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[Sir Brian]

i just oil mine every once in a while. i had 2 bad cases of rust. i put the mail in a sand bag and moved it around every so often for a week or so. then wiped it down and oiled it. looks fine.

I think it was Jason at MDRF a couple of weekends ago told me a friend of his would put his maille in a bucket of sand and leave it in his work truck for a week to "agitate" it.

[Sir William]

I had heard that works, although I was told a bit differently...the bucket of sand thing yes, but roll it around for agitation- I guess the back of a truck for a week works equally as well, lol!

I was told to do that when I'd asked around on SBG about removing the blackening from mail rings; had a black hauberk for a short while that was so oiled up when I tried it on it left black crap everywhere.  Needless to say, I figured, to hell with historicity, so I went stainless and am most happy with it.  A little bright for my tastes, but I was told that the barrel of sand thing might work on that as well.  Anyone know?

[Sir Ulrich]

I wanna know where I could get a medium mail coif that's regular steel of the same type that Icefalcon mail is. I looked all around the site but could only find it in large.
Maybe I should just go after stainless cause it comes in medium, only issue it it wouldn't match the hauberk I ordered, and that would irritate me.
Better yet, maybe I should buy loose rings and make an attached coif to the hauberk, just don't know how to make one.

[Sir Patrick]

I have an old steamer-style trunk in my war chamber that I used to keep a blackened hauberk in.

I am now obsessed with acquiring a war chamber!  Just curious, how did you talk your wife into that

[Sir William]

I have an old steamer-style trunk in my war chamber that I used to keep a blackened hauberk in.

I am now obsessed with acquiring a war chamber!  Just curious, how did you talk your wife into that

Believe it or not, it was HER idea!  In retrospect, I think she saw it as a way of me keeping all of my arms and armor in one place that wasn't the living room!  I'm kidding...yes, it was her idea, if only because she seemed to realize before I did that I needed 'my' space.  When my youngest daughter opted not to come live with us, that extra bedroom got conscripted into the war chambers as it were...I do have the best wife, she rarely encroaches! 

Not that I mind, I like her, you know...but I like how she put that forth and stuck with it and always refers to it as my 'man cave' or 'war chambers'.  There's no mistaking it for anything but- yes, there are two nice couches in there, but there are also swords, shields, medieval flags, armor, football (and other) memorabilia, books, my war chest (its much better than a steamer trunk, older too)- all very thoroughly male.  Its no show room, mind you, it won't win any awards in Good Housekeeping or Martha Stewart, but it IS ALL MINE. 

Good luck, Sir Knight- let us know how it goes!

[Sir Edward]

Oh yes, I think a "man cave" is a real must. Right now I'm used to my whole house being a "cave" or "war room", so it'll be an adjustment to shrink it down to a room later.

[Sir William]

LOL

Yea, I had to make that transition a few years back when we bought our first house together.  It was no longer socially acceptable to answer the door in the buff, or swing a sword in the kitchen if I felt like it.  No...no...the feelings and disposition of the significant other must be taken into account!