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I've been told about an interesting hauberk pattern, and i'm wonering if anyone has a picture or something I can see.

It consists of 3, yes, three, 45 degree connetions per shoulder, and they all join at the side of the neck. Then, when one makes the sleeves, they lay much batter and there is less bunching in the armpit area. Anyone every see this done? I'm thinking about trying it on my next hauberk.

It'd work. By my scheme of mailshirt classification, I'd categorize that under Yoke-Tops.

You can accomplish the same result with a more curvy method: Construct a large semicircle, curved rows and expansions, for each shoulder, connecting the shoulder semicircles with rectangles of mail. At this point, such a yoke-top shirt becomes not readily distinguishable from a round mantletop, racetrack-oval variant.

There are enough variations on shoulder construction in shirts to keep you from getting bored for some time.

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