Made in Cornwall by George of HEMA Penzance

Custom HEMA Bracers

Thick leather, steel plates, bungee cord fastening. About £220 a pair, made to fit your jacket.

Measure up and order
One of George's steel-plated leather bracers worn over a HEMA jacket
I Capitolo Primo The Work

Leather and Steel

Forearm armour by a club member who fences in them every week, designed for HEMA.

George has fenced at HEMA Penzance for many years, and he makes steel bracers and shields in his workshop. He wears his own work sparring twice a week, which is the best guarantee a piece of kit can have. After many years of testing and development, the design has become 16 and 18 gauge stainless steel plates, brass saddle riveted to 4mm thick leather. They are shaped to the forearm and fastened with bungee cord, so they go on and come off in seconds, adjust in size easily and hold fast in the bind. They are designed to tie onto the bottom of your elbow pads, so they stay in position for long sparring sessions.

They cover the forearm from wrist to elbow, the place a longsword or a sabre finds most often. Each pair is made to the measurements you send, custom fitted to your arm size in your HEMA jacket. About £220 a pair, or £120 for one.

George also 3D‑prints HEMA kit, elbow and shoulder pads among them, and makes buckler shields. If you want something he does not list here, ask in the notes on your order and he will tell you what he can do. Everything he makes is on the handmade HEMA gear page.

A steel-plated leather bracer worn on the forearm with a plated gauntlet
Worn with a gauntlet, covering wrist to elbow.
A pair of black leather bracers with stainless steel plates
A pair of forearm protectors: stainless steel plates, brass saddle riveted to black leather.
The back of a bracer laced with bungee cord through brass eyelets
The bungee cord lacing that holds it in the bind.
A plated bracer worn over a SPES HEMA jacket
Fitted over a HEMA jacket.
A pair of blue leather bracers showing the brass rivet pattern
Blue leather, with the rivets showing.
An earlier bracer in brown leather with three riveted brass plates
An earlier design, brown leather with three brass plates.
A bracer worn on an outstretched arm with a plated gauntlet
Arm out, in the kit it is made for.
Capitolo Secondo In Use

See Them in Action

Andy in full kit, wearing George's bracers, cutting and covering.

III Capitolo Terzo The Order

Measure Your Arm

Three measurements with a tape, and George does the rest. The order goes to him as an email.

What you need

Sending opens your email app with the order written out. If nothing opens, copy the order and email it to [email protected].


        

            

        

                

            

                
More from the Workshop

                

                    George's shaped buckler in dark wood with a steel boss and riveted brass edge
                    
                        Custom Bucklers
                        A steel boss over the fist, a hardwood grip, and an edge bound in leather or brass. Round or shaped.
                        Price on request
                        See the bucklers
                    
                
                    George's 3D-printed shoulder armour worn over a HEMA jacket
                    
                        3D‑Printed Pads
                        Elbow and shoulder pads, 3D‑printed in George's workshop. Ask for what you need.
                        Price on request
                        See the pads
                    
                

            

        


                

            

                Vienite a Imparare Come and Learn
                
See them on a Tuesday

                
George is at the club most weeks. Come along, try a pair on, and ask him anything. Your first lesson is free.

                

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