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Forth Armoury is pleased to bring the armour enthusiast yet another exciting offering in our line of highly authentic maille garments: Hauberks and Haubergeons made of alternating rows of riveted and solid links!

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These garments use the same highly authentic riveted links we have become famous for, but they are woven with alternating rows of solid punched links. This authentic method of construction has two important benefits: Firstly, solid rings have no rivet join that could fail. Secondly, because only half as many rings need to be riveted closed, there's nearly half as much labor that goes into them, making them much more affordable!

Both our hauberks and haubergeons are approximately 36" from shoulder to the bottom hem, and have a stretched-tight torso of approximately 60", which make them a great fit for those with a torso dimension of around 43". The haubergeon has classic "3/4" sleeves, that extend roughly 11"-13" from the body. The hauberks have full-length tapering sleeves that extend roughly 23" from the body. To approximate the wrought iron of the originals, our maille is made of unplated low carbon steel wire.

Our haubergeons have an introductory price of just $699, and our hauberks have an introductory price of just $799.

Haubergeon
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Hauberk
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We have an extremely limited supply of these just-introduced items. Wouldn't the knight of your home just be beside himself opening one of these under the tree this year? If you order by December 15th, we'll have it to you in time for Santa's delivery!

We accept credit cards (via our PayPal shopping cart on our web site), personal checks, or money orders.

Please come see all of the garments that Forth Armoury has in stock and ready for immediate delivery. Everything we sell we back with a 30 Day Money-Back Garauntee.

http://www.forth-armoury.com/Product_Catalog/maille_in_stock.htm

Steven Sheldon
Forth Armoury
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Forth Armoury
Highly authentic, affordable riveted maille.

The measure of a man is not in the steel of his skin but in the steel of his heart. - S. Sheldon

Fantastic work, you must have the patience of a saint to do that. Do you make hamata with shoulder doubling, no sleeves or 5 inch sleeves? If so, How much?

I really want one of those.. not gonna happen for now though.

How much do they weigh? Could I get one that was about 6" longer in length??

You're the man! Now a hauberk with an attached coif and ventail flap would be the perfect Norman/Saxon piece available today!

All of the above are possible, they would fall under our custom work category.

Custom work prices are quoted based on the amount of effort the design requires and the number of rings involved.

Juan:
A hamata with shoulder doubling should not be too difficult. From what I've seen, the doubling looks like a couple of wide strips of maille over the shoulders. I would be happy to work on such a project - email me to work out the details.

Cedric:
We accommodate larger sizes all the time. We just did a run of 3 "large" hauberks for customers. These were wider in the torso, instead of longer, but we can do any modification you like. Typical enlargment fees are $150.

Our haubergeons weigh approximately 18 pounds, while our hauberks weigh approximately 27 pounds. Enlarging them makes them weigh more, obviously.

Bascot:
I have done a full hauberk with integral coif, ventail, and mufflers for a custom commission before. You can see pictures of it here:

http://www.forth-armoury.com/Commissions/full_hauberk/full_hauberk.htm

Steve

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Forth Armoury
Highly authentic, affordable riveted maille.

The measure of a man is not in the steel of his skin but in the steel of his heart. - S. Sheldon

Why is there a nine pound difference, when the sleeve is just a little longer?

Nice looking mail, hopefully someday I'll have a job that will allow me to afford it (subway just doesn't cut it)



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Shawn T.

When the winds of change blow hard enough, even the most trivial things become deadly projectiles.

I dunno, but that's what I've got written down from when I weiged 'em.

Steve

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Forth Armoury
Highly authentic, affordable riveted maille.

The measure of a man is not in the steel of his skin but in the steel of his heart. - S. Sheldon

Hi all!

Just a quick note: The alternating row haubergeons are all spoken for. We will probably have some more ready after Christmas. Thanks to all of you who bought out our stock!

We still have a few alternating row hauberks (long sleeve), as well as all riveted versions of everything.

Steve

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Forth Armoury
Highly authentic, affordable riveted maille.

The measure of a man is not in the steel of his skin but in the steel of his heart. - S. Sheldon

So how long would it take for you to fill a custom order? Basically I want the 4/3 sleeves but I want a hem split that reaches my knees, split front and back. Alternating rows just like the ones in this thread.

How much of a down payment would you need, how long to fill order etc...

Responded via email.

Steve

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Forth Armoury
Highly authentic, affordable riveted maille.

The measure of a man is not in the steel of his skin but in the steel of his heart. - S. Sheldon

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR><font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Cedric:
<B>So how long would it take for you to fill a custom order? Basically I want the 4/3 sleeves but I want a hem split that reaches my knees, split front and back. Alternating rows just like the ones in this thread.

How much of a down payment would you need, how long to fill order etc...

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Steve might I get an idea about this as well... I'd like to go for the full sleeves, though.

I am 6'3" and need a bit longer.

How tall are ye?

Thanks,

Thorv

Custom work takes about 4-6 weeks to get ready.

I'm 5'11". Our shirts typically run about 36" from shoulder to bottom hem on our standard garments.

Steve

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Forth Armoury
Highly authentic, affordable riveted maille.

The measure of a man is not in the steel of his skin but in the steel of his heart. - S. Sheldon

[This message has been edited by Steve -SoFC- (edited 12-09-2002).]

Can you do reduced dimensions as well as enlarged? I'm rather on the tall-and-skinny side, I suspect standard size would be too big for me, aketon and all...

Yup, smaller sizes are no problem.

Just send an email and we'll get one underway for you.

maillemaker@forth-armoury.com

Steve

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Forth Armoury
Highly authentic, affordable riveted maille.

The measure of a man is not in the steel of his skin but in the steel of his heart. - S. Sheldon

I am pleased to announce that our last run of alternating row hauberks are now also sold out. We should have more ready in a few weeks.

Thanks to all of our loyal customers!

Steve

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Forth Armoury
Highly authentic, affordable riveted maille.

The measure of a man is not in the steel of his skin but in the steel of his heart. - S. Sheldon