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Title: full suits of armour in 6 miniutes
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2011-07-27, 16:06:14

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14302227 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14302227)

then WHY is it so expensive?

Title: Re: full suits of armour in 6 miniutes
Post by: Sir James A on 2011-07-27, 19:48:50

Or how about the price of mail when they can do this?

The Ring Lord - Chainmail machine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBIa-9-lus#)

Title: Re: full suits of armour in 6 miniutes
Post by: ECOX on 2011-07-28, 02:04:41

Watching the chainmaille machine makes me stand in awe and then cry at the same time.

Title: Re: full suits of armour in 6 miniutes
Post by: Sir Edward on 2011-07-28, 13:24:40

Quote from: ECOX on 2011-07-28, 02:04:41

Watching the chainmaille machine makes me stand in awe and then cry at the same time.

Doesn't it? I feel your pain. It took me almost 10 years to finish my mail (mostly because it took that long to get up the enthusiasm to finish it, since it was wearable the whole time).

Title: Re: full suits of armour in 6 miniutes
Post by: James Barker on 2011-07-28, 14:31:28

The kind of maille the ringlord machine makes is cheap :D

Title: Re: full suits of armour in 6 miniutes
Post by: Sir Ulrich on 2011-07-28, 19:43:25

Still doesn't beat the hand made stuff for me. Maybe it's a bit more practical but I like the look of hand made objects the most. It's hard to find long hauberks of maille anyway, most of what you find are short sleeved maille.

Title: Re: full suits of armour in 6 miniutes
Post by: Sir William on 2011-08-02, 15:13:20

Erik D. Schmid used to be one of the premier makers of maille...but I haven't seen anything new from him in years.  He's part of this organization, the Maille Artisans International League, or M.A.I.L. for short:  http://www.mailleartisans.org/ (http://www.mailleartisans.org/)