ABS maille and improving my kit.

[Sir James A]

Weight of historical mail varied based on the density and weave of the rings.

A few pounds of the weight is probably packing supplies and boxing. It'll probably come in at about 40 pounds for all of it.

Yours should weigh less than Nate's because you are shorter and thinner too, so, less total rings.

[Sir Nate]

Weight of historical mail varied based on the density and weave of the rings.
 you are shorter and thinner too, so, less total rings.

Talking trash about me james?

[Sir Ulrich]

Allright it says it's in Edison New Jersey. I should be getting it today if I am lucky. So anxious about this, I hope these months of communications and waiting were worth it. To believe I started Emailing them back in January god thats a long wait. At least the shipping was speedy, plus I didnt even have to pay for it. They gave me the shipping free for whatever reason.

[Sir Ulrich]

Well it came. Honestly the maille is much higher quality than I expected. All the rivet holes are even and the rings are nice and evenly riveted. I dont see any rings that are poorly riveted or set poorly. The chausses are a bit on the baggy side but thats good because I can actually put my knees up to my chest no problem which is much better than my old ones. The hauberk is HARD to get on, because it's so tight and fits well with little to no extra maille. Cut my hands up pretty badly shaking it to get it on, which was a huge pain. Only minor complaint about the hauberk was it lacked a horseman's slit which I believe is WHY it's so hard to get on. I had my mother mark where to cut one and I will be adding it shortly, not that big a deal as I've done it before. Now the disappointing part was the coif, I cant even turn my head with it and the ventail still leaves about a half a CM of openess in the neck, the avantail of the coif is a bit big and I might have to shorten it. I can barely turn my head with it also which I think is just a problem with indian made coifs. Guess I been spoiled by my Schmid coif. The opening for the head makes it hard to get my other shorter avantailed coif on a bit to cover it. So I got a project coif to work on and fix up, a hauberk that doesnt require any tailoring apart from cutting a horseman's slit and a pair of well fitting chausses that are much more comfortable than my old tight ones. In all honesty I'd buy from ABS again, this maille I actually like better than icefalcon or GDFB. Pics of me wearing the hauberk will soon follow.

Edit: Heres as promised pics of me wearing the hauberk

[Ian]

Too bad about the coif.  The hauberk looks good on you!  A rider's slit would be a simple fix and if you want to put slits in the palms that should also be very easy to do.  Congrats!

[Sir James A]

Agreed, that hauberk fitment is great!

[Sir Nate]

Wundebar!!!!
also where did you get the Arming cap from?

[Sir Ulrich]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008YXCAQM/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_dp_ss_2?pf_rd_p=1944687562&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=B008YXCAAI&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=16Y77ZQBEE5BXNNP4E93
Not the exact place I got it but it's of the same make. It's made by the same company as your gambeson is so it will match. I do warn it's pretty thick so your helm may not fit right.
I also wrote a review of this right here http://modernchivalry.org/forum/index.php/topic,3576.0.html Hope it's professional for you guys but it was needed, I kinda wanna encourage other people to buy from ABS rather than the other makers of "bingo wing maille".

[Sir William]

Wow, they did an excellent job- I wondered how the length with the integral mittens was going to play out.  Has me reconsidering- I didn't go for it because the pics he had up looked way off (gorilla arms and the like).  Nice, Ulrich, really nice!

[Sir Brian]

Looks great! Congratulations on the new purchase!

[Sir William]

How does it look and feel when you bend your arm, Ulrich?

[Ian]

How does it look and feel when you bend your arm, Ulrich?

I was just thinking the same thing, did you see Mac's elbow pockets recently on the Dusting off the Cobwebs thread too?

[Sir James A]

How does it look and feel when you bend your arm, Ulrich?

I was just thinking the same thing, did you see Mac's elbow pockets recently on the Dusting off the Cobwebs thread too?

Every time I see his work I hate my kit a little bit more.

[Sir William]

How does it look and feel when you bend your arm, Ulrich?

I was just thinking the same thing, did you see Mac's elbow pockets recently on the Dusting off the Cobwebs thread too?

I did, I did!  I want to 'suggest' that to the guy when I go to make the purchase.

Every time I see his work I hate my kit a little bit more.

Man, I know what you're saying.  Truly.  lol