Chain Maille Jewelry Workshop: Technique: Techniques and Projects for Weaving with Wire

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Civilizations that used mail invented specific terms for each garment made from it. The standard terms for European mail armour derive from French: leggings are called chausses, a hood is a mail coif, and mittens, mitons. A mail collar hanging from a helmet is a camail or aventail. A shirt made from mail is a hauberk if knee-length and a haubergeon if mid-thigh length. A layer (or layers) of mail sandwiched between layers of fabric is called a jazerant. Chainmail was flexible and lighter than plate armor and protected against medieval slashing weapons. this quote from the translated reference of Sakakibara Kozan's 1800 book, The Manufacture of Armour and Helmets in Sixteenth-Century Japan, shows that the Japanese not only knew of and used riveted kusari but that they manufactured it as well.

Dean, Bashford (1920). Helmets and body armor in modern warfare. New Haven: Yale University Press. p.133 . Retrieved 2023-10-12– via Library of Congress. Let the Interweave Knits Winter 2024 issue transport you to a winter wonderland of cozy knits! This remarkable edition features 14 extraordinary projects to immerse yourself in the uniqueness of specially crafted yarns. It was We Who taught him the making of coats of mail for your benefit, to guard you from each other's violence: will ye then be grateful? (Yusuf Ali's translation) Mughal ArmyI love the photographs as they are very inspiring and with some of the projects which incorporate beads or coloured rings they are great on that aspect if you need any inspiration or ideas on how to do this. This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( May 2018) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Blake, Terry. "Dr Zeus - Testing of HV Suit w Twin Musical Tesla Coils". Daily Planet Segment 2008. Discovery Channel. Archived from the original on 2011-08-29 . Retrieved 2011-08-20.

Pay attention to the inner diameter (ID). One of the things that bothered me when shopping for my first set of jump rings for chain maille was that I couldn’t find the exact size specified in the project. I had no idea if I should be more concerned with the inner diameter (ID) or outer diameter (OD), since they can be slightly different. Those little differences can make for big problems when it comes to your chain maille projects, and since the jump rings are linked together on the inside, you should always make sure to get the proper inner diameter jump rings for your chain maille projects. Of mail there are two sorts, viz. chain and plate mail. Chain mail is formed by a number of iron rings, each ring having four others inserted into it, the whole exhibiting a kind of net work, with circular meshes, every ring separately rivetted; this kind of mail answers to that worn on the ancient breast-plates, whence they were denominated loricæ hammatæ, from the rings being hooked together. mail". Oxford English Dictionary (Onlineed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.) The Maille Artisans International League (MAIL) – Hundreds of weaves/tutorials/articles, and gallery pictures

One recent critic of "chain mail," Hugh Knight, The Play of the Axe: Medieval Pollaxe Combat (2009), offers this discussion of the topic in a glossary entry for mail: Medieval chainmail has different names meaning the same thing, other common names are chain armor, ring armor, and mail.

Our designers have created a selection of project tutorials to put your newfound chain maille skills to work. Each project kit includes all the materials you'll need to create your own piece of jewelry, or you can substitute your own components to create a look that's all your own. In Europe [ edit ] Mail armour and equipment of Polish medium cavalryman, from the second half of the 17th century Large-linked mail is occasionally used as a fetish clothing material, with the large links intended to reveal – in part – the body beneath them. Original Letters, Written During the Reigns of Henry VI, Edward IV and Richard III., edited by Sir John Fenn Schlosser, Eric (September 3, 1998). "Fast-Food Nation: Meat and Potatoes". Rolling Stone. No.794 . Retrieved 2020-11-19.Douglas, David (director) (2002). Straight Up: Helicopters in Action. Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum. Chain maille is such a fascinating technique for jewelry-making, but I have to admit, I approached it with more than a little trepidation. Once I got started, though, the rhythm of opening, linking, and closing all those jump rings created the same soothing sort of feeling that I get when I’m immersed in a good bead-weaving project. Find video tutorials to introduce you to a variety of styles of chain maille weaves. If you've never tried chain maille before, be sure to watch our **How to Open and Close Jump Rings** video, as this is the fundamental skill you'll need for making chain maille. a b c George Cameron Stone (2 July 1999). A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration, and Use of Arms and Armor: In All Countries and in All Times. Courier Dover Publications. p.424. ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016 . Retrieved 18 February 2011.