Thread: Chainmail

Interesting. In my area there seems to be another use... Belly Dancing outfits. Seems to be a market at craft sales and fairs for handmade chainmail ornamentation for dancers , etc.

Originally Posted by Johnus

Interesting. In my area there seems to be another use... Belly Dancing outfits. Seems to be a market at craft sales and fairs for handmade chainmail ornamentation for dancers , etc.

Wouldn't this create chafing?

Originally Posted by rolodave

IIRC the warriors wore 2 or 3 inches of felt under the chain mail. This supposedly protected them from the points that got through the mail.

Is this correct?

DAve

I believe the Mongols wore silk under their leather armor. Silk is supposed be very hard to penetrate.

And iirc the English officers wore silk leggings during engagements to somewhat protect against shrapnel and that if they were struck, it was easier for the surgeons.

Chaffing ??? Seen it made into collar, belt and halter type things. Quite expensive.

Originally Posted by Johnus

Chaffing ??? Seen it made into collar, belt and halter type things. Quite expensive.

Look closer I used only one F.

Messed around with a certifiably crazy SCA oriented chick many years back. It was fun while it lasted.

She was modeling her new chain mail panties that she'd just spent a bunch of $$ on. Why chain mail panties? I never figured that one out. I enjoyed the modeling part though. She figured out pretty quick that stuff would pull hair.

She didn't think my remarks about rust stains on her back side were funny either......

Nice work on building that stuff. I watched a buddy of mine building a long shirt. Took him a while and a LOT of work.

Originally Posted by HaiKarate

Chainmail is actually hard to make.
Im posting this because i read another thread that showed Normans attacking Saxons on the English coast.
Real rivited chainmail takes effort.[snip]
I wear it so I dont get stabbed when I go to Walmart.
I made it myself.

Are you pillaging the local Walmart?

I have to see if I can grab a pic !! my buddy made his girlfriend a dress out of it .. he used the smaller rings though ...I know it took him a long time to finish it !!

Originally Posted by MisterMoo

I order Whiting & Davis metalmesh when I need to do combat in slaughterhouses.

Why on earth would you put a glove on the hand that holds the tool you wish to protect yourself against lol??

Because it's a right-handed glove, duh!

Yeah, our butcher walks around with a chain glove on his non-cutting hand.

I like the chain mail. I dunno about the undergarments for force dispersion, make sense I guess. I'd be more interested in undergarments for the body hair aspect. After 10 minutes of battle with the mail ripping out my chest hair I think I'd welcome a sword through the guts.

James.