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One German artificer's ideas and philosophy on making chainmail. Available in both English and German.
ChainMaille for all occasions and those occasions when only ChainMaille will do
This is a graphically oriented site (150 pages containing over 2000 images). click on any thumbnail for a better look.
(Awesome collection of ideas, some how-tos, and more - ed)
The pages below go through the method I use to make this maille, step-by-step. I've also detailed the tooling used and how I made it.
If you don't count automatic machinery, coil springs have basically been made the same way for the last 300 years. But try to learn how to do it yourself and you'll find that no one has written up "how to do it" for anyone except mechanical engineers. If you want to learn to bend wire, you have to sit at the elbow of a professional springmaker and hope he'll teach you. After 300 years, it's about time the "how-to" was made available, so here it is. Grab a six-pack, pull up a stool, and read all about how to make springs.
This site has loads of images, and suits, finished pieces and jewelry. A personal site. No instructions, but great eye candy!
This is the Miron's Mail Manufactory online guide to making chainmail. I plan on expanding it to include different weaves and techniques, to make it more complete as time goes on. ANIMATED!! Really cool - ed.
This site has a really good library of techniques and patterns to get you started.
A really nice summary of tools, techniques and assembly.
4 in 1 chain mail construction page, with clear easy to understand graphics!
How-to pages of all flavors, from beginners' instructions to patterns to armor creation.
A Clear Systematic Guide for the Do-It-Yourselfer on 4 in 1 and 6 in 1 construction.
A great resource on all things armour. Loads of articles and essays, and a pretty complete how-to tutorial area on making chainmail, with history and concepts. cool! -ed
Perhaps the biggest (best?) site for chainmail on the web. Their instructions page links to most other sites. Instructions for virtually every sort of weave.
This site is a sub section of the excellent Ringlord Site. It has the patterns broken up into groups, and types.
