full suits of armour in 6 miniutes

[Sir Wolf]

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

then WHY is it so expensive?

[Sir James A]

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

[ECOX]

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

[Sir Edward]

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).

[James Barker]

The kind of maille the ringlord machine makes is cheap

[Sir Ulrich]

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.

[Sir William]

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/