Red Dragon Armoury Hema Gloves 13" AR7004 Black

I've just recently started HEMA and I was excited to get these gloves. They are good entry level gloves for synthetic sword learning and sparing. If just starting out they are a good light sparing glove.

They feel ok but feel a bit too bulky, can barely fit on my steel 1803 slotted BF sabre but feels uncomfortable to swing sometimes since the fingers get squished on top of each other. They can definitely be better but are okay for the price.

These are unusually painful to wear. Once my fingers curled inside, the ring finger knuckle was pinched so tightly I couldn’t maintain a grip for long.

Great gloves for those who practice Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) /Eskrima/Kali/Arnis. Excellent for sparring in fighting for both WEKAF style tournaments and also with limited protection “Dog Brothers” style. Great against rattan sticks and handling with them, after broken in, are great. Also great for knife sparring.

These things are bulky. They also run small. I have thin hands width wise, but long fingers. I can usually get large pair of gloves and they fit, but a little loose around my palm. These things, I can get little over 3/4 of my fingers in and it make it really hard for me to grab my swords. Buy a size up if you can.

Pros: - Very tough; you can get whacked in the hand with no harm to your hand while wearing these. - visually they appear as advertised Cons: - Nearly impossible to grip anything while wearing them. I have large hands, and bought the large size, and the gloves appear to fit perfectly. However when I try to grip things, I just can't get a good grip. I have pretty strong hands, but the width of the fingers just makes getting a good grip next to impossible. Tried one-handed and two-handed hilts. Doesn't matter. - Chafing! You have to wear gloves inside these gloves in order to avoid rapidly chafing on the tops of your finger joints. I'm sure you'd eventually develop thick calluses on each finger joint if you went without extra protection, but after only a short session with these, my hands were pretty raw - The wrist laces are useless. The little spring/plastic piece they use to keep the laces tight gives up after even a small amount of tension. Better off remove it and having someone else tie the laces. Overall, I would not recommend unless perhaps if what you're gripping has a wider than normal girth.

Lots of padding and protection. Fits inside hand guard for side sword. Size 13 does not fit XXL size hands

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