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I will do handmade chainmail shirts for $200  $125 $110 in current mtgox last price in BTC + Shipping (USPS flat rate boxes ftw)

http://puu.sh/XP1p

http://puu.sh/XP0T

Coifs will be $75 USD

pics will come soon reply if interested these are hand made I want to see if anyone is interested.

Cheers

Maidak

Interesting, i'm making one too. How much time did you take for you?

I have a chainmail safety glove for sale if anyone is interested too..

Just putting that out there..  :P  

Nearly identical to this http://kk.org/cooltools/archives/1643 (http://kk.org/cooltools/archives/1643)

They take about a week or so to do a shirt I can do custom orders as well like trench coats different metals etc. Its more of a hobby but I figured why not see if I can sell some off to the BTC community. :D

I'm currently making one but it is taking me much more than a week, can i know like how are you making it? Maybe mine takes more cause it's longer, dunno

Still entertaining offers on hand made chain mail and custom requests.

Still selling these

I had a chainmail bikini top made for me at the Renaissance Festival a few years ago and it took a long time to get everything just right. How well do the tops fit without actually having the person you're making it for there to tailor it to?

Some pictures would do a lot to garner interest.

still selling can do custom orders.

bumping can also do jewelry

A picture of a coif would be cool.

I'll eventually add a photo and some of the jewelry I can do, but they take time and its not something I exactly want to do unless someone orders one.

I still got some vests, going to put up jewelry pieces this week which will range from 1-3 btc

Now that's just cool.

Wanna buy one. :)

my neighbor makes chain mail and goes to penfest....i think thats what its called and i know hes been working on his chainmail garb for years...cant believe it only takes you a week.

RenFair

+1

I completed my chainmail vest and i know there is no way i can't make it in a week. One or two months. But well, mine is bigger than this one, it's a bit longer and it's much more covered on the chest and on the back. But still, i too can't believe it takes a week

this guy needs to lay off the adderall if hes cranking them out that fast... it does appear that my neighbors chainmail is a tighter smaller diameter linkage, so maybe thats why it takes him so long.   he also made a glove with his clan emblem made out of red loops on the top, not really my thing but pretty fuckin cool.

My rings looks similar to the one of the pics, and it still takes me 1-2 months to complete a vest.

Now here's an interesting question:

If you really crank these out so fast, could you do one for me in time for halloween?  :D

Pictures please?

Also, are they metal?

Or metal looking plastic like for prop use in Lord of the Rings?

I'm sorry for my ignorance about chainmail, but what kind of metal is used in the rings? Are they strong enough to stop any sort of arrows or knives? Have you tested it for durability/survivability? How much does the vest weigh?

Thanks!

1)Galvanized steel or stainless steel

2)Only if it's a RIVETED mail made with rings of the right size and diameter and only if used with a proper padding. Otherwise, NO! Mail used today is almost always butted mail, wich mean that rings are closed by just putting the extremeties together. It's much much quicker and cheaper than riveting it and is perfectly fine for normal needs/reenactment/almost whatelse. But if you want protection you need a proper mail with riveted rings AND you must also wear proper padding.

3)Since it's butted mail, no, it's not made for protection

5)5-6kg

Riveted mail:
http://www.weaponsemporium.com/WE-Riveted%20Mail.jpg

Butted mail:
http://www.schmitthenner.com/butted_big.jpg

And even if it's riveted please do not expect it to make you invincible.

This said, real riveted mail armor with real padding worked very well at stopping things. Tests show that penetrating it with arrows or swords it's almost impossible.

Oh and yes the padding is important

Do you make chastity belts too (it's for a friend)?

i dont think anyone wearing chainmail needs a chastity belt.....i dont think dressing up and playing swords attracts many ladies.

I have another buddy who helps me and we kind of do half in half then piece it together thats why it is done so quickly, but yeah these do take alot of time depending on size gauge, etc etc. I'm only making these to try and add to my bitcoin miners sadly no ones interested in buying . :( and even at $125 . . oh btw its not adderall thats my drug its bitcoin. :D


I can totally do chastity belts that would be pretty funny.


Yeah PM me what you want and a rough price I'll have it shipped to you befor halloween if you get to me asap, I still have this vest just sitting here by the way this one was made out of aluminum rings so its quite lite.

$110 for this shirt

$110 is a great price for that. Good job!

Wow that is awesome. Looks like a lot of work.

friendly bump come on someone buy it so i can make more and invest in some more mining rigs. :D

OK, I'm kind of tempted actually - how much would shipping to the UK be (I'm guessing quite a bit) and what's the sizing on that?

I would more then likely do UPS for shipping and just a guess may be $60-80 just for shipping and it will fit average person my buddy in that is about 5'11 and 170lbs

Ah, possibly very fractionally on the large side then. I'll think about it though (assuming you don't manage to find someone to buy it first, and I'd be very suprised if no-one bites, heh).