The Armour Archive

Hello all, finally got a scanner, so here are some pictures of my riveted maille. It is 4 in 1 European, made with 17g iron wire, 5/16" I.D. flattened rings, wedge rivets. You will notice some of the links in the upper edge are not riveted yet The pictures are small on the site, so just save them as a bitmap and enlarge them to see full detail.

M.S.

http://www.geocities.com/blade777usa/Armor.html

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Sorry everyone, the link was fubared for some wierd reason (stupid Geocites). It works now, so go have a look and let me know what you think!

M.S.

Looks cool from here, but if we save it and enlarge it, it'll just look the same, only large and grainy. (unlike in the movies where they can get a clear picture of a person's face by enlarging a pixel)
--tom

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Ah. Silly me.
The pictures are larger than they appear on the site. If you type http://www.geocities.com/blade777usa/maille1.jpg or http://www.geocities.com/blade777usa/maille2.jpg into your browser location bar, you'll get the full-sized picture.

Looks very nice!! Good job. What are you gonna make first?? Where do you get the iron wire? Or do you mean annealed steel?

Frederick- Yes, annealed steel Silly me! Anyway, the first project is going to be a full-sleeve hauberk. I just started using a more efficient method of production, so as soon as I have some time (i.e. when my Senior thesis is finally done and I have recieved my degree) I shall bend myself fully into finishing it. Oh, btw, credit where credit is due: Thank yous to Eric D. Schmidt and SoFC for the techniques, advice, and inspiration, and all you others that are making riveted as well. Here's to riveted maille being more common than butted!

M.S.

looks good

Nice job! I am starting on a riveted hauberk as well. 16 ga, 5/16 rings. 5/16 before overlap that is. Did you make the tools on Steve's site? I am currently using a funnel to overlap, but will probably try doing it by hand because I think it is more period. IMO. But the funnel suffices until I get my technique down and get some practice with the other parts of making riveted. Your rings look very good.

Looks great! Welcome to the riveted maille club!

Steve

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Hmmmmm. I was hoping you'd say iron... =o( Anybody know where to get real iron wire? I know it's a dumb question, but I'd love to do some rivetted with iron.

Thanks Steve! I appreciate the complement, as you are one of the recognized experts in the field.

Frederick- I was actually thinking of smelting and drawing my own wire from bloom iron. I don't know how easy it would be, but definitely rewarding.

M.S.

Very nice work Mahiro.
-Cad

Sir Dan, I apologize for not replying to you...Regarding the tools...yes and no. Initially I was using a flattening tool made of linesmans pliers, those broke, had to go back to doing it by hand. Then I made a hand punching tool, I really did not do as well on that as I would have liked, gave it to a friend. Then I got a drill press *evil laugh* I love it! My method is to anneal the crap out of my springs, cut with overlap *using a pair of the modified mini-bolt cutters* pre-pound the overlap (and here's where one of those tools Frederick and Steve has would be nice) and then fully flatten by hand with a hammer and a (new) set of flattening tongs. I then use a wedge pierce set in the drill press, slide ring under, pull lever, and it is punched. I anneal a couple of more times in there too, and it really is the key to sucessful maille. Thank you very much Cad

M.S.

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