Sparring Gloves Mittens with Long Cuffs

I'll start with the things I like about them first:

- the long cuffs work great for catching cuts to the arms.

- the lacing is easy to repair if it comes undone or is cut.

And now for the bad:

-The pocket the fingers go in to are so tight I can't hold my sword in a handshake grip.

-The palm is left exposed, and it's just a matter of time until you catch a thrust into the exposed inside of the hand.

-The material used isn't strong enough to fully stop powerful cuts without bruising especially on the base of the thumb and knuckles.

-mobility of the wrist is hampered by the way the cuff is sown on. I've found it hard to use the lower crossed guards, Wechel, Schrackhut, crossed Nebenhut and Schüssle are particularly difficult in theses gloves.

If you use a sword with a ringed cross guard I think some of the safety problems may be lessened. However I would still ware smaller gloves under them (I've been warring leather work gloves under mine). Also if you never do any hard sparring or go to tournaments some of these problems will be less pressing.

In conclusion; there is more wrong with these gloves then there is right. I would recommend getting different gloves.

I hope this is helpful
Have a great day.

As a point of reference, I am a beginner that used hockey gloves that I had to tape in places to make sure I didn't have any bits sticking out.

Right hand glove was perfect, but left hand glove had a couple rubbing points. One of the rubbing points was around the base of the index finger, where there was a minor imperfection in the stitching, and the other rubbing point was on a thumb knuckle, though that might be due to my hands being slightly asymmetrical. These problems went away after building calluses and breaking in the gloves.

Mobility is excellent, and I can actually rotate between thumbing and handshake grip now, unlike with the hockey gloves that kept getting caught on the crossguard.

Forearms aren't perfect for high speed protection, even with plastic swords, so I still have bruises, but I don't feel like my arms are going to break.

Strikes landed on my hands are much easier to resolve now, it makes a distinct sound when I've taken a good hit.