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aczamudio · 2 years
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Purification.
Design inspired mostly by Armstreet’s King’s Guard suit. It is gorgeous.
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Buyer’s Guide to Chainmail - Medieval Collectibles Blog
Medieval Collectibles brings to you a buyer’s guide to chainmail. Our selection of chainmail is very extensive, and we break down what terms and variations you may come across. From materials to riveting types and more, we hope to answer your questions regarding our chainmail and help you choose what chainmail to buy.
Materials Used for Chaimail
The material that chainmail is made from will affect what it can be used for. There are a variety of materials. We have mild steel, high tensile steel, titanium, aluminum only, as well as aluminum and rubber chainmail.
Aluminum chainmail as well as aluminum and rubber chainmail are ideal for situations where the look of chainmail but not the weight is desired. It is also useful for when the protection of stronger chainmail is not required. This includes theatrical productions, cosplay conventions, and other non-contact roleplaying events. The addition of rubber to aluminum also allows the chainmail garment to stretch slightly, making it easier to take on and off.
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Next, there is steel chainmail. Most of our chainmail is steel chainmail. It can come as mild steel or high tensile steel. High tensile steel has a greater tensile strength than mild steel. This means that high tensile rings are more resistant to being stretched or pulled apart. Steel chainmail is great for either contact roleplaying or reenactment, depending on the gauge being used. Steel chainmail mail must be treated with oil to prevent rusting and corrosion.
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Finally, there is titanium. Titanium chainmail combines the benefits of aluminum with benefits of steel. It is both strong and lightweight. This allows it to be used for non-historically accurate reenactments. This also the most expensive type of chainmail and is therefore recommended for more experienced users.
Gauges of Steel
Steel chainmail rings come in multiple wire gauges. The larger the number of the gauge the thinner the wire. The two most common steel gauges that we have are 16 and 18 gauge wire. 16 gauge steel and below, such as 14 gauge steel, work best for historical reenactments. 18 gauge and above, such as 20 gauge, are better for roleplaying and LARP events. Generally, the thinner the steel wire or the higher the gauge number, the more likely it should be used for costume and roleplaying use. We offer an array of this type of chainmail. For example, top brands Mytholon and Epic Armoury make chainmail specifically for LARP use. 
Types of Chainmail Rings
Chainmail rings can be divided by the shape of the ring’s wire. There are two types of rings, flat and round rings. A round ring would have a circular cross section if one were to cut through one of this type of ring. On the other hand, a flat ring would show a rectangular cross section.
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Round, Butted Chainmail Rings (above)
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Flat, Riveted Chainmail Rings (above)
Butted vs Riveted Chainmail
Chainmail rings can also be divided by their closure. Rings are either riveted or butted. Butted chainmail rings are rarely flat wire rings and are usually round wire. The ends of the rings sit close together. Riveted rings on the other hand can be either round or flat ring. These rings have a piece of metal stuck through both ends of the rings, securing them together. Riveted chainmail tends to be stronger and more resistant to combat than butted rings. For contact reenactments, riveted chainmail is better suited than butted chainmail. Additionally, some pieces of chainmail may be made of mostly butted rings but also use riveted chainmail rings for reinforcement in points of stress on a garment. Other garments may use a combination of riveted or butted rings and solid rings. Solid rings alternate with either butted or riveted rings to create a stronger piece.
Types of Riveting
There are two major types of riveting found on chainmail. These types are dome riveting, also called round riveting, and wedge riveting. Both types are historically accurate. Wedge riveting for example, became popular in the 1300s and was used until chainmail was no longer used in combat. Dome riveting is more accurate to the early medieval world. Dome riveted chainmail tends to be less expensive than wedge riveted. Both types of riveting are suitable for contact with weapons, provided that the rings are made from the appropriate materials.
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Dome Riveting on Alternating Round and Flat Rings (above)
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Wedge Riveting on Flat Rings (above)
Ring Diameter
Rings come in a variety of diameters. These rings are usually measured in millimeters. As the diameter of the rings used gets smaller, the weave of the chainmail armour will get tighter. The smaller the diameter, the stronger the chainmail will be, generally speaking.
Types of Chainmail Armour
There are many types of chainmail armour pieces. This includes gauntlets, voiders, chausses, coifs, aventails, and hauberks or haubergeons. Hauberks and haubergeons have tunic-like shapes. They cover the torso and usually some or most of the arms as well. Coifs cover the head and neck. Aventails will generally cover the neck and were historically used in conjunction with helmets. Voiders are pieces that specifically protect the arms and sides of the torso. Gauntlets mainly protect the hands and wrists. Chausses primarily protect the legs. Chausses usually have a loop of some kind on each leg to allow them to secure onto a belt.
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maeirys · 8 months
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Sir Gideon Nav and her Lady Harrowhark Nonagesimus, representing the Ninth house at the king's joust.
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artist-ellen · 3 months
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The one, the only, Jaime Lannister
Confession time... I'm a big redemption-arc Jaime apologist. Season 8 was a betrayal on every level and I reject D&D's decisions with Jaime. In a hilarious/devestating twist season 8 episode 2 was the second episode I'd ever watched (the first was the Sand-Snake vs Greyjoy episode with my cousins, and s8ep2 I watched when it came out with my friend) and it hooked me enough to give the rest of season 8 a fighting chance (guess how that went). So... I was already a Braime stan via the books and 8x02... there's a reason I'm still raging all these years later. I was already set up for failure with my Beauty and the Beast retellings obsession... I have to stop or I'll never stop. Anyway, Jaime apologist, I've decided he and Brienne have a happy ending. Who is your problematic asoiaf fave?
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vialrush · 2 months
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warframe 1499 :^)
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rubynrut · 12 days
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Drawing diomedes in full body
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fashionsfromhistory · 11 months
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Visor in the form of a Human Face
c.1515
Attr. Kolman Helmschmid
Helmets fitted with masklike visors were a popular German and Austrian fashion about 1510 to 1540. With their visors forged and embossed as humorous or grotesque human masks, such helmets were often worn in tournaments held during the exuberant pre-Lenten (Shrovetide) festivals, celebrations somewhat akin to the modern Mardi Gras. Substitute visors of more conventional type were often provided for everyday use.
The MET (Accession Number: 04.3.286a)
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petermorwood · 1 year
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I'm curious about the eating pick, how would you compare using it to using a fork?
It's a lot more fiddly - stab not scoop - and having used both a pick and a two-tine fork it surprises me that the three-tine fork with less space for things to fall through (or maybe even something like a modern spork) wasn't an immediate next step, rather than taking more than a century to arrive and then, AFAIK, only for fruit.
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Medieval food was mostly eaten with knife-spoon-fingers, and the pick (again AFAIK) was used more like a carving-fork, to hold large pieces in place so they could be cut to spoon- or finger-size, than to convey those pieces to the mouth.
The well-researched "Wolf Hall" series shows Tudor table etiquette, eating with a spoon and with right-hand fingers kept clean by using the napkin worn on left shoulder or forearm.
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Earlier table manners were similar; there's plenty of reference to hand-washing, napkins and so on.
IMO “The Private Life of Henry VIII” (1933) is probably to blame for the pop-history notion of “historical” dining involving whole chickens pulled apart with both hands and bones thrown over shoulders or onto the floor.
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This link is to the full scene on YouTube, where the dialogue proves that it’s being done partly for comedy, and partly to show how nervous Henry made his court.
People in the Middle Ages didn't cut their food with daggers; yes, they'd have worn baselards or rondels or ballock knives because those were part of everyday costume (including women, there's pictorial evidence for it), but they wouldn't have used them at the dinner-table any more than they'd have used a sword.
I wonder sometimes if those who claim daggers were table cutlery know how big a medieval / Renaissance dagger could be, or how out-of-place it would look at a dinner table.
There's plenty of evidence for picks and small eating-knives as personal possessions. Here’s a 14th-century painting and a modern reconstruction of the thing on the belt.
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...and another painting, “The Peasant Dance” by Breughel, showing both a big fighting-knife (Messer) and - worn by the red-hosed dancer in the middle - an eating-knife and maybe pick.
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The armed man is also showing off (look at his hat!) that he owns a pewter or maybe even silver spoon...
Eating-knife and pick, collectively called "by-tools", could also be slotted into the scabbard of something bigger, such as that Messer in the Breughel painting as recreated by Tod Cutler...
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...or a dagger like these Swiss ones...
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...whose scabbard ornamentation with human figures proves how they were worn...
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- horizontally (usually across the small of the back) so their decoration was right-way-up for proper admiration.
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By-tools could be part of even larger weapons, a sword or Kriegsmesser (war-knife) like this one, which belonged to Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I:
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Besides holding down or picking up food, a pick had other functions for which a knife with edges wouldn’t work as well such as an auger to drill holes in leather, or a fid or marlinspike for splicing rope or laces.
By the mid-1500s, people on the cutting edge (hah!) of fashion started to carry the ornate version of that little eating-knife-and-pick sheath; they had a “dining trousse”, personal table cutlery with its own separate case or scabbard, and a REALLY stylish trousse might even include the latest toy, a fork.
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But that was often regarded as a pointless (hah!) affectation, because after all, everyone had fingers...
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warclad · 1 year
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Finally done! I'm so proud of these. What an absolute joy to make. I hope to try something a little more ambitious in the future. Inspired by examples from the 13~1400's.
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kaeyx · 2 months
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watching Knight chuuya undress and dispose of his armour while you're waiting for him to crawl into bed beside you and you get the treat of seeing him in the skintight black covers they use under the amour, the slight turtle neck and watching as he rolls up his sleeves to put his hair up so it's not too tangled in the morning
getting to feel his hands wrap around your waist and pull you close to him as he mumbles in a groggy tone about how tired he is from work, how he's so glad he can come home to you. his hand traces up to cup your cheek, its slightly rough from combat, you can assume. but its so warm and he knows you enjoy it on you.
being pulled into a kiss and getting to feel him subconsciously wrap a hand around your neck, pulling you closer while he drums on the sides of your neck..... sigh ........
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Agosufsjdja oh 🌱 anon your mind,,,, you make me WEAK!! Watching his deft fingers undo all the clasps and straps holding his armour on, the heavy clanks of each piece as he sets them down, the gentle clinking of chainmail as he lifts it over his head. Stripping off the tunic he's wearing underneath and hastily shrugging on his bedclothes before he gets into bed with you. His hands are rough from training and yours rough with house and yardwork but neither of you mind, his fingers find their place around your neck and waist as he kisses you desperately, murmuring how much he missed you.
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m0nstr0sity · 2 months
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starting a new campaign soon, so naturally, a new character for it. meet Rupert, the human fighter.
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theworldofwars · 2 months
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An American 14 inch naval gun on a railway platform firing near Thierville, 29 October 1918.
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we-are-knight · 10 months
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So, I can't afford full plate harness.
BUT...
I can afford, steadily, to equip plastic harness simulators.
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So I guess I'm investing in this for the time being, to get some experience in harness without a plate harness.
Knight is in fact going to do some true knightly combat, soon.
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galacticsabc · 1 year
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Red Hydrangea
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