Simple 4-in-1 chainmail
Over the last year I've been learning how to make chainmail, and steadily working away on a chain haubergeon. It's surprisingly easy....mostly. The basics are very simple indeed. Here's how to construct European 4-in-1 maille. You can either start with a spool of wire and construct a mandrel and cut your own rings or you can buy jump rings like I did (not having the space for such equipment, and I'm working in stainless steel to complicate things.) Sites I can recommend for supplies would be Armchair Armoury in the UK and The Ring Lord in the US/Canada. Start with a pile of jump rings: Taking two pairs of flat-nosed pliers, clamp them down on either side of the ring and twist to open some of the rings. I find doing strips of 10s works well for a larger project but you can do whatever length of strip you wish: Once you have 10 open rings, get some more untouched rings and then close 22: Put 4 closed rings through 1 open ring and then close t...