First try stainless steel lamellar

[Brokentooth]

Hello all,

Ive been lurking around a while and decided to finally take the plunge and put a pic of what Im working on up. I used 18g stainless and 550 para cord for the lamellar, the shoulders are thick leather, I dont know the weight but its about twice the thickness of my belt.

I intend to take this kit apart over the winter and put leather between each row, trying for a Byzntiene appearance. Not certain how I will finish off the shoulder/upper arm protection but am game for any sugestions.

Oh and the whole thing is a bit off line the measurements worked when I started but either the steel shrunk or I expanded a bit, I still swear the steel shrunk ,either way I let the torso out a bit The chain was purchased and now has a front and back slit so I dont feel like I am in a mini skirt.


[img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v723/Leeaanna/pen35009.jpg[/img]
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[img]http://myspace-181.vo.llnwd.net/00970/18/19/970839181_m.jpg[/img]

Brokentooth ,

[Sextus Maximus]

Looks really good. I did my first set of lamellar in stainless and it was alot of work cutting, grinding and punching. Well done..

[Vermillion]

Wow thats a lot of work in stainless. Did you do the cutting and punching by hand or some kind of large scale/industrail process?

[Brokentooth]

Thanks Ronnin I like the look so far. I am lucky I work at a place that does decoritive metal work and they decided to train me in making die sets for our presses. Needless to say I had a fair idea as to what kind of die I would like to try my hand at. All the stainless was punched out on an industrial press and then tumbled to deburr. Nothing like a fringe benni

Brokentooth

[Sextus Maximus]

Ugh, why you... lol I did it the hard way took me 6 months.. Looks good though.