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Sort of...the Gabriel is a good option now. Most of the 5-finger gloves are gone now. There are lots of clam-shell styles out there now that compete with SPES.

No I have not.

Not the 2.0. The earlier ones yes...I have a few friends that have ther 2.0...I just have not gotten my hands on them.

This is a very old review. All of what you say is valid. In the end the fingers were not encased enough, and it was an over-complicated design to maintain. I used mine for a while, but swapped back to my Infinities with the fingers taped in.

@@colleptic it's a shame they went under. They could probably continue to improve it and fix these small gaps in safety over time.

Basket Hilts can pose a problem size wise. Thokks maybe? But does you basket provide most of your protection, meaning, you just need a little bit of padding...or?

Wondering it your blade tape is different at this stage of things? Using it this long now, the only thing I would change is to stiffen up the overall sword by 5%...but, not sure if they have maybe done that by now? How does your seem now?

@@colleptic I can't be 100% but i think it seems likely poker have changed the pattern slightly so that the overall blade mass is slightly higher perhaps than the one you got. I would say the blade is pretty stiff but that suits me, I haven't measured it though so I'm assuming it's the measurement they give: 10-12kg. I noticed in your video your one flexes slightly more towards the distal third whereas mine flexes half way down exactly which says to me there is little to no gradual tapering down the blade unfortunately. There is however a sudden thinning of the blade in the final 10cm to the tip. I'm used to swords on the heftier side with a lot of presence but this sidesword really surprised me. I have to say I do like it and I'm not sorry I bought it but it is on the crow barish side unfortunately. It is well made nonetheless and the attention to detail in its construction is really impressive. I just wish the blade had a better taper to be used as a general use side sword if that makes sense. I like to keep the tip on point much of the time but with this blade it can be tiring quickly. It is a joy to use however. I just need to be careful with my sparring partners because this thing swings very hard and I've been deliberately choosing this sword to practice with regularly in the hope I can strengthen my arm and improve my control sufficiently to spar safely while moving at speed

Nope. Not yet.

hmmmm...now I have to go watch to check.

Check out the scene in the hotel room just before the hooker arrives. Darksword used to sell it as such until a few years ago. @@colleptic

Nice!

Not sure myself. Maybe someone has a fresh version of it out there.

​@@colleptic I may have missed something in the video... Is there enough handle length to use a red dragon glove below the cross guard in a ",hammer grip"?

My order has arrived! This sidesword is a beast. I'm tempted to weigh mine just to make sure it is under 1kg as the description notes. The heft in the blade is extremely apparent and I have a lot of practice to do with this to make sure I'm strong enough to use it at speed. I would say it's similar, perhaps more hefty than my kvetun arming sword

Got it.

Thanks for the report. I am still injury free from them. How did it hit, was the thumb not seated in?

It was freaky. You know the plate between the thumb and the main hand plate? Just behind the meaty bit of you dorsal thumb? It struck in-between the plates with the tip of an untipped sword

Possibly. I might see it again on the 17th.

Nice! Give me your feed back on it, I am curious if there are any changes from mine.

I will :)

Cool.

hah!

It is good enough that you will not lose a bind, but it will not feel as strong as a solid blade at front of the blade (unless Poker as addressed this in their newer blades). Regenyei was my main Feder up until this (about 7 years). I still sparr the same, but I am more conscious of end of my blade when finding someone's edge. I wish I had more fullered Feders to test against it, I want to get Kvetun's to test etc.

@@colleptic Sounds similar to my Aureus feder which also has a deep fuller design, it feels dominant vs. a Regenyei standard in the strong part of the blade and weaker than the Regenyei in the top third of the blade. Not as floppy as a Sigi King though, even the Shorty is unforgiving if I don't bind with the strong.

Mine Held up better than my friend's, but it is starting to get loose in areas. A couple of the nice finger joints pop out of place mid fight. I had to tape my fingers tips, as they do not say in with the little overlaps provided, but I had to do that with the Infinities too (btw I tend to use the Infinities more). I wanted a little more heavy work with them before I follow up.

Yup.

They were supposed to be CHEAP? God damn it. Why can’t we have anything nice? lol Tbf almost all HEMA specific products tend to be overpriced imo. Idk what sort of supply chain and production causes the price of so much of this to be so inflated

Does not really help, I had to tape the tips of the fingers in, works well...and does not hinder movement or feel tooo much.

Thanks. I will have a follow up soon and YUP...I have a backlog of things to make videos on lol...

Coming soonish. I needed good time with it.

I think it is the same with all of them. They have lofty goals, but for production or aesthetics they change things, not for the better. Good thing is that area is a pocket, so it can be changed. Also, I feel like a broken record in my videos, it is really just a few changes for Thokk, Infinities, Pro G's...to fix their flaws. Some are so obvious, I am always like WHY!?

@@colleptic Do the desighners even do Hema ?

Oh crap. I was thinking of getting some, but 2.5 cm gap in the wrist. especially for what they cost, thats the deal breaker for me. so many littledamaging places in there, Does the thokk guy even fence , Why arent fencers desighning gloves. really u put a bunch of thought and stuff into the glove design, and you dont protect the most important part lol. mabey im a noob and missing somethiing, but I think there needs to be protection there, mabey the longsword addon address that. Id want thick hard padding, nothing too weak that u cant take a good wack there if u wind up doing so

The back of hand padding section should cover that, but it can slide forward really easily. Still wouldn’t want a longsword hit there though.

/thumbs up!

On the website it still has the recommended to use the Longsword optional add-on too, obviously I highly agree with that :).

Thanks!

They are holding up really well. I do not have a good scale, I use a pretty fragile scale to weigh things, but Poker states it is 13/b. They are stiff, maybe a touch too stiff, but I think that is why they are also holding up so well.

Really, as long as my finger stayed seated in the plastic, I really never felt any hits. What part?

Noted, but ummm, everytime? I had to rewatch to see what you are talking about...I use the glove names often, and say the name many times while blabbing about them... Do you mean at the very end? I mean at the end for the summary I started with the name, then carried on...could have used the name one more time in that section, but by that time I have said it enough to get the point across. Meh?

Yup. Their Italian Longsword is better...actually not bad.

That may have been a good move to go with the Military version, wait for my 1st impressions review for why :)

So my Proeliator Military Sabre came in and it's awesome. Balance is perfect, the bowl has enough room to fit any glove. It's now been battle tested and I highly recommend

Nice, that is good to read, it has retired my other feders thus far.

@Colin how do the edges look after one year, any nicks/ burrs requiring filing? Surprised to hear the blade didn't take a set, I've noticed that deep fuller feders tend to take a set more easily or maybe I just had bad luck.

@@heirihunziker its still in great shape, no chips or burs, just the little dents from normal use. I have used it in 2 tournaments

What do you think of the sabre? Ive been trying to find anyone who has it and what they think for a long time

@@therecalcitrantseditionist3613 it hasn't arrived as of yet. I'm expecting it by the end of April

I believe I can get my hands on one again...and report back. From memory, Ensifer was a little heavier, but also stronger feeling in the bind. Handling was similar, but slightly heavier in the swing/motion. It was one of my fav's at the time I used one.

Via this post, I can tell you it is solid this far, it is a little heavy, but not overly heavy. Nicely crafted. I will do a review in a few weeks for this one though, after all the rest of the weapons.

Coming soon!

Thokks for sure, I missed any early purchases due to low funds, but now I just need to wait until he opens regular sales up. He is still working on back orders. As for the black armor kit, I have it on my list of to get, but I want to save for a full kit, so might be a while. SPES - most of their produces are good, but I will look into this one...I may know people with them already.

@@colleptic Great! Those Thokk gloves seem very interesting with their modularity. Thanks again!

Yup, i just hockey taped in my fingers, to fix the slipping...it is crude, but works. So far, it is the only glove I have had that kept me injury free. I think in time I will do a super long term follow up on these.

Since you've been waiting so long, just wait for more reviews to come out from all the stuff everyone since receiving right now.

@@colleptic yeah, a three year waiting time is totaly nuts!

Yup, seems to be the only issue I have with the gloves this far in. I hockey tapped in my pointer and pinky finger, that helps. It sucks, because if that was not an issue, they would be really good.

Hockey tape has fixed this this far...

NO! Still waiting for mine, only been able to use other people's...been too long imo regardless of the circumstances. I emailed them a couple weeks ago for an update.

@@colleptic Same with a friend of mine who order it since november/december 2019... i already used up/broken more than 1 glove since then

Thanks.

Nice...for 250 cold steel stuff becomes great bang for the buck.

Ya, but I am a bit of a mix...and 4 generations on both sides of the family in Canada pretty much makes me Canadian as it get lol...

@@colleptic Yes definitely but remember that polish roots are 👉💪. My dear hussar.

Mobility is very good, you can see in my videos when I am moving my fingers and hands around within no effort...prob the best feature of the glove. Cross guards are not bad, from all my 5-finger gloves, from this, -5-finger sparring glove, armadillo, and other I have forgotten, they are right in the middle for cross guards. I did trim down my cuff, which I think I mentioned in one of the couple reviews I did on this glove, that helped too. Because the finger attachments are mobile and loose, grappling with them better than most thus far. The only real problem with them is what I mentioned in the video, the loose riveting points, lack of them, and the stretching of the attachment points over time to the inner glove. I have now actually hockey tapped in the pointer and pinky finger...which helps safety quite a bit. I did it in a way that does not affect the grip feeling at all.

@@colleptic Thanks so much for this info. I've been on the fence for buying these for a quite a while, it's a big investment for me. If I am going to buy a glove, everything about it has to be acceptable in my mind relative to SPES heavies. Have you posted a pic of your hockey tape fix anywhere? Think it'd be worth taping pre-emptively? Thanks again! You do great work.

That is how they all work or should be set-up, it pops out anyhow.

Yes...a point I later thought I should have mentioned in the video. Still would not make it as move "exactly" how I like it, but would help change the sword's momentum as well.

Hey@@colleptic do you have any experience with the Poker Armory Sabres? I have one of there Proeliator Feders for almost a year and it's one of the best I've used. Because of its high quality I'm driving into more of the swords.

Yes, if you are crafty enough I could see doing the sides...but not the top, that would require taking apart the whole glove, unless you are good enough to do that, which I am not. For the sides, I think you would need a way to attach a material to the inner glove, to attach the rivets on the outside to...I think if you just put rivet through the outside, they would rub on your fingers etc. After looking at it over-and-over again myself, I think some tough thread, sowing the side of the pinky and point finger to the sides could work, without causing chaffing points...but I need find someone who can do this for me.

It is a fully functional very strong blade. It is just not balanced very well, it handles like a heavy bar. I am not sure if they worked on that on newer versions though, but if you wanted a zombie killer, that will cleave heads, not chip, not break, super easy to maintain and would last through an apocalypse... you would prob want this over a $1000-3000 sword LOL. Albions are amazing, but I would save that ones edge for a real duel, or battle against raiders during the apocalypse, use the Cold Steel Hand and a Half for cutting through hard zombie bone. Seriously though, if you want an great, well balanced starter weapon, I suggest Cold Steel's Italian Longsword. I am not sure how they got the balance and handling on the Hand and a Half so wrong, because the Italian version handles very well and cuts way above is price point. Check out reviews on that one, most comments are how it is a great starter weapon.

@@colleptic If the world ends and i walk into the woods with my rifle and bushcraft knife i would like a sword i could stake my life one. Or just leave it to my kid when i croak lol I think ill buy it anyways thank you