Chain mail

[BLAZN]

Do the renaissance fair types really pay well for chainmail? Do they buy it in premeasured lengths or in things like clothing, etc.?
Just curious

I watched a guy make some ornamental head dresses and a coif... the head dresses were going for $75 a pop with MAYBE 200 or 300 rings in them. I dunno what he wanted for the coif.

What are the stats???

looks nice, bit loose, but nice.

Umm... the rings are made from 14awg solid copper. I personally stripped the copper, coiled it up and cut the rings with a pair of tin snips. I've gotten the rings as closed as I can.

Thanks.

Found this site.

Exactly what I need to do... join another forum. lol

cwr89 is right we've hijacked this thread long enough let's give it back to BLAZN, he's earned it with his wonderful work. Sorry BLAZN.

No biggy.

Somewhat. One of the paradoxes of mail is that the more you wear it, the less it patinas because the links rub against each other and literally polish each other.

I've heard that and I had actually counted on it to keep my copper, copper. Though, maybe a little bit of tarnish would look nice. I wouldn't want to be wearing the Statue of Liberty on my head, though.

Copper's fun to play with, but any large expanse of it will pull the links open under their own weight unless you're using obscenely large gauges of wire. Mild steel will do the same thing if there's enough mail in one piece.

14awg is fairly stiff stuff, as I'm sure you know.
The strip I made will likely be absorbed into the coif I have started. I'm debating whether I want to do a coif with a full mantle or not.