| How old were you when you made your first maille item? |
| under 10 |
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3% |
[ 2 ] |
| 10-15 |
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32% |
[ 17 ] |
| 16-20 |
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28% |
[ 15 ] |
| 21-25 |
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9% |
[ 5 ] |
| 26-30 |
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11% |
[ 6 ] |
| 31-40 |
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5% |
[ 3 ] |
| over 40 |
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7% |
[ 4 ] |
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Joined: September 25, 2005
Posts: 52
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Location: Victoria, Australia
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| chainmailling ages |
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| Posted on Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:42 pm |
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well, im fairly new to the site, and also fairly new to mailling, but i was wondering, how old were you when you made your FIRST piece of chainmail?
I am 15, and i started mailling a couple of months ago. I had found some old networking cable lying around, so i stripped it, wound it around a pen, cut it and made some pretty crappy looking E4-1 with it. Everyone thought it was cool, including me, so them i went and bought some enamelled copper wire from the local electronics shop. BIG mistake. i found some silver-ish jump rings at a craft store, loved 'em but they tarnished.
last week i bought some .9mm galvy, made some rings, got me some front cutters and im really happy now!
how did all of YOU start? |
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Blackeagle13
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Joined: April 26, 2004
Posts: 194
Submissions: 4
Location: Michigan
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| Posted on Thu Sep 29, 2005 3:38 pm |
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13 or 14....
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Joined: March 12, 2003
Posts: 3050
Submissions: 74
Location: Tawas City
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| Posted on Thu Sep 29, 2005 5:41 pm |
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21-25
wow so far every one seems so young. not that im a old man.
maille Code V2.0 T8.3 R6.4 Ep.f Fper Mfe.s Wsg$ Cpw$ G0.25-2.5 I0.5-30 N31.31 Pa Dacdjw Xa27g37w1 S94 |
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Joined: September 06, 2005
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| Posted on Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:54 pm |
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| 17, now I am 19 and I don't plan on stopping soon |
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Joined: March 3, 2002
Posts: 264
Submissions: 32
Location: Lucerne, Maine
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| Posted on Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:19 pm |
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| was about 16, now 28 |
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Spiral
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Joined: December 11, 2004
Posts: 360
Submissions: 3
Location: St. Clair Shores, Michigan
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| Posted on Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:04 pm |
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| I was 26 and now I'm 27. |
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crimsonchain
 [ Major Voice ]
Joined: October 08, 2004
Posts: 423
Submissions: 75
Location: Newton Ma
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| Posted on Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:04 pm |
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Was 15 now 16 w00t!
Sit back, relax, and whip out some rings! |
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Joined: June 16, 2005
Posts: 72
Submissions: 40
Location: Orange, NSW, Australia
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| Posted on Thu Sep 29, 2005 10:54 pm |
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started at age 12, now 17 going 18
Dovie'andi se tovya sagain
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Spency
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Joined: August 12, 2005
Posts: 13
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Location: Australia
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| Posted on Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:16 pm |
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| Started when i was 13, now im 14 |
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norse_maille
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Joined: June 24, 2004
Posts: 684
Submissions: 4
Location: Ferndale, WA
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| Posted on Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:42 pm |
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I started when I was 11, been doing it for just over 3 years so I'm 14 now. (and there was another thread just like this a while back http://www.mailleartisans.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=3986 )
"I'm a man, but I can change, if I have to... I guess."
"And remember, if it aint broke, you aint tryin'" - Red Green |
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ArmoredDrake
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Joined: November 01, 2004
Posts: 965
Submissions: 88
Location: Allendale, MI
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| Posted on Fri Sep 30, 2005 12:44 am |
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| Started just before my 13th birthday, and now I'm almost fifteen. In fact this weekend I'm going back to the very rennaisance faire that started me off on this whole thing. |
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knuut
[ Major Voice ]
Joined: March 29, 2002
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| Posted on Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:56 am |
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You forgot 'way way way over 40'. My son is 41.
weldedchainmail.com |
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Tritus_17
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Joined: January 20, 2005
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Location: Dawson Creek, B.C. Canada
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| Posted on Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:13 am |
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I was 15, im 16 now and it seems we have quite a few young maillers here, gotta love the "Grizzled Ancients" ( I say it with the greatest respect ) who have showed us that mailling is one of the greatest things we could learn.
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Joined: July 03, 2003
Posts: 941
Submissions: 17
Location: Charles City, Iowa
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| Posted on Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:16 am |
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| knuut wrote: | | You forgot 'way way way over 40'. My son is 41. |
Thanks for making me feel young Knuut. *just turned 40*  |
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Konstantin the Red
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Joined: March 27, 2002
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| Posted on Fri Sep 30, 2005 5:19 am |
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Wups, that's what I get for not reading the question -- thought it was about my present age and still active at mail.
Which I am. I've only made a few pieces but I started when I was first in the Society for Creative Anachronism. I would have been about twenty.
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