Depends on your skill level, and your gauntlets, for example fur gauntlets raise your hand to hand by two or three I think, and novice hit one, apprentice hit 2, journey men hit 3, experts hit 4 and masters five, but your strenth also effects it, though I'm not sure how much strenth equals one more attack point, somwhere around 2o I think, and wearing rings affect it too, and enchented rings let you hurt ghost and their lik.
I don't know where you're getting your information, but gauntlets and rings do not affect Hand to Hand. Damage is affected only by Hand to Hand skill, Strength, Luck, and Fatigue. You must be Journeyman to hurt ethereals (ghosts, wraiths, etc.).