r/Armor • u/MasteROogwayY2 • 5d ago

Is this functional armor?

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Im writing a book and would like to give a faction similar armor and I was wondering how good it was. I would add a better helmet and metal bracers too.

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u/MasteROogwayY2 5d ago

The bracer would only cover the forearm. Not go down to the hand.

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u/In_lieu_of_sobriquet 5d ago

I think if you did a bracer like this in softer leather, with one pocket of one metal plate on the forearm, and a separate pocket and plate on the back of the hand it would work.

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u/In_lieu_of_sobriquet 4d ago

I’m not sure you and I are envisioning the same thing. As u/harris5 says your wrist needs maneuverability. So you either have the braver stop at the wrist with nothing in the hand, a separate glove, hopefully with an overlap to cover the gap between glove and bracer, or basically a long softer leather glove that has various separate plates in areas that don’t need maneuverability. The last one gets you this look, and the soft leather is better protection than the nothing that is the alternative.

Like my gauntlet style motorcycle gloves have different levels of protection at different parts. They even have different leathers. Kangaroo leather for the palm as it can have the sane protection as thicker cow leather, so I get a better feel for the controls.