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Re: Medieval Reference Information page
« Reply #15 on: 2011-03-11, 15:50:51 »
Quote from: The Red Knight on 2011-03-11, 14:29:07
BTW, tried piercing some of the rings I made yesterday.  I'm officially done trying to fabricate rivetted maille.   >:(

That bad, eh? Yikes. Yeah I could see trying to do a little to replace a lost ring here or there, or close up a seam after cutting some material out to taper a sleeve or something. But I have no desire to make it from scratch either.
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Re: Medieval Reference Information page
« Reply #16 on: 2011-03-11, 16:06:39 »
Yeah, that bad.  Rings are just too darn small (3/8 inch ID) in real life.  Those closeups on all the how-to pages make it look easy.  I have all those coils wound, so I'm wondering if I could salvage some of my time and make some butted chauses.  I'm using 16g, pre-annealed rebar tie wire.  The maille boards say it's great for rivetted, but I wonder if it'll work for butted.  What'd you use on yours, Sir Edward?
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Re: Medieval Reference Information page
« Reply #17 on: 2011-03-11, 16:13:32 »

My kit is 14g butted aluminum. Aluminum is pretty weak if you don't make it thick. I used 1/4 mile spools of electric fence wire, and went through two or three of them to make the kit I think.
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Re: Medieval Reference Information page
« Reply #18 on: 2011-03-11, 19:55:11 »
Sounds like real hard work...where's an Erik Schmid when you need him?  lol
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Re: Medieval Reference Information page
« Reply #19 on: 2011-03-11, 23:51:02 »
We have guys in our group that do maille but it takes a whole season to get it fitted right lol.

I have had confirmation of costs back from my monier, so Eddy I pennys will cost £4.00 for 10 coins.
I will send these out to you guys with no postage cost, as a good will gesture to comrades in arms.
Please feel free to surf the net and find cheaper, local vendors.
Let me know if you are still interested and I will order the blanks in and get to work.

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Re: Medieval Reference Information page
« Reply #20 on: 2011-03-12, 00:36:42 »
Let's see, google says £1 = $1.6069 right now, so that's about $6.43 for 10 coins? Works for me! Do you use paypal? I think it can convert for us.
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Re: Medieval Reference Information page
« Reply #21 on: 2011-03-12, 00:56:58 »
I do use paypal.
$6.43 for 10 coins.......= $6.43 for d10........lol
Please feel free to see if you can get a better rate of exchange first.

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Re: Medieval Reference Information page
« Reply #22 on: 2011-03-12, 00:59:39 »
lol, yes, 10 pence? :) Seriously, I consider $6 to be just fine for a handful of replica coins.
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Re: Medieval Reference Information page
« Reply #23 on: 2011-03-13, 06:20:31 »
I don't think I could ever make riveted maille fully. I had enough annoyance making half a shirt of butted maille back in 2005 and I eventually gave up on it cause I couldn't get the arms right. Plus using bolt cutters makes it but together horribly. I do think I could make chausses or mittens easily though. Making the rings is probably the hardest part to get right and thankfully theres vendors for rings. Just makes me want maille even more as it shows how much work goes into it basically.
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Re: Medieval Reference Information page
« Reply #24 on: 2011-03-13, 17:20:51 »
It does get monotonous rather quickly.  I wanted to try the rivetted to get a feel for what is what like (call me wierd that way), and a few hours was enough for me.  The chauses are turning into a coif BTW.  I already had the springs coiled, and a coif is a smaller project.  For the $10.63 I have invested in materials, it'll serve as a cheap placeholder until I can justify buying rivetted to the ladywife ;)
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Re: Medieval Reference Information page
« Reply #25 on: 2011-03-15, 15:33:11 »
Quote from: Sir Edward on 2011-03-12, 00:59:39
lol, yes, 10 pence? :) Seriously, I consider $6 to be just fine for a handful of replica coins.

As do I!  Lord Gerard, send us the paypal acct name to send it to!
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