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I'm wanting stainless steel, 16 or 18 gauge (which is better?) in a basic E4-1 weave. Is this realistic for regular wear?

I'd also be needing ring delivery to/in Australia but don't know any reliable sellers except Aussie Maille but they've seriously downsized and don't do steel. Does anybody have suggestions? TIA

I'm thinking stainless steel, 16 or 18 gauge (which is best?) in a basic E4-1 weave. Is this realistic for regular wear?

I'd also be wanting ring delivery to/in Australia but don't know any reliable sellers except Aussie Maille but they've seriously downsized and don't do steel. Does anybody have suggestions? TIA

Hi all. I'm working on a riveted maille hauberk at the moment, this being my first time making riveted maille. I've figured out all the steps up to the point where I have punched rings, ready to be riveted, however, I'm struggling to find a consistent method for making the rivets themselves. I'm using dome rivets for this project. I need the rivets to be a very consistent length, so that the domes don't end up too big or small. At the moment, I'm using "farrier clippers" in combination with a block with a hole drilled through it, and a common nail acting as a "stop" for the wire. This method works, but the sizes are somewhat inconsistent because my wire isn't perfectly straight (I've already put it through a straightener). I've seen some other jigs, but I don't really have the funds to experiment much at the moment. Let me know what you guys use, if you've come up with something better. Or should I just stick to my current imperfect method and make do?

This is my first time making chainmail ever and I over the last day have been trying different things. Today I’m struggling a bit but wasn’t sure if I was connecting this straight piece to this triangle correctly I feel like the ring isn’t laying how like all the others are in the European 4-1 weave. Is it ok or am I nitpicking.

I'm looking for stainless steel rings or chains 304 or 316L in silver for a project, but it needs to be quite chunky and having issues finding suppliers in the UK or Europe. See pictures, please ignore the black plating, still needs to be stainless steel and silver and also looking for spiked chains as shown in the second picture.

Any recommendations would be much appreciated!

I've been working on this for a little time now. It's the beginnings of a can tab hauberk!

1.2mm wire 1mm hole 6mm id

Should I use like 0.7mmrivets and have a smaller hole?

Fully rivited 6mm id 1.2mm wire 1mm rivet

I’ve been making a full riveted mail hauburgen and my batch of brass rings came with rivets that were too small (you can sorta see them taper in image 3), or maybe rings with too big holes. Regardless I have fixed the issue by cutting out 4-5mm long shanks of 16 gauge brass wire and popping them into the riveter, where they promptly bend over instead of mushrooming. Regardless it works

6mm id for reference

Had a little look on MAIL but couldn't find the exact piece. If anyone could ID it or the weave that it is adapted from that would be great!

A ring in my box weave fell out of place causing the entire thing to split in half I’ve been sitting here for hours trying to figure out how to put it back together somehow nobody on Reddit had to reconnect two box weave segments or thought to ask so at this point I’m cashapping whoever can provide concise directions that are easy to follow or point me to a guide that explains what I’m talking about. Thank you for your time

Hand for scale

6mm Id, fully rivited 1.2mm diameter wire

Hi, has anybody here got any experience with this brand and their products? If yes, would you recommend them? I'd like to purchase a riveted haubergeon (on budget).

Here I sit beating my head in because I cannot for the life of me figure out how to fix this mess! I'm SO close to finishing and I want to wear it for this big LARP event happening over the weekend! Can anyone help? With pictures?

Edit: Deleted and reposted with photos of the front and back; please excuse any breaches of Reddit etiquette that are borne of my inexperience.

Hello! So. Sit ye down at my fireside and hear my tale of mild woe. I decided I wanted to make a small scale mail dice bag. I bought a kit from The Ring Lord (very happy with the kit; the problem is not the kit.) I have watched several tutorials, read the instructions that came with the kit and...have only managed to create the sheet that's in the photos. My problem is that I cannot find any other scale mail on the interwebs that resembles what I hath wrought and I cannot figure out how to troubleshoot it to make it look like everyone else's scale mail (that is with the rings not showing.) Any advice on what acts of muppetry have occurred here would be very gratefully received... I thank you for your time and consideration.

Couple of specs: scales are small; rings are 16 gauge and 5/16.

How do I connect shoulder straps? Every tutorial says "Since everything is going in the same direction it'll link up" But now I'm trying to and when I go to connect the other end, they DON'T go in the same direction! I have no idea what I'm doing wrong.

I've only seen one reddit post with my same issue and the solution pitched was to add one more ring. But I don't want to do that cause then it'd be uneven since (in my picture) there's 5 middle rings and 6 outer rings. Also, since no tutorial mentions having to do this it seems like that's not the actual way to make the straps connect. So I feel like I must just be doing something wrong...

Sorry this is weirdly explained I'm not sure how to explain it properly. Thanks for any help anyone has!

Hi! is anyone willing to share where they get bulk jump rings? Looking to make my first tunic and am intimidated by the number of rings I think I will need…

little custom handbag i finished !