving you, the buyer, the option.... Thank you eBay....
Disclaimer:
All of my items are produced as costume items and pieces only.  Many of my pieces may meet regulation or requirements for certain events – be they sporting, recreation, Faire ware or the various fighting groups ranging from man to man combat or foam weapons all the way up to real weapons use – but are in no way certified or approved by any organization or group to be used as or qualified as safety equipment, life saving devices, body armor, body protection or like equipment so, in any and all activities in which my items may be used, the buyer/user assumes all responsibility for bodily harm, injury or any damages incurred by said items to themselves or others.  Many of my items have spikes, horns and like protrusions that may cause bodily harm to the wearer or anyone within proximity to the wearer, by purchasing, wearing or using the items you, the buyer, wearer, user, accept any and all responsibility for any bodily harm, injury or damages that may be caused or incurred.
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