Given a sentence in Japanese, provide an equivalent paraphrased translation in English that retains the same meaning both through the translation and the paraphrase.

彼らは真鍮の上に取り付けられたハンドルを持つ白い革のエプロン、長い人の手袋と斧を備えていました。
They were equipped with a white leather apron , long gauntlet gloves , and an axe with a brass mounted handle .