Gabriel 2.0 HEMA Gloves by CHFG - Hand Protection for Historical European Martial Arts
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- Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
- An in-depth review of the Gabriel 2.0 five-finger gloves made by CHFG.
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Skyrim pillow goes hard
It’s the best, right? I love it 😂
PTSD panic attack inducing cushion-not for the weak!
@@BrittanySaintLeafyjust picturing me waking up to seeing that pillow is funny as hell xD
I'm very happy with my Gabriels.
They've quickly become my "do everything" glove. Longsword, dussack, sidesword, dagger, they work pretty well with everything
Yup, same. All the other gloves I own basically became loaners for my students.
Nice overview of the gloves. I am happy with my Infinities as I've told you before, but when I need another pair, I will certainly be looking at these.
The plate-scaling for each size is such a great design choice! I remember your review on the Infinity Gauntlets that the plates were a huge obstacle
I picked up a pair of these in December and used them in competition a few weekends back. I had been avoiding sword and buckler tournament because I didn't have a pair of gloves I felt good about on my sword hand, or I used an arming sword and a clam shell. With Gabriel gloves, I was able to use my side sword (without a knuckle bow) and it felt great.
I did decide to use them for the steel longsword tournament and it wasn't a problem at all (totally understand it was a calculated risk). I really do enjoy the added dexterity, but I don't think I would risk making blade grabbing actions unless it was a solid bet. I think event that level of risk would be too much for me.
Great review, Brittany!
Thank you! I love them for S&B, total game changer for me personally.
i like that it's in pillow form because you can actually wake up to that if you fall asleep with it
Nice to see you again, welcome back!
Thank you 😊⚔️
I only got the Infinity gloves because I thought I was going to attend the SoCa=l swordfight and wanted something immediately, and a guy had then locally. I had my heart set on the Gabriels so this is a good review.
I do 3 swords currently, so having 5 finger gloves made sense for my use case.
Wanted to like the Infinities :( did you see my video on them? Big oof.
I love your videos! Small thing though, if you could up the db level of your audio in editing by 3-4 it would be greatly appreciated!
I’ll have to call in for some help for that haha I genuinely have no idea what I’m doing with this new audio setup. I’ll definitely look into improving the audio for future videos! Thanks for the feedback :)
@@BrittanySaintLeafy Thank you for listening! Good luck figuring it all out!
Great review!
I've got the Infinity Gloves at the moment, and an issue I have with them is that the angle that the thumb plates rotate in is off by almost 45 degrees compared to my own thumbs- do these gauntlets match your thumb's angle pretty well?
I found these to be very ergonomic and well matched to my own natural articulation. I can’t say 100% that it would be the same for you, since everyone is built a little differently, but I find these way more comfortable than the Infinity. I did a review on those too, and wasn’t nearly as happy with them.
I am curious about the wrist mobility. A number of protective gloves have plates that prevent my wrists moving laterally. What I mean is if the palm is facing downwards, moving the fingers left to right. In the system I practice, that's a super common direction of movement for one of our basic/main intercepts, and if it locks out movement in that direction it pretty much makes the intercept/deflection impossible and the gloves unusable when wanting to improve the historicity of the system.
Do you know if the Gabriels allow a full range of lateral movement in the wrist?
Hey Brittany, fellow swordsperson from Switzerland here. First, thank you for the review. it‘s greatly appreciated, as I was really looking forward to someone in the community making one.
One tiny question though, if you don’t mind: how would one go best about getting in touch with CHFG regarding custom measurements? I do also fall in the not-standard sized hands category, so that route would definitely be preferable.
Thanks in advance! :)
Let me find out for you! It might be different for European orders. Standby ;)
@@BrittanySaintLeafy Oh, if they had a supplier in Europe, that would be amazing to know
I do not believe there is a supplier in Europe yet but you can email them directly via luocan79@sina.com or contact Sihong Fu on Facebook. If you go by email, expect about a week for a response. :)
@@BrittanySaintLeafy Thank you for taking the time. Much appreciated!
@@HessianLikeTheFabric Indeed. I’m sure there will be one eventually. But I was prepared to take the transatlantic upcharge via SoCal or Purpleheart anyway.
Sounds like they're exceptionally well designed - and less prone to mishaps than the PGs
The only minor failing I’ve seen was the rivet on the side of the thumb coming loose. But that never happened to mine, and I’d only heard of it after I recorded the video. Fortunately it is an easy DIY repair.
Thank you for your amazing review!!! So do you think, those tiny leather straps will be a weak part of the gloves, where they could easily get damaged?
It’s possible, everything is prone to damage when being struck with a piece of narrow steel. However, if one of the small leather straps on the fingers break, it doesn’t end in catastrophic failure of the glove. The leather straps aren’t the only thing holding the outer shell to the inner glove. The inner glove is affixed to the shell in other places. It looks like it was designed to have multiple failsafes should a piece break.
The leather straps start to loosen after a short while and keep falling off the glove, and those straps break at the seam quite easily. I'm getting tired of having to search for them on the floor and of having to stitch the ends together when they open up so I'm going to replace them with elastic bands.
All you have to do to keep the Infinity gloves fingers from turning is wrap some athletic tape above the 2nd knuckle on each finger. Simple fix and I haven't been hurt since I did that.
I’m glad to know that worked for you. The pair I received had actually been taped just as you described since I got them from someone else secondhand. They were still a major problem for me. I then took the tape off and it didn’t seem any better or any worse. But also, like, I shouldn’t have to use tape to make an expensive product work. Overall, they were a disappointment for me but some people like them, and that’s okay too.
For steel longsword I’m still prefeering the Thokk solution: an exterior complement
Are you enjoying your Thokks? I've seen some mixed reviews, but I really want to try them out.
@@Bear_Feces Mostly yes. I've had some issues with my sidesword guard and my longsword should have a bit longer handler to grip it properly. Also they need several sparring sessions to become soft enought. Once you solve this problems, they are by far the best gloves I've had into the "five fingers" category
My second name is Gabriel, am I obliged to get a pair of those?🤣😆
I saw you were able to use a finger ring with the glove. How practical and comfortable was that? It’s so hard to find a good glove for sidesword.
For the rapier that I showed, it wouldn’t be super practical. It would fit but get kind of locked in. However, I think with a sidesword designed for sparring it would have a larger space to accommodate the individual finger more comfortably. It would really depend on the model of the sword though. But generally speaking, these gloves are a great choice for doing sidesword.
@@BrittanySaintLeafy that’s good to know! Thanks so much, and this was an awesome video.
They look great but I am scared that I would break my fingers when doing longsword.
These are not recommended for steel longsword
As someone with small hands this was an awesome review!
Female to female, may I ask what to look for in chest protectors?
Happy to help :)
Honestly, I’ve found flat or mildly curved flexible chest protectors worked best for me. Anything with cups, bulges, or uh… general boob shapes, are something I personally will steer clear of.
Design Cryptic HEMA is in the process of making impressive chest protectors, and her design so far looks awesome. It isn’t readily available yet though. I’ve heard good things about MacArmourCZ protection as well, but haven’t tried it. A few folks in my school use FOX Motocross hard chest protection with a lot of success.
Wow! Thank you so much :) I am the only female in my small club serious enough to invest currently, and a lot of the stuff I was finding online for Olympic fencing just didn't seem right. Blood and Irons suggestions were OK, but... size. I will definitely give these a look, thanks again!
@@sthiel126 my pleasure! I hope you find something that works for you :D
How's the thumb mobility side to side? Not too hard to go to thumb grip?
Very smooth, transitioning to other grips feels very natural.
Looks like they took some of the good things of the progauntlets and put it in a less destructible, more affordable, package...
Thanks for the review :)
I would like to get them custom sized but am not sure how to contact CHFG. Do you happen to know? Thank you!
Contact by email: luocan79@sina.com
Or contact Sihong Fu via Facebook
Tldr finally hema gloves worth the ridiculous price? Based.
Shame I'm a musician and a woodworker and can't risk it lmao
I think a lot of folks share your thoughts. I basically retired from fighting tournaments and focused exclusively on cutting tournaments because of the issues I had with hand protection.
As a mostly sabre and sidesword fencer I am always on look out for 5 finger gloves that arent ethier crazy uncomfortably ooooor wso light I may as well not be wearing them
I think you’ll like these very much!
Look again the finger piece has these spaces to make them move and the finger is exposed right there. When you make a fist they close "the gaps"almost find but when you extend your finders they are vulnerable.
I’ve had to read this a couple times to try to determine what part of the glove you’re referring to, but based on what you wrote my response is that I’m not sure how often I would need to worry about extending my fingers during a sword fight if my hands are closed well over the hilt of my sword. So it seems like a non-issue to me, unless I’m misunderstanding what you’re saying.
@@BrittanySaintLeafy The finger pieaces are mainly one piece...but it they have these gaps/dents? to make the whole plastic pieace to be able to curl with the finger....the finger piece does have a reinforcements pieces on the upside but on the underside the gaps are still there to be able to move /curl the fingers...or make a fist for example. But the gaps are still there
@@417hemaspringfieldmo Yes, the gaps are indeed a risk. If your hands stay in a hammer fist position all the time, then it's not a problem but when you change your grip or open your hand for grappling, the gaps become quite wide and injuries can happen.
@@heirihunziker Yup. And that s a big issue with the design if you ask me. Fingers are our most vulnerable target.
0/10 no where to keep my infinity stones
I use the Thokks with the long sword upgrade and would love your thoughts on this compared to the Thokks if they have them small enough.
I’ve wanted to try them for a while :)
@@BrittanySaintLeafy I will see if I can bring a club members S to SoCal if you are there this year.