Gloves in the German style - the mid-15th century

Gloves in the German style of the mid-XV century are based on the Milanese hand armor. They have such typical feature, as a fist, completely covered with two segments and two smaller scales for thumb protection. Long wrists have flutes, which are common for Gothic armor.

Medieval fencing gloves are kept on the hand with leather straps, installed from the inside. To avoid injury, we do strictly recommend to wear this steel protection only over padded gloves.

This medieval armor gloves protect hand, wrist and part of the forearm during the fencing or combat; at the same time, plate hand armour does not restrict movements.

European plate gloves of the XV century are completely handcrafted by individual parameters of customer. 

You can use this functional knight hand armor for:

• SCA
• HEMA
• Larp
• Stage performances
• Medieval festivals
• Reenactment events

Base price includes following options:

• Cold-rolled steel 1.0 mm;
• Satin polishing;
• Brown leather belts;
• Steel nickel-plated buckles;
• Steel rivets;
• No decoration;
• Painting inside

Main photo shows authentic German plate gloves with following options:

• Cold-rolled steel 1.5 mm;
• Satin polishing as finish treatment;
• Black leather belts;
• Steel rivets;
• Painting inside

In options, you may choose another type and thickness of metal, color of belts, finish treatment and decoration for your medieval knight gloves.

Benefits, which you’ll get, if you buy medieval plate armor at Steel Mastery:

1. Custom-made high-quality metal body armor, handcrafted by your individual parameters;
2. Reliability and comfortable wearing for years;
3. Product made by experienced blacksmiths, who really know how to make a good armor;
4. Convenient payment systems (Paypal, Skrill, Visa, MasterCard, American Express);
5. Flexible return system in case if you don’t like an item.

You may also like these models of steel fingerless gloves: Milanese style gauntlets, plate gloves for modern sword fencing.

In section “Metal fingered and mitten gauntlets”, you can see all models that we offer for ordering. If you didn’t find any for your taste and wish, please send us photo and description of the required model and we will make it for you.