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Here's a picture of my nanomaille, shown with a dime to get an idea of the scale. Rings are 1/64" inner diameter and made of 40 gauge wire(.0035"). As far as I know this is the smallest handmade maille in existence.
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Here's a picture of some welded acrylic maille that I made.
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A picture of my watch, links are 24g 316L stainless steel in a 6-1 weave.
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My belt. Dragonscale 16g 3/8" spring stainless steel and 16g 1/4" black neoprene rubber rings.
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An anodized titanium chain I made.
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An anodized sheet of Titanium showing the full spectrum of colors that it can be anodized to. The green didn't show up very well when I scanned the image in.
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A patch of Titanium maille that I anodized.
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A random sampling of my anodized Titanium rings.
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A little bit of scale-maille that I made out of pennies.
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A mobius ball made of anodized Titanium.
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My signature weave, Trinitymaille.
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My prototype trintymaille shirt, back view.
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My prototype Trinitymaille shirt, front view.
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An anodized Titanium ring, not wound from wire but carved from a block of Titanium and anodized as a finger ring. Given to one of my friends as her wedding ring.
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A choker made from Titanium that shows the natural finish of the metal
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A sterling silver bracelet that I made. It's 20g in a 6-1 weave and uses 3 different sized rings to create the wave look.
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Some prototype scale-maille that I've made. It still needs a bit of work before it's perfected. It's based on the Japanese 4-1 pattern hung on a bias.
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Maille Graph Paper. You can use the paper either by printing it out or using a paint program. I made it for rings that have approx 4:1 I.D. to gauge ratio and the weave is shown at half stretch.
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A womans top I made, chest size is adjustable cup size fits DD. Made from 16g 5/16" acid etched aluminum.
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An interesting hybrid between curb chain and maille.
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My beloved linesmans pliers. By far the best all around pliers for mailling, I use them for everything from 12g galvy to 24 gauge silver.
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Some clasps that I made, I spent the better part of a day brainstorming and experimenting with designs for better clasps and came up with these. In order they are called, Theta clasp, Square knot clasp, Calligraphy clasp, Clef clasp, Figure 8 clasp and Heart clasp.
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My prototype lorica plumata vest. Details on construction and more pictures are on TRL's site.
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A scale halter top, nickel plated tempered steel scales and #2 1/2 fine stainless steel split rings.
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Here's a picture of how I did 45 degree shoulders on my scale vest. This could conceiveably be used to extend some scale sleeves.
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By request this is a quick graphic showing the construction of my scale halter. The red outline indicates the shape of the piece of scale before accounting for contractions and the circles show the exact placement of each contraction.
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A silver bracelet and necklace I made for my sister with hand made clasps.
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My first piece of chainmaille ever, lots of sentimental value. 14g 3/8" galvanized.
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My design to make a quick and attractive toggle clasp out of scraps of wire. This one is made from two pieces of 20g grade 1 titanium about 4" long.
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A Japanese 4-1 vest I made for a friend. #10 stainless lockwashers and 18g 1/8" copper rings, hung on a 45 degree angle.
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Front view of one of my chainmaille flowers.
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Rear view of one of my chainmaille flowers.
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A ladies evening bag that I made. 24g 3/32" welded stainless steel.
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My modified knipex 20-160 pliers. They are very fast and comfortable, I've hit 800+ rings per hour with these. They also look awesome.
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My new belt. 18g Ti rings in e4-1 on a bias with a 45 degree seam running down the middle. Buckle is also Ti and made by me.
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A titanium ring I made for myself. 1/32" ID in e4-1 on the bias. Even in grade 5 Ti it is very fragile.
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A pair of earrings I made. 24g 3/32" Ti, flame anodized for a random look.
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A set of chainmaille pants that I did repairs and modifications on. Once worn by Jessica Alba in the movie "Into The Blue". That's me modeling them, now I can tell my buddies I've been in her pants.
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This is a sheet of maille made by attaching triangles into coif top style hexagons. Just something random I found in my junk drawer.
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This is a purse that I bought from an antique shop in Berlin. It is the finest example of a maille purse that I have ever seen, the rings are approx. 28g, 1/32" I.D. silver and as you can see the design is exquisite.
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An Indian style maille and plate helmet, displayed at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. Full view.
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Detail of the earplate attachment holes spacing, note the butted repair ring in the top right corner.
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Detail of maille attachment to lames around temple, spaced at one extra lame per row of rings. There is also a row of doubled rings. They may be solid or split rings and probably result from an earlier design modification.
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Detail of the crown/temple plate attachment. There is another row of doubled rings, note that they are not repair rings. Attached to the doubled rings are broken rivetted rings.
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View of the damaged area of the crown, it's hard to say if the damage resulted from combat or neglect but in either case it looks to have been a shearing impact across the rear right top of the helmet.
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A close up detail of the rivetted rings. You'll notice that every ring has a very similar form as if made in the same die. Each ring is slightly D shaped with an inward facing point at each flattened riveted section.
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In this view you can clearly see where the rivet has been pulled from the hole that the rivets are definitely round cross section. The shape of the rivet head is not always an accurate indicator.
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This is the provenance for the helmet in English and Russian.
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A byrnie displayed in Musee de l'Armee, Paris.
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Detail of the buckle and clasp hardware at the collar, also of interest is the 90 degree seam in the shoulder to collar transition.
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The sleeves on this shirt are very simple t-shirt style with no tailoring.
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Detail view of missing ring and bent rings, likely combat damage. Also notice how the ring size and wire thickness varies even within a small area. Wedge shaped rivets even though the peened ends appear rounded and likely hammer flattened rings since the regularity of die flattened rings is not present.
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Rear view of the collar showing 45 degree seams and 90 degree seam on the shoulder.
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Provenance for the shirt in French.Roughly translated it reads:
"Hauberk with riveted rings "like grains of barley"(?!?)Western, end of the 15th Cent. Iron. Collection of Musee de l"Armee 1949"
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Maille covering the lower torso in a suit of late period plate armour.
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Close view of maille on late period plate armor. Very worn rings, perhaps with slight traces of die flattening left, wedge rivets. There is a chunk of more modern twisted wire in the picture as well.
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More maille displayed with late period plate armour. Round cross section rings, hammer flattened overlap, wedge rivets. Rivet heads are very flush and peened side is facing away so they are not visible.
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Maille underarmor on late period plate.
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Provenance for late period plate armours displayed with maille.
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Full view of late period plate armor with maille skirt.
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Detail view of Maille in skirt. Round cross section D shaped rings, obviously die flattened overlaps with a perfect inverted point and round rivets. The pictures for this piece didn't turn out well but it is really spectacular. Superb craftsmanship.
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Provenance for late period armour with maille skirt, #3.
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Very old "ringmaille" these butted rings are woven through cloth.
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Another sample of very old "ringmaille" this one uses tubelike ring and short coils.
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This is part of the very lame provenance for the find the "ringmaille" is with. My Russian is crap but it basically just says it's excavated from a byzantine site.
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This signage was nearby the "ringmaille", unclear if it is directly associated or not. But it seems meant to give a rough date of 4th-5th Cent AD to the displays in that wing.
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Detail view of Fragments of maille, very corroded.
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Wider view of maille fragments, it is unclear from the display if the maille can be directly associated with the scale fragments above it. Maille is iron, scales are bronze.
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Provenance for the find with the corroded maille fragments, maille is not directly referenced as far as I can tell, so only the date is noteworthy. And maybe also the general state of disrepair, typical all over Russia.
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Maille fragment, appeared to be bronze, very thinly flattened links, probably by hammer, wedge rivets.
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Another maille fragment from the same find, totally different construction. Appears to be iron, round wire with flattened overlap, probably hammer flattened and has wedge rivets.
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Provenance for the find containing the two maille fragments. Really good provenance by Russian standards.
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This is a very well worn byrnie displayed in a small Russian museum near Moscow, I'll try to dig up the exact place later.
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A detail view of the rings, notice that they are very worn. The wire cross section closely resembles a Reuleaux triangle becasue the adjacent rings abrade the wire at three curved points of contact. All well worn historical maille I've examined exhibited some amount of this tri-curve wear but the angles vary depending on the aspect ratio of the rings.
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Detail view of the weave, you can see by the empty rivet hole that these were round rivets.
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It is difficult to tell for certain but these seem to be die formed rings, there are a few very regular looking overlaps here but the extensive wear and tear comined with recent corrosion makes it difficult to judge.
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In some areas the rings seem to have not experienced much wear, and are also perhaps thicker by design. These thick donut shaped rings shown in this view are alternate row solid rings interconnected with thinner riveted rings.
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A detail view of the neck hole, it appears to be a simple rectangular opening with a slit and flap on the front which would have been laced up when worn.
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Close up view of the neck/chest area showing obvious combat damage.
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These rings are from the fringe of the hem, they are very light and thin, a large aspect ratio. Although there is no doubt they are worn and corroded away they were likely made thinner in non vital areas of the shirt to reduce weight.
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Provenace for the shirt, it only says "chain byrnie" and "17th century". I spoke with the curator and she said that the shirt and other items in the case were kept by a local family as mementos of a historic battle in the town. I will try to dig up more details later.
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This is a closeup view of the vital areas, the riveted rings are still about the same size and aspect ratio as at the hem but look at those thick, small diameter solid rings. I dont know that it helped though judging by the gaping hole in the weave, it is maybe too clean a hole to be combat damage though.
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This is the left shoulder of the byrnie, it shows a lot of damage and a range of aspect ratios used. It indicates a lot of use and repair to the armor over a long time. There are several different styles and sizes of riveted rings and riveted rings present in solid punched rows.
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This is a detail view of maille from an archeological find.
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Time and corrison have basically fused this shirt(?) into a big solid lump of rust. This is one of the main reasons that maille is difficult to gather historical data on.
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This is part of the provenance for the rusted lump of metal, I mean maille shirt. I can't really read the title I think it's a family name, it'll have to wait until My GF gets time to translate it. The date is 1st-2nd Century, very old maille.
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The rest of the provenance for this rusted lump of metal #34 it simply says "chain byrnie"
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More rusted fragments of maille, they are pretty small but it's probably still a good bet they were a shirt.
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The provenance for the rusted fragments of maille, once again I can't translate the title. 5th-7th century #90-92 "chain byrnie pieces"
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Here is another shot of the rusted maille fragments just for scale. Shown next to a stunning beehive helmet with a shield boss and dagger.
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Yet another rusted chunk of maille, not very spectacular I know but hopefully this information will be useful for historical research.
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The provenance. This one seems to have much more useful information, but the Russian is well beyond me so the translation will have to wait. #5
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OK, this is the last piece of crap rusted chunk of maille. I really hope this info is useful to some people.
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The provenance, once again looks to have some good info but I can't translate it. #9
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Detail view of the rings on a very damaged shirt. Flattened wedge riveted rings, no punched rings
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Full view of the very damaged shirt, simple T shirt construction.
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Closer view of the most damaged areas around the chest, neck and shoulders. Can't tell for sure if the damage resulted from combat or time, probably a combination of the two. The neckline seems to have a split and lace up flap on the front.
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The provenance, once again I can't translate most of it but it dates the shirt to 11th-12th century. This is somehwat noteworthy since fully riveted construction is considered very uncommon at that time.
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A fairly strange looking Russian helmet that has two very different type of mail incorporated in the design.
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This is a detail of the maille draped around the back and sides of the helm. Round cross section rings with very prominent round rivets.They look to be hammer flattened. This is fine maille, approx 20g wire.
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This is a detail of the maille drape on the front of the helm. A much more standard size about 18g 3/8" fully flattened rings with wedge rivets.
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Detail of the attachment of the maile drape on the front of the helm to the oculars. As you can see it has been detached and then reattached with more modern riveted rings, which have since then been cut again, possibly to facilitate easy removal. It is also possible that this maille drape is not original to this helm but the size of the maille does perfectly match the hole spacing in the oculars.
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Detail of the attachment between the helm and the maille drape of the sides and back. This maille has just been crudely shoved onto the helm, the attachment system looks like it was more meant for leather areound the back. It's my opinion that the original maille or leather was not preserved so they just decided to dress it up with whatever scraps of historical maille they had laying around.
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The provenance for the helm, I'll have it translated when I can but it probably doesn't matter anyways since the maille doesn't look to be original to this helm.
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Another maille shirt, either a hauberk or a very large byrnie I really can't tell. It's the largest shirt I have ever seen but the proportions are sized like a t-shirt.
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Detail of the rings, round wire, round rivets. Half punched half riveted ring construction. Most of the rings are badly corroded and very thin. The larger riveted rings are repair rings but still very old.
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A wider view of the area where a large slash has been repaired. You can visually follow the line of repair rings. they seem to have been originally larger and haven't corroded as much over time and use, probably due to being better quality steel.
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Closer view of the neckline, it appears to have been a simple rectangular opening with no flap or split down the front.
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In this area of the shirt several rings have had the rivets corrode out confirming that these are round rivets.
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The museums "modern" conservation efforts can be seen here, several rings have been attached together with thin twisted tie wire.
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The provenance, it reads
#1 "Chain Byrnie
Russia (name of region?) 14th century"
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Another shot of the shirt for scale next to my GF. This thing is huge, her head could fit easily inside that sleeve. I estimate this was made to fit a 350-400lb man.
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A pretty standard byrnie, t-shirt style construction, a lace up slit on the front of a simple rectangular neck hole.
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Detail of the sleeve construction, notice that the end of the sleeve is tapered not square. This seems to have been intentional on many eastern style shirts but it might just be raggedy on this one.
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Detail of the chest and neck, the lace up split has been crudely seamed shut at some point.
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Well I'll be damned. That's a half persian 2-1 edging on that neckhole. That's the same way I first made half persian 2-1 ten years ago.
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The shirt is on inside out so the rivets are all facing inwards but they appear to be wedge riveted. Rings are fully flattened by hammer it appears, full riveted construction no punched rings.
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Here you can actually see a bit of the backside of the maille with the wedge rivets poking out. Sure would have been scratchy to wear it that way, you'd think the curators should know better.
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The provenance, it reads #5 "Chain Byrnie Russia (name of region?) 15th-early 16th century"
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A nice set of eastern style armor with maille on the helm.
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The best shot I could get of the maille unfortunately. IIRc it was butted steel about 22g 1/8". Definitely parade armor.
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The provenance for the armor set, no idea which one it is, I'll try to get it translated eventually.
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This is a very interesting type of maille armour known as a Baidana which as far as I know is specific to the Rus. Displayed at the Kremlin armory.
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The defining feature of the Baidana is that the rings are heavily flattened, like a modern washer as you can see here. This creates a very dense weave with almost no gaps at all between the rings but still remains light and even somewhat flexible.
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In this picture you can see quite a few butted repair rings and that the rings are half wedge riveted and half punched solid rings.
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In this shot notice that some of the ring overlaps have delaminated you can see the extreme thinness of the rings at the overlap, some are as thin as 24g wire.
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There are old cyrillic characters stamped into the rings, this was the best picture I could get of them. The inscription reads "God is with us".
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Here you can see the down side of using extremely thin rings, they crumple and bend easily.
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The construction is pretty standard, rectangular neckhole with a lace up split in the centre. A typical baidana would weigh in at about 12 pounds and about 10,000 rings. The rings are about 3/4" across. Although they were a great armor versus slashing saber blows Baidana apparently did poorly against spears and arrows due to the large inner diameter of the rings.
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The rings are so wide that they are forced to overlap each other, this leads to an interesting scale-like effect.
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Another look at the really cool scale effect on a sleeve.
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There is a split at the bottom of the armor to allow the rider to sit a horse properly. If the armor were shorter and did not need a split it would be referred to as a half-baidana.
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The provenance, It'll get translated eventually, I'm told it's pretty complete. It's my understanding that this is the famous Baidana that belonged to Boris Gudonov.
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A really sweet looking suit of indian style maille and plates. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get any provenance for this piece.
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Close view of the flap at the neck, done at a 45 degree angle and held wtih steel hooks. It also has a short military style collar attached with a 90 degree seam. I think it looks amazing, really clean lines, nice asymmetry and would've been much more protective than the medieval standard square hole with laces in the front.
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Detail view of the rings. Wow. Very nice die flattened rings, looks like round rivets, some damage that's been wired together. Notice how thick and dense the weave is, that would have been really strong armor. And it's been worn a lot too, the rings all have perfect Reuleaux triangle cross sections.
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In this view you can see the two different ring sizes used near the collar. It's a bit blurry but hopefully you can also make out the riveted rows vs. the solid ring rows.
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This beautiful and famous coat of maille and mantle set is on display in the cathedral at Prague castle. Security is really tight and they don't allow pictures but I tried to sneak a few good ones while my GF distracted the guards. ;)
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The mantle is trimmed in pure gold. Very impressive. Not a lot of construction details visible but the shirt looks to be pretty standard with extra long sleeves and hem it resembles a clerical robe. The mantle seems pretty standard construction in the back and is also styled in the front to resemble a clerical collar.
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close up of the mantle/collar, in the high res version you can make out the riveting The maill is very small 20-22g wire oval cross section. The rivets appear to be wedge riveted but it's impossible to be sure.
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The provenance of the shirt and mantle in English and Czech. There is some disagreement is scholarly circles about whether or not the details are accurate.
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An Etruscan maille sword belt in the bronze room at the Louvre.
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A shot showing the general construction of the belt, it was difficult to get good photos.
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A decent shot of the weave construction.
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Detail of the attachment method, tiny little S hooks. Hanging rings are punched, connecting rings butted.
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Close up showing the scale like hanging rings. These are very similar to one of my own early scale prototypes.
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The provenance of the sword belt which was kindly translated for me by Black Widow whose English is way better than my French.
"Italic sword belt
4th century B.C.
The lower part of the sword belt was modified: the holes that originally allowed the fixing of the lining were eliminated and replaced by other holes, rudimentary pierced, allowing the suspension of a metallic maille which echoes the elements of the 7th century B.c. feminine jewelry. The era in which this decorative intervention happened remains unknown."
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A duelling gauntlet, note that the maille and steel plate reinforcement is on the palm side of the glove. These were used to block and trap an opponents blade.
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A close up of the maille and plate. the maille is very fine approx 22g round wire with what appear to be round rivets. I.D. of the rings is probably about 1/8".
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The provenance of the glove roughly translated from French; "Gauntlet, used for dueling, Italian 16th Century, cloth, leather, chain and steel frets.
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This is a quick graphic showing the basic unit of orbital sheet weaves, both thunderstorm and orbital sheet start with this unit and expand it.
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A collar prototype for my cat, made from scrap anodized Titanium. Rings are approx. 22g 3/32" The text reads "Halp! I is lost, pleez call hoomanz!" and the phone#(obscured).
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This prototype design for a maille glove is made from 24g 3/32" welded stainless steel rings. The pattern is modular and scalable to any size. It fits closely yet offers full range of motion. This is accomplished by 4 expansions on every knuckle and 12 contractions on every finger tip. There are also several dozen extra expansion/contractions around the thumb and palm.
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A proof of concept, welded and anodized titanium loop in loop. 24g 1/4" grade 1 Ti.
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A sling that I made a couple of years back. Welded stainless 20g 3/32". The finger loop is e4-1 on a bias and the pocket is j4-1, the rest of it is Jens pind. It throws reasonably well but it's a bit heavy for an efficient sling, it also needs repairs every so often when a ring breaks.
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@European 6 in 1
European 6 in 1 is quite a bit more dense than European 4 in 1.
Sample shown uses .063", 9/32" stainless steel rings. AR: 5.0
Minimum AR: 4.3
Tutorial: European 6-1 (CGI, ribbon)
Tutorial: European 6-1 (photos)
Tutorial: European 6-1: 45 Degree Seam (photos) [Aderamelech]
Tutorial: European 6-1: 45 Degree Seam (photos) [JDanks]
Tutorial: Connection: King's Maille to Euro 6-1
Tutorial: Speedweaving European 6 in 1 Triangles
Tutorial: Joining European 6-1
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@European 8 in 1
Even more dense than European 6 in 1, European 8 in 1 is great for things that require more stability in standing on their own, including basket sides.
Sample shown uses .094", 1/2" aluminum rings. AR: 5.8
Minimum AR: 5.8
Tutorial: European 8-1 (CGI, ribbon)
Tutorial: European 8-1 (photos) |
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@Spiral 4 in 1
Also called 'Serpentine', or just plain 'Spiral'. The Spiral weave will unspiral itself unless you have it connected between two points while spirally. If you untwist the Spiral 4 in 1 weave, you will see that it is in fact 2 1 on 1 chains. Pictured sample uses .057", 1/4" galvanized steel rings (AR: 4.8).
Recommended AR: 4.0
Tutorial: Spiral Chain 4-1 (CGI)
Tutorial: Spiral Chain 4-1 (CGI)
Tutorial: Spiral Chain 4-1 (photos) |
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@Flower
Nice for necklaces and bracelets. Flower is like mini 3-unit spirals connected by 1 or more connector rings. Sample shown uses .062", 7/32" aluminum rings (AR: 3.9).
Tutorial: Flower Chain
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@Triple Orbital
This is a basic standard Orbital chain with the non-orbiting rings tripled so that the orbiting rings are held solidly in place. This is a weave by lorenzo. |
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Captive Inverted Round
This is the Inverted Round weave with captive rings trapped inside the chain. Part of the Orbital/Captive family. This is a weave by lorenzo.
Tutorial: Captive Inverted Round |
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Full Persian 5 in 1
A Persian chain made from Half Persian 5 in 1 sheet. It has a natural spiral to it. This is a weave by lorenzo. |
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Persian 5 in 1 Roundmaille
A Rroundmaille style chain made from Half Persian 5 in 1 Sheet. This is a weave by lorenzo. |
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Folding Box
This weave flips over depending on how it is held, it resembles a chain of dominos falling over. This is a weave by lorenzo. |
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Captive Byzantine
A byzantine chain with captive rings trapped inside each of the cages. This weave is a member of the orbital family. This is a weave by lorenzo. |
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Rosemaille
Rosemaille is a european weave made of interconnected coif tops. |
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Full Persian Spiral
This is what happens when you spiral all the links in the full persian weave. This is a weave by lorenzo. |
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Flowers in Cages
This is a variation on birdcage/byzantine/birdsnest that uses 3 ring rosettes inside the cages. Flowers in Cages is a weave by Baealiel Dreamseeker.
Tutorial: Flowers In Cages .
Tutorial: Byzantine Flower
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King's Scale
King's Scale:
This is just a variation on king's maile with two different sized rings that produces a very nice scaled effect. King's scale is a weave by Baealiel Dreamseeker.
King's Scale (CGI) |
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Nested Persian
This is a variation weave which combines persian 6-1 and birdsnest. Nested Persian is a weave by Baealiel Dreamseeker. |
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Turkish Sheet
This is the sheet form of Turkish round. Unfortunately it is not very stable and tends to curl upon itself. Turkish Sheet is a weave by Lorenzo. |
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Half Persian Spiral
The half persian chain with each unit spiralled. This is a weave by Lorenzo. |
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European 5 in 1
European 5 in 1 is a weave by Eric Matwe (Lorenzo). It is fairly dense and forms a crosshatch pattern. |
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Tiamat Scale
Tiamat Scale is a weave by Tor. This is a variant of dragonscale with three different ring sizes instead of the normal two. |
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Stairstep
A fairly simple weave combining elements of Japanese and Persian weaves. Here shown using 1/4" 16 gauge galvy and 1/8" 18 gauge stainless. In this ring size, it is quite stiff. It could probably be made into a sheet the same way Japanese weaves are sheeted. Stairstep is a weave by Derakon.
Tutorial: Stairstep (photos) |
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Alienmaille
Alienmaille is a weave by David H. F. Coder (Knotlinks).
Tutorial: Alienmaille |
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Persian Dragonscale
Persian Dragonscale is a weave by Warlord0fChaos. A simple chain made by connecting 2 Half Persian 3 in 1 chains with 2 single rows of european 4 in 1.
Persian Dragonscale-Weaving and Joining
Persian Dragonscale (The Other Method)
Dragonback vs. Persian Dragonscale: A Pictorial Comparison
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Confused Chameleon
Confused Chameleon is a weave by Derakon. This weave starts as a basic 2-2 chain. Then a single link is added in that throws everything to hell. You can think of it as a hybrid of European and Persian weaves, although I doubt that will help you figure it out any. A highly chaotic-looking weave, even when it is consistent |
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Rosettemaille
Rosettemaille is a weave by Eric Matwe (Lorenzo). This weave forms six petaled 'rosettes'. It is woven by connecting three ring mobius balls. |
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Agent Of Insomnia
Agent Of Insomnia is a weave by Thexnihil. Make a box weave, spiral every link. This one gets tough no matter the ring or gauge size in my experience. |
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Evil Mr. Stitches
Evil Mr. Stitches is a weave by Thexnihil. This one is easy to make, although tough to give instructions for. It's made from 1/2" and 5/16" links. The big links are spiraled through the links before them. The little links hold them there. |
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Double Half Persian Spiral
Double Half Persian Spiral is a weave by Thexnihil. Start with Persian, Spiral every link (put it through the link that was before it on the same side). Best results with 18 or 19ga 5/16"id. |
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X-weave / Spring Chain / Forars Kaede
X-weave is a weave by Thexnihil. This weave is the only one I've found that actually forms an X. To make it, start with 4-1 Half Persian, and then start doing the links like -_-_-_ on each of the 'chains'. I've had best results with 5/16"id at 18ga. Picture submitted by Zlosk, with an AR of 4.6. Dimentions for the rendering came from triginometry and real life measurements.
Tutorial: Forars Kaede updated (photos) |
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Six Leaf Clover
A birdcage variant of orchid. Six Leaf Clover is a weave by Nihm. |
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Expanded Counterspiral
Expanded Counterspiral is a weave by Zach Cole. This is what happens if you reverse the curve of the trough of any Counterspiral every row, It is similar in many ways to the expanded half-persians and the european weaves. This is a 6-in-1 sample, but all of the other variations are possible with the right size rings |
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Round Counterspiral 5
Round Counterspiral 5 is a weave by Zach Cole. Make a chain of regular 4-in-1 spiral, twist it the "wrong" way. That ugly pattern repeats and can be expanded sideways, it will curl up into a trough and you just join the sides together to form a tube. The original 4-in-1 spiral has 2 rows, I added three for a total of 5, but others are possible. |
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Round Counterspiral 4
Round Counterspiral 4 is a weave by Zach Cole. There are several ways to look at this weave, basically make a 4-in-1 spiral and twist it the "wrong" way. Next expand it sideways and it will curve into a trough. Join the trough sides to form a tube and you are done. The first spiral is the first two rows, this has two more added(hence 4 row...). |
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Mobius Sheet
A weave by Eric Matwe (Lorenzo). A weave similar in appearance to European 4 in 1, but constructed entirely of mobius balls. Virtually any other weave style can be duplicated using this method. |
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Double Half Persian 6 in1 Sheet
Double Half Persian 6 in 1 sheet is a weave by Aderamelech. This is the sheet version of Double Half Persian 3 in 1. With all but the largest ring sizes it is very dense. It also has an interesting bi-directional curve to it, pulling up around itself vertically and horizontally. This makes it a good weave for building three dimensionally. |
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Half Persian 3 in 1 Column
Half Persian 3 in 1 Column is a weave by Aderamelech. Similar to European column weave, but with Persian. The effect is rather like three strands of 3/4 persain connected around one another. A bit bulky but very attractive. Another weave with useful sculpturing applications. |
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Persian 4 in 1 Sheet
Persian 4 in 1 sheet is a weave by Eric Matwe (Lorenzo). This weave is strong enough to use as armour, using the same ring sizes as for European 6 in 1.
Tutorial: HP 4-1 Sheet (eye method) (photos)
Tutorial: HP 4-1 Sheet (flip method) (photos) |
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@Half Persian 3 Sheet 4 in 1
Half Persian 3 Sheet 4 in 1 allows a change of "cell direction" in adjacent half persian chains. It offers better flexibility than the other sheets, but the back of the sheet lies unevenly, limiting it to mostly decorative or joining functions. |
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@Half Persian 3 Sheet 5 in 1
Half Persian 3 Sheet 5 in 1 gives the same open appearance as standard Half Persian 3 in 1 chain, with a better range of motion than 3 Sheet 6 in 1. The back of 3 Sheet 5 in 1 lies flat, making it very good for straps and other fabric roles.
AR: 4.5
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Mobius Spiral
Mobius Spiral is a weave by Green Noise. It is the spiral weave with little mobius units for rings. |
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Spiral Web
A weave by Eric Matwe (Lorenzo). A mesh made by interconnecting spiral chains in a hexagon pattern. Any variations of this pattern based on the different japanese styles are possible. |
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Y-Weave
Y-Weave is a Persian variant by Aderamelech with some similarities to Grizzly. Unlike many other Persian chains this one works well (perhaps even better) with rings of a smaller ID. |
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Japanese Rain Chains
Chains of this style made from huge rings are used by the Japanese to direct the flow of rain water from their roofs. |
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Japanese 6 in 1 Box Chain
Japanese 6 in 1 Box Chain is a weave by Aderamelech. This is made using the same theory as standard boxchain, namely taking a strip of weave three units wide, and closing it off with a fourth row. In this case however the units are horizontal rings in a Japanese 6-1 weave. The box made this way has more open space in the middle then a Europen box, and so doesn't lay flat as well, but looks great as a hanging chain. |
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Persian Box
To make this chain start with a standard 4-in-one rosette with only four links. Then continue it with no expansion rings. This will force it into a chain. Persian Box is a weave by Thomas d'Cherbourg. |
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Strangemaille
Strangemaille is a weave by Eric Matwe (Lorenzo). This is standard European 4-1 with the grain reversed constantly.
Tutorial: Strangemaille (photos) |
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@Inverted Round
Inverted Round is a variant of roundmaille with the grain at a 90 degree angle.
Tutorial: Inverted Round
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Turkish Round
Turkish Round is a weave by Maillemaster. It is a byzantine/roundmaille variant. Nice if made with small rings.
Tutorial: Turkish Round (CGI) |
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Puppy Dog Eyes
Puppy Dog Eyes is a weave by Thexnihil. To make this start out with 4 closed links. Stitch them up European style on each side. That becomes the main 'things'. Then, just connect them together. |
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Wavemaille
A gridlock variant with an extra set of nested rings. Wavemaille is a weave by Eric Matwe (Lorenzo) |
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Boxmail
Boxmail is simply interwoven Box chains, many variations are possible by altering the direction of the rings in the chains.
Boxmail (CGI) |
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Byzantine Web
Birdcage Hex is one of the ways to turn the Birdcage weave into a sheet. It works with any ring combination that works for birdcage. However, if more than three chains come together at any intersection, it's a good idea to use larger connection rings to avoid bunching up of the weave.
Tutorial: Byzantine Hexagonal Web (CGI, same ring size)
Tutorial: Byzantine Hexagonal Web (photos, larger connecting ring) |
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Trinitymaille
A three in one persian sheet weave, it can be used with very small ring diameters and makes great armour. Trinitymaille is a weave by Eric Matwe(Lorenzo).
Tutorial: Trinitymaille (Simple Chain, half preclosed)
Tutorial: Trinitymaille (Euro 4-1 Stabilizer) |
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Maille With a Twist
This is standard European 4 in 1 with the rings laying in three planes instead of just 2, effectively spiralling the weave. Maille With a twist is a weave by Eric Matwe (lorenzo). |
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Lobster Tail
A curved chain that is a boxchain full persian hybrid. Lobster Tail is a weave by Eric Matwe(lorenzo).
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Tutorial: Lobster Tail (Photos)
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Spiral Round
The euro 4-1 weave spiraled into a tube, works best with small inner diameter rings. |
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European 3 in 1
Here's a version of European 3 in 1 made by alternately contracting and then expanding euro 4-1. This is a weave by lorenzo. |
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Etruscan Maille
Also known as "Italian" Maille. This is the oldest known maille weave dating back to the 7th century B.C. It was historically used for feminine apparel and later armour. It predates european 4 in 1 by at least two centuries. |
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Orbital Sheet
This weave built only of 1-2 chains is the sheet version of orbital. Every ring in the weave is both orbited and orbiting. Orbital sheet is a weave by lorenzo. |
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Secret
Here is one of my unpublished weaves. I've kept it to myself for a long time now so I'm calling it Secret. It's a 4-1 weave very similar to "Oops" and "Strangemaille" |
