From:	Sven De Herdt Sven.DeHerdt@***********.be
Subject:	[OT] Dicebag from Hell
Date:	Tue, 23 Feb 1999 14:12:59 +0100

Tamino wrote:
> Patience! my god...linking chain is the most boring, mind
melting thing
>I've ever had to do in my life, but then no one else was going to make
my
>hauberk for me :) After the first 25000 links I couldn't feel the pain
from
>my hands cramping...after the week's worth of nights it took me to
finish
>the damn thing it looked like I had chronic arthritis in my hands from
>holding the damned pliers...A total of 35000 links for a long sleeved
>hauberk that fell to the knees and a coif. :) Aint the crusades fun
woot! ;)

Last weekend I saw an authentic chainmail in a museum and guess what...
every link wasn't just a ring that was closed with pliers. NO, every
link consisted of a ring of which the ends were closed AND riveted.

Considering these facts I praised myself lucky that "only" had to link
the rings of my coif. I think I'll stick to this method and leave the
rivets out.

Sven ;-)