Description
A handmade piece of chain mail.
The rings are made from 1.2mm black wire. Тhe rings are flattened by forging and are drilled by hand with a hammer and punch.
This product is authentic chain mail made exactly as it was made back in time. It’s 4 to 1 pattern, if you want to learn more about the history of how chainmail was made in Europe read on!
What is chain mail?
A chain mail is a garment made of metal links, which are attached to a base piece of fabric. The base piece of fabric is then sewn and stitched into place.
There is no material needed for the chain mail to be “functional.” It simply has to be able to pass through a hole and bunch up enough at that point.
Chain mail has been used in many different ways throughout history, but it was mostly used as a visual representation of power, wealth, and status.
The method of making
Chain mail is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh. It was generally in common military use between the 3rd century BC and the 14th century AD. A coat of this armour is often referred to as a hauberk, and sometimes a byrnie.
Several patterns of linking the rings together have been known since ancient times, with the most common being the 4-to-1 pattern (where each ring is linked with four others). In Europe, the 4-to-1 pattern was completely dominant. Mail was also common in East Asia, primarily Japan, with several more patterns being utilised and an entire nomenclature developing around them.
Up until the 14th-century European mail was made of alternating rows of round riveted rings and solid rings. Sometime during the 14th-century European mail makers started to transition from round rivets to wedge-shaped rivets but continued using alternating rows of solid rings.
Eventually, European mail makers stopped using solid rings and almost all European mail was made from wedge riveted rings only with no solid rings.
*The price is for 1 piece 22x14cm
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