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Sir Brian

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Maille Sabatons
« on: 2011-03-17, 12:59:03 »
Last night I started breaking down an old pair of truly horrendous maille gauntlets I purchased a couple of years ago and “forgot” about in the back of my garb closet. I spent a few hours making a very rough one with only the prospect of spending an additional 6 – 8 hours completing a set that would still not even come close to these.  :-\


For the price of approximately $33.00 before shipping I think I’ll save myself the eye and finger strain!  ;)
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Re: Maille Sabatons
« Reply #1 on: 2011-03-17, 13:04:26 »
hey wow. they need a piece of leather that goes around the outside edge to draw them in.

who is selling them for 33 bucks?
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Re: Maille Sabatons
« Reply #2 on: 2011-03-17, 14:13:04 »
Nice find!

They're made by ULF and the part number is ULF-BMSZ-SB.  I can only find European distributors as my googlefu is weak this morning.  Is there an ULF distributor on this side on the pond?

Examples:

http://www.gdfb.co.uk/acatalog/GETDRESSEDFORBATTLE__Starter_Mild_Steel_Chainmail.html

http://www.corsairs-wares.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=products_new&disp_order=5&page=92

http://www.das-mittelalter.eu/shop/product_info.php?info=p249_sabatons--fussruestung-aus-kettengeflecht--paar.html
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Re: Maille Sabatons
« Reply #3 on: 2011-03-17, 14:20:26 »
i bet you could contact KOA or Therion about this item. i mean they carry other GDFB stuff so they might be able to special order it for you.  be worth the email!!!
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Re: Maille Sabatons
« Reply #4 on: 2011-03-17, 14:28:05 »
Quote from: Sir Wolf on 2011-03-17, 13:04:26
hey wow. they need a piece of leather that goes around the outside edge to draw them in.

who is selling them for 33 bucks?
Yeah I noticed they need a bit of lacing on the outer edge, but definitely doable!  ;)

The price is actually $29.15 before shipping; shipment from UK is $33.23!  :o
For a total cost of $62.40 which really is reasonable IMO.


Quote from: Rodney on 2011-03-17, 14:13:04
Nice find!

They're made by ULF and the part number is ULF-BMSZ-SB.  I can only find European distributors as my googlefu is weak this morning.  Is there an ULF distributor on this side on the pond?

Examples:

http://www.gdfb.co.uk/acatalog/GETDRESSEDFORBATTLE__Starter_Mild_Steel_Chainmail.html

http://www.corsairs-wares.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=products_new&disp_order=5&page=92

http://www.das-mittelalter.eu/shop/product_info.php?info=p249_sabatons--fussruestung-aus-kettengeflecht--paar.html

Unfortunately none that I’ve been able to find. I checked KOA but no joy there. They might special order them but I didn’t inquire. Depending on what the response is from the GDFB folks in the UK I might order them this morning.

Quote from: Sir Wolf on 2011-03-17, 14:20:26
i bet you could contact KOA or Therion about this item. i mean they carry other GDFB stuff so they might be able to special order it for you.  be worth the email!!!
Most definitely! But I am under a time constraint at this point but it would definitely be well worth inquiring about if someone else is considering on getting a pair! :)
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Re: Maille Sabatons
« Reply #5 on: 2011-03-18, 14:48:45 »
Sir Brian, your boots- where'd you get them from?
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Re: Maille Sabatons
« Reply #6 on: 2011-03-18, 15:14:23 »
http://www.getdressedforbattle.co.uk/acatalog/info_M_ULF_BMSZ_SB.html

I should be getting them in a couple of weeks. If you aren't in a mad rush for them I am sure you
could inquire KOA or TherionArms if they could start carrying them. They look really sweet and
reasonably priced! :)
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Re: Maille Sabatons
« Reply #7 on: 2011-03-18, 16:05:13 »
Oh, that's not you wearing those sabatons?
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Re: Maille Sabatons
« Reply #8 on: 2011-03-18, 17:13:34 »
What me? Absolutely Not! I wouldn’t be caught dead in those dodgy brown boots!  ;)
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Re: Maille Sabatons
« Reply #9 on: 2011-03-18, 19:26:02 »
LOL - alrighty then! 
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Re: Maille Sabatons
« Reply #10 on: 2011-03-19, 00:42:01 »
Wonder how hard it would be to make a pair of these out of riveted maille.
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Re: Maille Sabatons
« Reply #11 on: 2011-03-19, 11:20:05 »
Well if you wish Sir Ulrich I could send you my abandoned butted gauntlets/sabatons along with several angled pictures of the GDFB ones when I get them to use as a reference. Riveted would last longer but butted would at least give you a good practice run on figuring how to lay it out. :)
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Re: Maille Sabatons
« Reply #12 on: 2011-03-22, 08:23:36 »
Yeah it would give me an idea of how to arrange the rings and whatnot. I don't know any other place other than Icefalcon that sells riveted chausses and I am planning on making my own eventually as the rings offered by GDFB are fairly inexpensive and I got plenty of freetime to do so.
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Re: Maille Sabatons
« Reply #13 on: 2011-03-22, 19:19:14 »
Will do then. When I get them I'll post some pictures for you and then you can PM me a maille-ing
address. :)
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Re: Maille Sabatons
« Reply #14 on: 2011-03-22, 19:39:04 »
Oh now we're doing puns!  lol
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