Got a Real World Weapons or Armour Question? Mk X

[Matthew]

There's quite a lot of crossbowmen without them as well.

By 'common sense' crossbow doesn't require that ' nimble' fingers, as you doesn't have to control arrow and string at the same time, releasing it manually.

You draw the string using some lever, and place the bolt, only being careful, so everything is set nice and straight.

But that's just speculation, obviously.

Dude carrying the axe has one bare hand as well. Very interesting illustration. Still, I think the general conclusion stands that gloves make it potentially harder to manipulate weaponry. I would be interested in any examples of armoured gauntlets that did not interfere with manual dexterity, though.