On the Art of Chainmaille - Making a Coif part 2 ~ Drunkethics

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Thursday, 15 September 2011

On the Art of Chainmaille - Making a Coif part 2

05:14 Shash 20 comments

Right, now that we have the main piece, we join it with two small straps at what will soon be the forehead and the chin.

Before you continue, you need to count the rings of the top row(marked in red). For typical 2mm thick wire and 10mm inner diameter of the rings(sorry but i will use metric system -inches,gauges and the like are not for me) there should be around 50 - 70 rings, depending on the size of the coif.

Link to previous part
http://drunkethics.blogspot.com/2011/09/on-art-of-chainmaille-making-coifhood.html

Link to part 3
http://drunkethics.blogspot.com/2011/09/on-art-of-chainmaille-making-coif-part_21.html

Posted in: armor,chainmail,chainmaille coif tutorial,coif,EN,how to make a coif,medieval history

20 коментара:

Jessica Thompson says:

15 September 2011 at 07:02

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Linchpin says:

15 September 2011 at 08:28

yeah, the coif is taking shape. Can't wait to see the complete one. Make some pretty girl wear it for the photo ;)

Shash says:

15 September 2011 at 08:40

@Linchpin

Sorry to disappoint but you will get the bearded lady. :)

Sketchar says:

15 September 2011 at 08:58

Wow intense, this would get so tedious

Outcast says:

15 September 2011 at 10:20

Nice coif so far man. Must be so much hard work and effort, you're actually quite inspirational considering how hard you work!

pv says:

15 September 2011 at 10:20

this is coming along nicely, looks really great

AllenTesch says:

15 September 2011 at 10:41

How long does it take to make one?

Shash says:

15 September 2011 at 10:59

@AllenTesch

This one is being made from leftovers, so its faster than usual. It takes me several days to 1 week to get one done otherwise. Depends on how hard I work really. If I spit on my hands and go for 8+hours per day I can make it really fast. Of course, experience comes in play. I just know how to handle it.