How To Make Your Own Chainmail

The kind of wire that you need depends on the specific application.

How to make your own chainmail.

Taking the time to cut my own rings has brought me more satisfactory feeling about my finishes products. The only material that you need to make basic chainmail is metal wire. A shirt of chainmail will require about 1 2 mile 0 8km of wire. Chainmail armor is typically made from steel wire with a thickness between 18 gauge and 14 gauge.

So you might now how to put chainmail links together but making a shirt is an entirely different thing. This is the weave that you usually see in movies. Materials making the rings weaving the rings and making the shirt. It includes hours of work and a lot of mistake making but the finished product can last a lifetime and looks pretty gnarly if you ask me.

This article is a guide for making chainmail armor from start simple wire to finish a finished chainmail shirt. Get my blacksmithing ebook and start the adventure today. If you re making a shirt you ll probably need at least 7 rows if not more. I ve had these knipex mini bolt cutters for 8 years now recommend them more than ever.

A tutorial on making cosplay butted mail. Chainmail jewelry can be achieved by any average person with a few tools time and materials. How to make a chainmail shirt. If you re going for jewelry 1 or 2 rows might be enough.

Add new rows until your chainmail is as thick as you want it to be.