Adam Savage Meets Real Armored Gauntlets!

Despite having made his own full suit of armor, Adam has never actually held a historical piece of armored gauntlet. That changes when he visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Arms and Armor conservation lab, where armorer Ted Hunter brings out five pieces of 16th Century gauntlets for Adam to handle and inspect. Varied in their construction, purpose, and ornate style, these beautiful pieces of real armor are each more stunning than the last!

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[robertbawden]

Imagine the pride those blacksmiths would have if they knew that an odd 500+ years later there work would still be admired and survived all this time due to there quality of craftsmanship

[stopandlisten]

This video is another reminder that people in the past were just as intelligent as people today, just having different technology. It's easy to automatically have a prejudice of people in the past, just because our technology is more advanced.

[jackking]

I'm a qualified blacksmith. During my training (UK - industrial) my instructor made a full suit of armour. As a trainee I helped him make that suit.(as well as other items) Despite me working with metal for 4 decades since my training, there's absolutely no way I could ever reach the skill levels required for making such a suit.
For me, I see such items as seen in this video and can work out their construction and the various stages of manufacture but to actually do it is on a seriously high skill level.
The objects shown here are in good hands and being shown to others - that can't be a bad thing :)

[JL]

In today's terms, these blacksmiths were essentially building a fighter jet of its time. Craftsmanship is pretty astounding.

[_lime.]

No idea how many videos you guys got to film with Arms and Armor Department but hopefully it's a ton because I'm absolutely loving them so far. So much incredible knowledge that these guys have to share. It's amazing to see such historical knowledge being shared in such a new medium.

[HostileTakeover]

Adam's unabashed enthusiasm, wonder, and curiosity for everything is 85% of the reason I love these videos, and how I aspire to approach life! Keep it going!

[chintex_]

As an artist who draws a *lot* of medieval armors I cannot get enough of this. This is an excellent reference!

[NatesMiniatures]

My jaw dropped when I seen the quality of these, how! all the individual hammer strikes on that first one and how smooth it looks with hidden rivets. They were truly master smiths

[raskp]

I think videos like this are amazing. Taking modern crafts people and allowing them to first hand experience the craft work of masters in the past gives such a great perspective to us. There's so much passion and knowledge in the curation of these and people like Adam are the perfect audience to bring us along on the ride.

[rhodriwilliams]

What a personable character Ted is. There is nothing better than hearing someone speak about a subject they are clearly very passionate and knowledgeable about. Thoroughly enjoyable, thanks again Tested.

[woxmark]

I just love how exited he gets when he says" I can touch these" in falsetto just like a kid. The passion he must have for this

[FUBARguy]

I am so impressed by the craftsmanship. These items are from hundreds of years ago and they used the same techniques I use in my lesther working. Rivets and strap rings and overlapping layers or protected flexing. Then you add in Adam's wonderful excitement for things and I feel that so much!

[moos]

I've seen countless armor suits on display in museum and castles but getting these gauntless explained and shown up close was really special. Also I had no idea a design exists that locks your sword inside the gauntlet so you can't drop it, that's ingenious! While it obviously is very important to not drop your sword on the battlefield a blow to your sword that would have smashed it out of your hand but now can't since the sword is locked in place would probably also put a lot of stress on your wrist and elbow. But it makes sense to rather feel some pain in the aftermath then to lose your head while trying to pick up your dropped sword. Amazing designs, thanks for showing those!

[maxvanbalgooy]

Thanks to the Met for sharing their collection and to Adam for making the effort to see it. Museums have amazing collections and while we can see some of it on display, we can’t really understand how it’s made or used without these types of explanations. Terrific video all around!

[Reijack]

The only place I had ever seen a "locking gauntlet" before today was in the Player's Handbook of D&D 3.5, and I thought they just made it up!
I am beyond staggered to learn that such a thing actually existed!

[CLawson]

You can see and feel Adam’s joy and excitement in these videos. Love it!

[MesoScale]

At first I thought the first one doesn’t look that impressive, but then I realized they made such a smooth surface with just their medieval tools. Mind blowing.

[Dcohen]

Adam, thank you for being as unabashedly excited with this experience as many of us would be. Great video as always! I've seen the Met's Arms and Armor exhibit many times and am always amazed.

My cousin does similar work in classic art at the National Gallery of Art in DC. She showed me the back rooms and processes in the same way you experienced it. Being within inches of an original Monet and watching the restoration process is something I'll never forget.

[felipetamayorivaspla]

10:56 Adam with a Rolex on his wrist 🤣