Smelting is a specialty item and very few do it; why we all would meet up at Pennsic to do it.  We had people from a number of kingdomes that would participate.

 

Here are two micro maille pieces I made years ago.  Both are 24g (0.02" wire) and 1/16" ID rings.  The ring is sterling silver and the tetrahedron is anodized titanium.  The little tetrahedron fits on an a poker chip and can hold a couple pounds before sagging...

Here's a vest I did for a friend who LARP's.

Aluminium rings and dragonscales, think she was describing it as mithril type metal...

Just straight 4 in 1 European

just a few bits i made at different times. top two are basically same thing just one has crystal drops. last isn't really mail but i figure kind of fits the theme

15 hours ago, PapaDooks said:

just a few bits i made at different times. top two are basically same thing just one has crystal drops. last isn't really mail but i figure kind of fits the theme

 

Snail maille isn't it?

Frosty The Lucky.

pattern i found called it vertibrae or snake mail but i guess really can call it what ever you want

I like to blacksmith, and my wife likes to knit -- we're what you call a "steel wool couple". That gave me the idea for knitting maille on circular needles:

(Just a bit of fun with garage door spring and copper wire left over from an electrical project.)

Watch out for the maille moths!

6 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said:

Watch out for the maille moths!

I'll just borrow Dawulf's flyswatter!

Besides, the femaille of the species is more deadly than the maille!

3 minutes ago, JHCC said:

I'll just borrow Dawulf's flyswatter!

Didn't work on the fly lol. 

I love chain maille, just don't have the time to try it. I'll just keep marveling at the cool stuff here.  

 

I know this is pretty old post, but here is an example of mail I have made.  It's made from 16 gauge wire, punched with a modified nail set, and riveted with triangle rivets made from the same wire.  The links are a bit big with an OD of around 12mm, kind of outside of the historical norm.  To set the rivets I used an old pair of clinchers that was made by Steve of Forth Castle when he was still making them.  

 

I would still like to get the process better and more historical at some point.

Jason

Hard to get the apprentices these days...

So true, and all my minions have grown up and moved out on their own.  

Here's my book bag, it used to be a shirt, but I figured I would get better use out of it this way. 

It uses galvanised steel, with copper for the inlay. I can't remember the sizes though, its nearly 10 years old and still used without fail.

Empty, it weighs 8lb. 

Is there a thread for bloomery smelting