How To Make Your Own Chainmail

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

How to make your own chainmail.

A tutorial on making cosplay butted mail. A shirt of chainmail will require about 1 2 mile 0 8km of wire. If you re making a shirt you ll probably need at least 7 rows if not more. There are several sections to this guide.

So you might now how to put chainmail links together but making a shirt is an entirely different thing. Chainmail jewelry can be achieved by any average person with a few tools time and materials. Keep adding rows of chainmail until you ve got enough of them to make your project. Get my blacksmithing ebook and start the adventure today.

Materials making the rings weaving the rings and making the shirt. This article is a guide for making chainmail armor from start simple wire to finish a finished chainmail shirt. If you re going for jewelry 1 or 2 rows might be enough. How to make a chainmail shirt.

Chainmail armor is typically made from steel wire with a thickness between 18 gauge and 14 gauge. We will be using the european 4 in 1 weave as this is the most common weave. 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.

I ve had these knipex mini bolt cutters for 8 years now recommend them more than ever.