From: george.kincaid@worldnet.att.net   
      
   Good protection for your wrist and hands, I guess. Thank you. I've heard the   
   vaquero mentioned quite a bit. How common were they, I wonder? The cowboys   
   took a lot of gear and technology from the Spanish, then, right?   
   "Wyvern75"  wrote in message   
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   > Vambraces were used throughout Europe and came to the New World with   
   > the Spanish.  I have seen some of the old references from the Mission   
   > era with the term "vambrace" used when inventoring vaquero equipment   
   > (translated).   
   >   
   > A leather cuff could be sewn into one's shirt, a vambrace is separate.   
   > A gauntlet could also be a description, but generally gaunlets were   
   > part of a glove.   
   >   
      
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