Assassin's Creed - Ezio Auditore Gauntlet Replica

Giving everyone a warning in advance for this product, I recently got it and I would like to tell people now to be careful of the plastic blade, after 8 reloads over a duration of an hour the blade actually broke and shot for quiet a distant, juding by the point of it the item has/had a problem with the glue

Just received my gauntlet. It looks extremely cool, but is way more plastic than I thought.
The gauntlet comes in two parts, the vambrace and the hidden blade. The blade mechanism is attached to a hard plastic leather piece that has 2 velcro straps with which to attach it to your arm. Then you put over the vambrace.

I have thin arms and found the vambrace to be quiet tight. It's easier to put it on without sleeves, unlike Ezio. It comes with a strap (the one that looks like leather), but that is actually plastic as well. It's somewhat flexible and I think you're supposed to be able to open it, but it looks like it'd break if I tried. So careful if you have large arms.

One good thing is the hidden safety mechanism for the blade. You can lock it in place, which will be useful since it's quite easy to accidentally activate the blade. And the spring has power! Be aware though, that the blade is soft (almost wobbly).

In a nutshell, great prop, but don't expect to get a lot of play out of it without breaking it. For its quality a bit overpriced, in my oppinion.

This is a very very cool LARP piece. It's really well made and you feel very awesome tapping out the blade.

There is just a couple of things to notice that might be a flaw to some people :

1. It's activated by a button unlike in the actual game, but you can hold the blade with your fingers before it taps out (then again I don't even know how else to do it anyway)
2. It's very very loud. The only way to make it quieter is placing the vambrace under a jacket. Otherwise, when you summon the blade at night, everyone in the house is going to wake up
3. Takes awhile to put on (not much of a trouble though)

But even with some flaws, it's a really well-made item for its price. I definetely did not regret buying it.

Recently recieved this as part of the Assassins Creed 3 promotion at EB Games, but purchase most of my stuff through MightyApe. The blade itself is quite entertaining to flick in and out, but the vambrace itself isnt attached to the actual blade. It slips over top and due to its hard plastic is very hard to put on. If you watch the above video you will see the vambrace is not buckled up because it doesnt fit on his arm. Overall it isnt a bad replica, but you get what you pay for. It does look quite realistic but the blade is a little flimsy due to being made out of plastic.