You can have 2 spiked or regular gauntlets, so you could pick up a +1 Parrying gauntlet for +1 to AC and saves that stacks with practically every other bonus out there. I tend to do similar on Barbarians so I can get Brash and Furious all the time without eating up space on my weapon. Similarly, if you want more armor slot bonuses, if you can deal with light armor (or mithril medium armor, technically), you can pick up dastana and chahar-aina to provide for armor special distributions.