Making Riveted Chainmail Rings

To make riveted rings the rings are cut so that the two ends overlap.

Making riveted chainmail rings.

Cutting rings off the spiral. A hole is punched in the overlapping section. To rivet your rings shut the first thing you ll need are rivets. I couldn t find any videos on how to make some riveted maille with the crudest of tools so starting up took a while for me to figure out.

Ring size help please be aware due to covid 19 shipping times may be longer then expected. Wire happens to be 1 16 in diameter so it fits in the holes we punched perfectly. Make riveted chain mail there are scads of tutorials flushing through the tubes that will show you how to twirl old wire coat hangers into rings cut them up and link them together with pliers to make the ubiquitous butted chain mail in which the individual rings are either unjoined soldered or glued together. Now you have your rivets.

Buy riveted chainmail from our uk store. Most shirts up to and including the 15th century were made with half riveted and half solid rings. Here s to you havi. You can build a rack as in the picture or use your hands.

How to make riveted chainmail at home with medieval methods. With these 8 steps you make riveted chainmail rings. They are then hammers flat. To make rivets just grab a foot or so of wire and cut it down into bits about 1 8 long.

Cut off rings with an overlap. Then a small piece of wire is inserted into the hole and hammered so that the ends flatten and lock it in place. Take iron wire and wind it around a metal rod. We offer riveted chainmail for a wide variety of activities including medieval and renaissance re enactment larp adventures theatre television and film production and props fancy dress handfasting wedding and templar ceremonies as presents and for display.

However if you want to make a full hauberk there are a few places online where you can buy pre made washers at any size imaginable. I would recommend practicing with an all riveted piece to get a feel for weaving and making the rings. Coiling wire into a spiral.