Adam Savage Meets Real Armored Gauntlets!

Summary by Krater

Adam Savage visits the Armor Conservation Lab at the Metropolitan Museum of Art to examine four historic 16th-century gauntlets with armorer and conservator Edward Hunter. They inspect the construction, materials, gilding, and repair details of German and Italian gauntlets from the museum collection.

From the video

Answers: What are the construction details and history of 16th-century historic gauntlets?

• 16th-century armor conservation
• historic gauntlet construction
• German and Italian armor styles
• gilding and etching techniques on steel
• armored glove articulation and leather linings

What it concludes

• Historic gauntlets were often as much fashion statements of wealth and status as they were protective military equipment.
• Armorers across Europe shared techniques while trying to hide their secret formulas from competitors in other cities.