For those who don't know, there are now two kinds of hand equipment, gauntlets and bracers. To put it simply, the first is more for offence while the latter is more defensive. I'm currently playing a monk as my main and so I like to have both. When came the time to bless my bracers into the holy pool of the starting area's church, it wouldn't work compared to gauntlets. As far as I'm concerned, even gloves can be blessed in the pool.
I'm not including a screenshot, though when clicking and doing the dialog of the pool, it shows the messages of getting the equipment blessed without afterwards showing in the log "Gained: Blessed [...] Bracers".