# Armor to protect the forearm? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armor-to-protect-the-forearm/356077 "2006-05-09T16:09:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armor-to-protect-the-forearm/356077/1 "2006-05-09T16:09:58Z")
My sister- of- the- chronically- broken- forearm is having a titanium cuff made by a jeweler to protect her forearm from the daily bumps and twangs that forearms are subjected to. She’s on her second set of plates and pins to hold the bones together and said she can’t tolerate the pain and twangy vibrations she feels when the plate or pins get bumped. The jeweler is making a nice celtic styled cuff (sort of lattice like with lots of air holes) to protect the arm from wrist to near elbow. Currently she’s using a sports shin guard. What would a cuff- like object like that be called? She wants a nice, fancy name for it. She claims Shiva sometimes wears a long cuff, but I think they are just bracelets:[http://store.yahoo.com/lotus-sculpture/19b83.html](http://store.yahoo.com/lotus-sculpture/19b83.html) ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armor-to-protect-the-forearm/356077/2 "2006-05-09T16:22:00Z")
It wouldn’t be a gauntlet, would it? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Batman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@The\_Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Batman)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armor-to-protect-the-forearm/356077/3 "2006-05-09T16:23:36Z")
It would be either a bracer or a gauntlet. Bracer might be more appropriate since gauntlets are also supposed to cover the back of the hand. A fancy name for it could be Kurokote, a japanese gauntlet made of iron plates. I could’nt find a picture of one but I guess they are like the ones in Batman Begins (but without the spikes). ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armor-to-protect-the-forearm/356077/4 "2006-05-09T17:16:02Z")
Bracer or vambrace … my experience of archery makes me associate “bracer” with the thing you wear to protect your inner forearm from the bowstring. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armor-to-protect-the-forearm/356077/5 "2006-05-09T17:28:22Z")
A titanium vambrace made by a jeweler? How much is that puppy setting her back, and is your last name Trump? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armor-to-protect-the-forearm/356077/6 "2006-05-09T17:38:18Z")
Like [this?](http://tiarmour.com/price%20list%20titanium_vambrace.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armor-to-protect-the-forearm/356077/7 "2006-05-09T18:07:45Z")
_Croisillon_ is the french word for _brace_. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armor-to-protect-the-forearm/356077/8 "2006-05-09T18:20:52Z")
Pro baseball players sometimes wear padded plastic armor to ward off inside fastballs while batting. If your sister doesn’t want to wear the titanium sleeve all the time, she might look into one of those. ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/armor-to-protect-the-forearm/356077/9 "2006-05-09T18:21:46Z")
He he- Thanks everyone. I told her this morning I could get at least three different cool names for the thing in less than 30 minutes on “my message board”! I wasn’t expecting pictures, though! I’ll go call her up and let her know.