Leather chainmail

Charles Alexander · Post by **Charles Alexander** » Fri May 23, 2008 5:52 pm

So I was thinking leather is great to work with. And you know what else is great? Chainmail.

Only thing is butted chainmail made of steel can be damn heavy.

So hey, why not make leather chainmail? It would be fun, look good, and smell great.

What'dya guys think? :wink:

matt9625 · Post by **matt9625** » Fri May 23, 2008 5:53 pm

did i read that right?? :shock:

I. Stewart · Post by **I. Stewart** » Fri May 23, 2008 5:54 pm

...huh?

Charles Alexander · Post by **Charles Alexander** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:00 pm

LOL.

matt9625 · Post by **matt9625** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:03 pm

you should make a hauberk. Then we will see.... That would be to funny...

Kilkenny · Post by **Kilkenny** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:25 pm

mmm... There are a sort of "braided" leather vest that come about as close as one might ever hope to get to achieving "leather maille".

It would be an awful lot of work to produce something with no practical use whatsoever

Eamonn MacCampbell · Post by **Eamonn MacCampbell** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:35 pm

Charles Alexander wrote:So I was thinking leather is great to work with. And you know what else is great? Chainmail.

Only thing is butted chainmail made of steel can be damn heavy.

So hey, why not make leather chainmail? It would be fun, look good, and smell great.

What'dya guys think?

Put down the lighter and step away from the crack pipe....

Charles Alexander · Post by **Charles Alexander** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:42 pm

Eamonn MacCampbell wrote:
Put down the lighter and step away from the crack pipe....

Ha HA, I missed doing a good joke on April 1st.

Baron Conal · Post by **Baron Conal** » Fri May 23, 2008 6:50 pm

the truth is stranger than fiction....

( but it's not leather...)

LeeC · Post by **LeeC** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:04 pm

Is this like bacon cookies only less tasty?

gruffudd · Post by **gruffudd** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:23 pm

BaronConal wrote:the truth is stranger than fiction....

( but it's not leather...)

Hrm it's missing something. Oh I know Glue and Nickles

Charles Alexander · Post by **Charles Alexander** » Fri May 23, 2008 7:27 pm

gruffudd wrote:
Hrm it's missing something. Oh I know Glue and Nickles

LOL

Baron Conal · Post by **Baron Conal** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:02 pm

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you go to kinkos
get it printed on canvas
and glue it to a round shield....

Atherbridge · Post by **Atherbridge** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:42 pm

Heh...get a long leather cord, wind it around a meal tube slightly longer than the ring size you want. Cut along the length, and you have your rings. Then fit it together and, I guess, tie or rivet the rings together...

Would be a very amusing gimmick.

Maeryk · Post by **Maeryk** » Fri May 23, 2008 8:50 pm

It'd be easier, and probably MUCh faster to get a stamp that looks like a linked ring, do that, stain the bloody thing black, and paint the rings silver.

Leather "cheap chain" (if anyone remembers that stuff)

Kilkenny · Post by **Kilkenny** » Fri May 23, 2008 9:00 pm

Maeryk wrote:It'd be easier, and probably MUCh faster to get a stamp that looks like a linked ring, do that, stain the bloody thing black, and paint the rings silver.

Leather "cheap chain" (if anyone remembers that stuff)

Here's a stamp that would work, after a fashion
http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/prod ... r=69007-00

Making actual leather rings would just be a huge waste and produce something kind of soggy looking

justus · Post by **justus** » Fri May 23, 2008 9:25 pm

The LOTR guys had a brilliant solution with the cut up plastic tubing.

-Justus

Charles Alexander · Post by **Charles Alexander** » Fri May 23, 2008 10:41 pm

Kilkenny wrote:Making actual leather rings would just be a huge waste and produce something kind of soggy looking

Then it's a good thing I wasn't serious.

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