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Sir Ulrich:
Yeah I did the spiral and it was HARD to do. When it comes to feet I am totally clueless with how to do that, gave me the most trouble too, they kept coming undone and stuff and it was a PAIN. I been considering getting some buckle and a thick lace and make some buckles for the feet to strap it so it never goes undone.

Sir Robert:
Just to add my two cents to this:

I think the issue with this is simular to plate, you need arming points on your underpadding. I will first give you that I am not a chain maile expert in any way here, but I know that in locations where chain mail was subject to movement it was over bound or draw laced to the arm or leg. This works fine with arms but not as well with legs unless its actually secured to the padding below. Now in plate we place the arming point on the hip which limits motion and ride (oh and yeah is way more comfortable) now with chain thats not quite as easy as it would drape so maybe what I would try is stiff padded chausse or "pants" to the knee, or leather with arming points or lace holes every 2" at least in quarter to the leg.

I am not sure I you will get the idea from that but I think that would make it the most confortable and wearable. Most wearing full chain slept in it (like Cowboys slept in their Chaps) as unlacing and unbinding was a major undertaking.

Sir James A:
For lacing on the feet, the easiest way *seems* to be to have a few rows that go across under the foot. With "lugged" soles, this is easiest since the lace stays mostly off the ground (and what I do with my sabatons). The biggest thing to getting the chausses to sit properly over the feet is that it needs to be trimmed so it won't hit the ground when being worn. Put the chausses on, get them in the right position, and ask your dad to draw a sharpie line all the way around both feet, about one ring height up from the ground. Then trim them to fit, and they *should* lace and sit better; I did the same thing with my chausses when testing the lacing, but need some assistance in getting mine marked to trim down.

I think your dad will be able to help as long as you tell him what to do, or have him read it here. I talked with him a bit at Days of Knights, armor is not his thing but the little bit that I tried to explain with lacing to the C-Belt he seemed to understand. Marking the rings to cut should be pretty easy, although it will be a little time consuming (15 min maybe?).

Sir Ulrich:
Lacing wise I am just going to get some new boots or shoes with lugged soles because my old chausses caused me so much grief at DoK due to the sole causing them to always come undone. So much grief that I actually stopped wearing my armor due to it and switched to a foot soldier kit. I still think lugged soles would help them stay on me, Though I could always punch holes in my shoes and lace them through them. Guess thats the issue with laced chausses that dont cover the whole leg. Though the upside is they dont need much tailoring other than the feet.

Sir William:
Ulrich, if you're interested in getting rid of the other ones, I'd be interested in taking them off of your hands.  Let me know.

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