This was a really exciting personal project to honor my favorite slasher film, A Nightmare on Elm Street. I've always loved how unique the knife glove is. There is truly no other horror movie weapon like it. This one is made with plastic instead of metal for safety, but despite that, I worked hard to make it look as screen accurate as possible. I even used the same brand of glove as used in the film! The glove allows for a near full range of motion, it's one limitation being you cannot put your hand in a fist while wearing it. The plastic is soft and flexible which makes it very safe and unable to actually cut anyone.
This was a really exciting personal project to honor my favorite slasher film, A Nightmare on Elm Street. I've always loved how unique the knife glove is. There is truly no other horror movie weapon like it. This one is made with plastic instead of metal for safety, but despite that, I worked hard to make it look as screen accurate as possible. I even used the same brand of glove as used in the film! The glove allows for a near full range of motion, it's one limitation being you cannot put your hand in a fist while wearing it. The plastic is soft and flexible which makes it very safe and unable to actually cut anyone.
This glove is based off the one seen in the original 1984 film. The glove is genuine leather and the armor is all polystyrene plastic except for the "rivets" which are metal paper brads. I cut holes out of the glove, dyed the leather, and burnished the edges. I did some extra burnishing on the surface of the glove to give it a burned and worn look. For the armor, I created a paper template which I then used to cut out my plastic pieces from sheets. I punched holes out for the brads using a nail. Then I used a heat gun and every ounce of patience I possess to mold the pieces to the correct shapes. The knife blades are "welded" on with a paste made from my plastic scraps softened in acetone. The paint job was done with acrylic.
This glove is based off the one seen in the original 1984 film. The glove is genuine leather and the armor is all polystyrene plastic except for the "rivets" which are metal paper brads. I cut holes out of the glove, dyed the leather, and burnished the edges. I did some extra burnishing on the surface of the glove to give it a burned and worn look. For the armor, I created a paper template which I then used to cut out my plastic pieces from sheets. I punched holes out for the brads using a nail. Then I used a heat gun and every ounce of patience I possess to mold the pieces to the correct shapes. The knife blades are "welded" on with a paste made from my plastic scraps softened in acetone. The paint job was done with acrylic.
