Very, very nice stuff Julio, as always! :o)

And I also would like to see your technics summed up in a complete tutorial.

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Hello!

@ Justin

Can you give more information about the first pic? I'm especially interested in the mail-item under the breastplate.
Has this been a shirt or a collar?

Many thanks and regards

Haiko

Thanks a lot! :o)

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Hello!

As the most important person when it comes to riveted maille (yes, i'm kissing butt :o))....
....is there a chance you could send me a copy too? My email is
haiko.wieland@bankgesellschaft.de
This would be great. Thanks in advance.

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Freiman,

since you also come from germany you should have been able the find the book.
I suppose you mean:

Title: "Musica getutscht"
Author: "Sebastian Virdung (priest in Amberg)"
Published: 1511

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Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

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Thats probably the reason why the shirts weights 22 kg!

Yes, your translation is correct.

No it is not the same shirt. The shirt you mean is the shirt from Kungslena.

http://home.swipnet.se/~w-64205/kungslena.html

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Have a look at:

http://www.debach.de/ketten.htm

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Erik D. Schmid wrote:Esme,

You know how the rows on a mail shirt go around the body? I think many of you term it "hanging closed". Well, the rows on many standards run the opposite or "hanging open".

OK, i understand what you mean.

Thanks

[quote="Erik D. Schmid"]
Also, some of the collars on standards have the rows running up and down rather than side to side. Many mail skirts also show this characteristic.
[quote]

I'm not sure what you mean by saying this!? Could you explain?

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Thanks for your quick response. I was already afraid of this answer. Nethertheless, as you said, it is quite stunning and for me hard to believe that just this should be an artistic license...

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Hello! My question is: what are authentic chainmail patterns? I know there is a lot of rubbish out there concerning different patterns. After a while i found the pattern of the A2 shirt in the wallace collection and every shirt i have seen so far seems to be made in a way very close to this pattern....

Hello!

Even if it seems you just have decided to use that name...

"(Herr) Gregor von Liebau" is a lot more german since "lubawe" is a slavic name and not a german.

Mit deutschen Grüßen :o)

Agenor de Vifargent:

I have updated the url's of both pics in my former post. They should work now.

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Hello! Thanks for your response :o) Brian W. Rainey: No, there is no specific period of time/location i try to represent. Furthermore i would like to add, that neither my tools nor the appearance of my stuff are period...as you already know ;o) Thomas james hayman: I simply use a hydraulic press tha...

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Rings have an inner diameter of roughtly 7.7 mm. They are made from 1.4 mm wire before flattening. Round rivets are made from 1.0 mm wire.

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AAAAAHHHHH! :o) I understand. The "shoulders" refer to the wire next to the overlap. When you first overlap and then flatten the ring you can not obtain a flat wire next to the overlap, without flatten the overlap to much. To flatten the overlap successfully you need the cocked hammer strike that le...

OK...i read the thread several times and looked at the pictures. But there is still this question. Maybe i am especially stupid or only don't know what to look for but Erik (or any of the others) : What do you mean with "rounded shoulder area on either side of the lapped area"? I know that this ques...

Erik...it seems that we have different views concerning "steps". What i meant were steps as seen on the pic posted by Stephen. And as you already did you agree with me that period maille did not have such steps. And now as we are all happy we can concentrate on our hobby/work: riveting small iron li...

"I can try to glue it in, but then the riveted ring's hold will be stronger than the glue holding the spike in place" You don't have to fear this. When using epoxy-resin-glue (i believe to remember, that "araldite" is one of the tradesnames) the connection is a lot more stronger than forces that may...

Yes...most rings seem to be oval. Some of us trace this back to the possibility, that the rings could have been cut without overlap. If you later overlap the rings e.g. with tongs they get this shape. Concerning your question...I would not suggest doing it that way. If you first flatten the ring and...

Hello! Read m There you will find the answer to your second and third question. As far as i know the less exposed parts of a hauberk have been made of thinner and so lighter rings. But i don't know which parts. I suppose you are talking about the "watershed" effect. There have been many discussions ...

Another Question: Does anybody know wether the coif belongs to the first helmet?

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I have built my first set of tongs so that i am able to replace the punchbit if it breaks and the receptable if it's weared. During process of building i can place the receptable exactly were it needs to be and one day if i decide to punch smaller or larger rivetholes i can adjust the tongs within m...

Brother Justin: The tongs themselves don't have to be of hardened steel. It is easier to work with them if they are soft. That's why i suggest you to buy cheap tongs. They are usually soft enough to be grinded and filed. But make sure that the joint of the tongs is good. That means that the jaws onl...