This article is a guide for making chainmail armor from start simple wire to finish a finished chainmail shirt.
Make your own chainmail rings.
How to make your own chainmail.
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Taking the time to cut my own rings has brought me more satisfactory feeling about my finishes products.
There are several sections to this guide.
But his triumph is also testimony to his skill at making chainmail.
Chainmail armor is typically made from steel wire with a thickness between 18 gauge and 14 gauge.
Henrik has been fashioning chainmail of every description for the past four decades from beautiful sterling silver belts to a 50 pound battle hauberk a knee length shirt.
As shown in earlier pictures my shirt has a cross made out o 14 gauge copper 1 4 rings.
The kind of wire that you need depends on the specific application.
And now i m going to teach you what he taught me.
Materials making the rings weaving the rings and making the shirt.
This is the weave that you usually see in movies.
A shirt of chainmail will require about 1 2 mile 0 8km of wire.
X research source this means that you ll need to wind the wire and use wire cutters to create loops then attach them together 3 rings at a time.
How to make chainmail jump rings chainmail jewelry can be achieved by any average person with a few tools time and materials.
We will be using the european 4 in 1 weave as this is the most common weave.
Making a chain mail shirt is quite an amazing feat and i commend everyone that is able to finish one.