We don't know much of anything about the Infinity Gauntlets in the MCU, but the one from the mainstream Earth-616 comics universe did not appear to have any special powers. It's sole purpose was to act as a holder to unify the Infinity Gems.

Obviously, individual stones can be wielded without the Gauntlet (for example, Ronan fuses one to his war hammer). Others have tried to gather the stones without necessarily possessing the Gauntlet. Although, to play devil's advocate, I don't know of a time when someone's gotten all six and not used the Gauntlet to control them.)

As far as I know, though, it seems the only thing special about the Gauntlet itself is that it was custom crafted to house the Infinity Gems in a way that's easy for the bearer to wield. When we talk about people "using the Infinity Gauntlet" to do things, it always seems to mean the complete Gauntlet, all Gems attached.

One thing to note is that the MCU version is already different from the -616 version, in that there are two of them. We saw one in Thor, but given that it had 6 stones in it, and we know for a fact at least four of those aren't the real Infinity Stones, it's possible that Odin's vault has a fake/replica. If it's a real one, however, that strongly implies that the Gauntlet itself isn't really unique, merely very convenient.

We don't know much of anything about the Infinity Gauntlets in the MCU, but the one from the mainstream Earth-616 comics universe did not appear to have any special powers. It's sole purpose was to act as a holder to unify the Infinity Gems.

Obviously, individual stones can be wielded without the Gauntlet (for example, Ronan fuses one to his war hammer). Others have tried to gather the stones without necessarily possessing the Gauntlet. In fact, for their first few appearances, the stones were used without the gauntlet; this was true up through Thanos Quest, the 1990 two-parter where Thanos gains control of all 6 stones for himself.

The gauntlet itself seems to just be a regular part of Thanos' usual costume, which he chose to attach the gems to once he had them all (in Silver Surfer v3, according to Marvel's wikia). Here, for example, is a shot of Thanos wearing two gold gauntlets that look suspiciously like the Infinity Gautlet, in Thanos Quest, before he possesses the gems:

One thing to note is that the MCU version is already different from the -616 version, in that there are two of them, both with slots for 6 Infinity Stones. We saw one in Thor, but given that it had 6 stones in it, and we know for a fact at least four of those aren't the real Infinity Stones, it's possible that Odin's vault has a fake/replica. If it's a real one, however, that strongly implies that the Gauntlet itself isn't really unique, merely very convenient.

We don't know much of anything about the Infinity Gauntlets in the MCU, but the one from the mainstream Earth-616 comics universe did not appear to have any special powers. It's sole purpose was to act as a holder to unify the Infinity Gems.

Obviously, individual stones can be wielded without the Gauntlet (for example, Ronan fuses one to his war hammer). Others have tried to gather the stones without necessarily possessing the Gauntlet. Although, to play devil's advocate, I don't know of a time when someone's gotten all six and not used the Gauntlet to control them.)

As far as I know, though, it seems the only thing special about the Gauntlet itself is that it was custom crafted to house the Infinity Gems in a way that's easy for the bearer to wield. When we talk about people "using the Infinity Gauntlet" to do things, it always seems to mean the complete Gauntlet, all Gems attached.

One thing to note is that the MCU version is already different from the -616 version, in that there are two of them. We saw one in Thor, but given that it had 6 stones in it, and we know for a fact at least hour of those aren't the real Infinity Stones, it's possible that Odin's vault has a fake/replica. If it's a real one, however, that strongly implies that the Gauntlet itself isn't really unique, merely very convenient.

We don't know much of anything about the Infinity Gauntlets in the MCU, but the one from the mainstream Earth-616 comics universe did not appear to have any special powers. It's sole purpose was to act as a holder to unify the Infinity Gems.

Obviously, individual stones can be wielded without the Gauntlet (for example, Ronan fuses one to his war hammer). Others have tried to gather the stones without necessarily possessing the Gauntlet. Although, to play devil's advocate, I don't know of a time when someone's gotten all six and not used the Gauntlet to control them.)

As far as I know, though, it seems the only thing special about the Gauntlet itself is that it was custom crafted to house the Infinity Gems in a way that's easy for the bearer to wield. When we talk about people "using the Infinity Gauntlet" to do things, it always seems to mean the complete Gauntlet, all Gems attached.

One thing to note is that the MCU version is already different from the -616 version, in that there are two of them. We saw one in Thor, but given that it had 6 stones in it, and we know for a fact at least four of those aren't the real Infinity Stones, it's possible that Odin's vault has a fake/replica. If it's a real one, however, that strongly implies that the Gauntlet itself isn't really unique, merely very convenient.