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Re: craftiness
« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2012, 07:13:06 PM »

Check out mah chainmail:
It's gonna be a sleeve for a costume. It's turning out pretty cool.

Will you show the costume when it's done?
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Re: craftiness
« Reply #16 on: January 12, 2012, 04:00:35 AM »

Definitely.
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Re: craftiness
« Reply #17 on: January 12, 2012, 09:25:33 AM »

have you tried riveted chainmail? bugger to make but looks super special
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« Reply #18 on: January 13, 2012, 03:31:18 AM »

I read about that but I'm not sure what it is and how to do it. It would probably take too much time for my costume but maybe I could try after and keep making chainmail as a hobby :P
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Re: craftiness
« Reply #19 on: January 13, 2012, 04:37:42 AM »

spring washer chain mail is the next step..tougher than simple split ring stuff ....both are like a gateway drug to hardcore riveting and full on re-enactment though so beware!
http://blog.makezine.com/2010/02/22/how-to-make-riveted-chain-mail/

http://www.romanarmy.net/chainmail.htm
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Re: craftiness
« Reply #20 on: January 13, 2012, 05:00:24 AM »

Holy fuck the riveted stuff looks evil but also super cool. All of a sudden I feel like I want to be a blacksmith.
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Re: craftiness
« Reply #21 on: January 13, 2012, 05:26:23 AM »

if you want to cheat a little you can buy pre pierced washers for riveting.... and simply construct the stuff.... but the hard core in you will eventuall want to try making it all from scratch.....I know a guy who even draws his own wire for making chainmail...he is a swordsmith though and has a proper forge....
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« Reply #22 on: January 13, 2012, 06:14:30 AM »

Aw man now I have all these awesome fantasies about being a blacksmith's apprentice and making armour and weapons and selling them at fantasy fairs and medieval fairs. I need to get that out of my head, it's never going to happen. But I've already kind of decided to ask for all those pliers and flatteners and tongs for my birthday and try to make riveted chainmail from scratch in the summer holiday when I have more time. I've finally found a creative hobby I really like so I probably won't want to stop after the costumes are finished.
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Re: craftiness
« Reply #23 on: January 13, 2012, 06:37:16 AM »

well actually if you love making it...it is actually relatively easy to sell to re-enactors and Larpers....(also the fetish scene)
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Re: craftiness
« Reply #24 on: January 13, 2012, 12:50:48 PM »

Have you tried chainmaille jewlery? That's my favorite to make :)
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Re: craftiness
« Reply #25 on: January 13, 2012, 07:37:34 PM »

The riveted mail looks (to me) a bit too modern-machined....

I don't believe I've EVER seen a historical example fabricated that way.
That said, I quite like chainmail in general.
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« Reply #26 on: January 13, 2012, 07:53:04 PM »

Aw man now I have all these awesome fantasies about being a blacksmith's apprentice and making armour and weapons and selling them at fantasy fairs and medieval fairs. I need to get that out of my head, it's never going to happen. But I've already kind of decided to ask for all those pliers and flatteners and tongs for my birthday and try to make riveted chainmail from scratch in the summer holiday when I have more time. I've finally found a creative hobby I really like so I probably won't want to stop after the costumes are finished.

I've read that blacksmiths are in high demand in the States. A niche market, to be sure - but there aren't very many left, and even fewer going into the trade.

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Re: craftiness
« Reply #27 on: January 14, 2012, 01:24:59 AM »

The riveted mail looks (to me) a bit too modern-machined....

I don't believe I've EVER seen a historical example fabricated that way.
That said, I quite like chainmail in general.
having the luxury of living in britain...have seen tonnes of original riveted chainmail....it was invented to stop arrows as the links would not spring open (did not help that much but then I have seen an arrow go clean through a back and breast plate...)
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« Reply #28 on: January 14, 2012, 05:19:45 AM »

I've read that blacksmiths are in high demand in the States. A niche market, to be sure - but there aren't very many left, and even fewer going into the trade.
If only I lived in the States...

Have you tried chainmaille jewlery? That's my favorite to make :)
I've thought about that but I'd need to find some nicer looking wire and I think I'd have to make smaller rings. I do want to try it when I'm done with these though, it seems cool to make (and wear).
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Re: craftiness
« Reply #29 on: January 14, 2012, 06:44:30 PM »




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