For anyone wondering (about the unlikely injuries, and happenstances), i have owned the Lobsters from spes for about a year now. And while they do protect most of the hand fairly well, the fingertips and your thumb is in for a lot of pain. In the short time i've owned them, i already got 1x broken thumb (put me out for a month) and MANY bruised middle fingers (these take about a week to settle down, and months for the bruise to disappear) and 1x cut to the wrist, that was extremely painful, and wasnt even that strong (this hurt me for 3 months, it only healed after i got my thumb broken - i couldnt fence for a few months, but because of other reasons). This was all on my dominant (right) hand. It might be just my fencing, but the right hand glove is very worn down compared to the left one as well, one of the rivets has already popped off, 3 others are loose and i got a nice thrust in between the plates, so the inner heavy fabric, that the plates are riveted to, is almost completely torn off of the rivet. So, in short, if you do a lot of heavy sparring, perhaps look elsewhere. I'm gonna list at least some positives: for their size they are quite agile, strong cuts on top of hand are barely felt, they are easy to put on and off, you do feel quite safe in them at first.
How do you compare the sparring glove gauntlets you have to the infinity ones? Are the infinity worth the extra money and wait time or is there not much in it?
Lots of people in my club do, and on sabres you can fit them in, theyr'e pretty decent. Sparring gloves are *probably* the best all rounder glove, though definitely not the best at anything in particular.
Do you notice a dexterity difference between the two gloves? Also , is there a crowding difference between the two gloves? I've used Spes Heavy Gloves with a Regenyei shorty and there is very little space for both hands.Wondering if the Sparring Glove are smaller.
Lots of practical in-use comments I haven’t seen any where else - thanks !
For anyone wondering (about the unlikely injuries, and happenstances), i have owned the Lobsters from spes for about a year now. And while they do protect most of the hand fairly well, the fingertips and your thumb is in for a lot of pain. In the short time i've owned them, i already got 1x broken thumb (put me out for a month) and MANY bruised middle fingers (these take about a week to settle down, and months for the bruise to disappear) and 1x cut to the wrist, that was extremely painful, and wasnt even that strong (this hurt me for 3 months, it only healed after i got my thumb broken - i couldnt fence for a few months, but because of other reasons). This was all on my dominant (right) hand. It might be just my fencing, but the right hand glove is very worn down compared to the left one as well, one of the rivets has already popped off, 3 others are loose and i got a nice thrust in between the plates, so the inner heavy fabric, that the plates are riveted to, is almost completely torn off of the rivet. So, in short, if you do a lot of heavy sparring, perhaps look elsewhere.
I'm gonna list at least some positives: for their size they are quite agile, strong cuts on top of hand are barely felt, they are easy to put on and off, you do feel quite safe in them at first.
How do you compare the sparring glove gauntlets you have to the infinity ones? Are the infinity worth the extra money and wait time or is there not much in it?
Did you use sparring gloves with saber? Do you like them?
Lots of people in my club do, and on sabres you can fit them in, theyr'e pretty decent. Sparring gloves are *probably* the best all rounder glove, though definitely not the best at anything in particular.
Do you notice a dexterity difference between the two gloves? Also , is there a crowding difference between the two gloves? I've used Spes Heavy Gloves with a Regenyei shorty and there is very little space for both hands.Wondering if the Sparring Glove are smaller.