friend of mine's sca kit

[Sir William]

Glad I checked here first!!!  The things we go through to look good I tell ya...lol

[Sir Patrick]

Here's a link on tailoring maille.  It's written for butted maille, but the same idea for riveted.  Toward the bottom there's a diagram on where to put the gussets on the body.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/trevor.barker/farisles/guilds/armour/mail.htm

[Sir Wolf]

WOW you knowhow long it has been since i've seen that web page? that brings back memories for sure

[Sir William]

That's awesome...looks real time consuming too.  Anyone have a ballpark figure as to how long this might take?  I just need to alter the arms so they taper in rather than bellow out.

[Sir Edward]

Tapering sleeves goes pretty quickly. If you're just closing up the seam with existing butt-links after taking out a section, it doesn't take too long. I tapered my half-sleeves in under an hour I think.

[Sir William]

That's what I'll be doing...I don't guess it'll matter much if I use round rings when the rest're flattened?  I'm still debating...do I want to rivet them?

Of course I do...and I think having the newer rings look different from what's already there will make it look more authentic.  Wish I could get the brightness off it though...I don't like how it looks, especially in pictures.

[Sir Edward]

Well, you want to remove material from the bottom of the sleeve, where it won't really be seen much anyway. You can get away with slightly different links, or even just lace it together.

Just be sure not to remove too much! It's easy to make that mistake. The sleeve still needs some slack in it, so you only want to remove a little bit. You might want to try using a lace and tie the sleeve together where you're thinking of making the cuts, and see if you can still bend your arm in it.

[Sir William]

GREAT idea...my impatient self would do just that.  I've trimmed the sleeves already...I have 2 6" long sections that I've toyed with the idea of making into faux chausses but I didn't want to sew them onto my current pair of trews just because I...well...I wasn't sure I wanted to do that.  I'll try the lacing thing probably tonight or tomorrow.

[Sir Wolf]

if u look at the latest mdrf pictures take a look at my legs. i sewed mail onto the bottom part of my padded chausis. really REALLY accomplished the look i was going for. now next year i will finish the foot covering

[Sir Edward]

if u look at the latest mdrf pictures take a look at my legs. i sewed mail onto the bottom part of my padded chausis. really REALLY accomplished the look i was going for. now next year i will finish the foot covering

Yep, Sir Wolf is on the left here:


http://ed.toton.org/photos/2010/faire/b1679b.jpg

[Sir William]

Wow, now I'm really mad I missed Saturday, you guys look awesome all together like that!  I like the mittens, Sir Wolf, your hauberk looks fantastic, and I see what you mean about the chausses...essentially the same idea I was thinking.  Now that I see that...I see it would've worked.  Unfortunately the sections I have are too short for that I think...but I'm sure I'll come up with something.

[Sir Wolf]

well hehe so were mine. i had 4 pieces of galvanized riveted mail. they were from alternating flat and round rings. so what i did was used 16 guage butted gal rings (round) and sewed them together at the point where it was the round rivet's turn. wal-la one big piece and no one noticed. did anyone see that they tied up the back as well? nope hehehe

i wish i would have de-galvanized them before sewing them on. but maybe I will do that this summer

[Sir Edward]

did anyone see that they tied up the back as well? nope hehehe

Well, I did, but I'm strange that way.

[Sir Wolf]

i bet u were just checkin out me bum! hehehhe jk

[Sir William]

LMAO