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I Want To Be a 13th Century English Knight
Sir Ulrich:
Fully riveted maille didnt really exist until at least 1300 in case you're wondering. I wouldnt go after flat ring round riveted either because that stuff is junk, I had some and the inside of the maille is scratchy, round ring riveted is much smoother and wedge riveted is basically flat inside. But I am telling you the half solid stuff is what they used.
Ian:
--- Quote from: Sir Ulrich on 2014-02-10, 06:20:07 ---But I am telling you the half solid stuff is what they used.
--- End quote ---
Yep, for crusader period the standard answer is alternating riveted and punched rings. Fully riveted became popular some time in the 14th century from what we know.
Mike W.:
Wasn't round wire dome riveted with solid punched flat rings used during the 11th century? I've been trying to find out what type of maille was used when.
Sir Ulrich:
11th century you're looking at round riveted round ring with alternating flat punched rings as well. Anywhere between Roman and to the early 1200s almost all maille was made that way. Some was smaller rings some was bigger but they all are pretty much the combo of round ring round riveted with flat punched rings. Thats part of the reason I sold my entire fully riveted maille set off and exchanged it for half solid though I went with wedge riveted cause I couldnt find round ring riveted. Though my coif is fully riveted it's a rare Erik Schmid coif so I am keeping and using it anyway. I would suggest all the best stuff's maille because it's both cheap and more accurate to the early medieval. For the later period I would suggest GDFB Wedge or Icefalcon wedge riveted. Though for a German impression you can get away with wedge as long as your kits above either the 1220s or 1230s.
Sir Nate:
Mwahhaahaha! I looked every were on the internet. Real archeological finds of full round rivet mail armor existing in even the 12th century.
Note:it is Norman mail, on first link. Second like is website listing pics of different findings of mail in a lot of century's.
3rd link is full round Ivey 13th century Viking mail.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bayeux_haubert.JPG
https://sites.google.com/site/archoevidence/home/mail-armour
http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/manufacturing/text/viking_mail.htm
This last link is more 12th circa mail.
http://www.djurfeldt.com/patrik/kungslena.html
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