The Armour Archive

I am going to be getting some riveted supplies soon. I bought a pound of 3/8 ready to rivet rings from Forth Armoury this morning and I wish that I had the cash to get some more. I have a supply of 3/8 solid rings in my material ‘stash’. So I am trying to decide what to make when the rings get here. I don’t have a helm yet, otherwise I’d scrounge up some more $ and buy two pounds so I can make an aventail for it. I would also make a standard with the rings, two if I went alternating solid/riveted. Anyone else have some ideas for things that I could make?

Hauberk?

I bought a pound of 3/8 ready to rivet rings from Forth Armoury this morning......

Thanks for the idea but I don't think that a pound of rings will make an adult sized hauberk

That is one tight materials limit -- even a camail needs three or four pounds, a bishop's mantle more yet, and a coif would be about like a camail.

For sure you could make up some patches for the crook of each elbow, pointing them or basting stitching them to the sleeves of your arming-cote.

I think two pounds would make up about ONE underarm voider -- and pairs of things are best built first a row on one, then a row on the other, so they are symmetrical. That is, on the first go-round, you make the same errors on each side. Long-term voider project, pending more supplies...?

Start a shirt or an aventail finish as you buy links

You could make a mantle.

Aaron

I like that mail that has plates woven into it. Sort of Eastern style.
To me that is very logical.

But then again their is always this:
NSFW....
http://funnyundies.com/Merchant2/graphi ... bikini.jpg

Hal, you are evil. Funny, but evil. Mostly because I didn't have caffiene yet when I got to work so I missed the NSFW tag . Oops.

I'm 85% decided on starting an aventail for my not-yet-existant helmet. If he runs out of in stock rings when I run out of material maybe I can sell it off as a helm drape.

Thanks for all the suggestions Konstantin!