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P.S. I would like to know the gauges that would be accepted by the SCA. thanks

ok im just starting out with plate mail and i need to know what gauge of steel to use for what parts of a suit (im going later today to pick up the steel), any help would be greatly appreciated.

actually i was thinking of making the bucket helm my elf and was wondering if i should use steel flat head rivets that have a 3/16" diameter and are 5/16" long (they will be riveting my helmet together its 14 GA) and i was wondering if that length rivet would work for 16 and 17 GA steel (for body pi...

well i spent the night making a winding jig and invited my friend over to help me and the coils turn out rather neat and without the strain on my thumb thanks.

well im just aiming for a lowcost suit nothing extravigant just a simple yet strong armour.

I was wondering what size drill bit shoud i use for making holes to rivet?

Well i would like sumthing that is up to sca standards but all in the same era (whichever era chain mail coifs and hauberks were used in), I have about a one hundred dollar limit per piece of armour, and no plastic isnt an option but i would be willing to go for another kind of steel (that doesnt ru...

I know this will make me sound like a noob but, I dont really know what a harness is (im used to chain mail). But i mean i need the armour to go with the chain mail i made, its a coif and a hauberk im working on. i dont have anything but those. also i have been wondering if i should just try making ...

Yes i was doing it by hand but if i made a winding rig then would i still have to guide the wire with my hand or would it releave the stress off my thumb.

I was wondering how much reasonably priced stainless steel greaves vambraces and a great helm (bucket helm), i need about circa 1500 that would go good with chain mail? Also i need the price in canadian dollars if possable. Thanks.

Can sum one please help me i've been making chain maille for a long time and i need a better way of actually making the wire round right now i just spin it around a metal dowel but it is killing my thumbs and so i was wondering if any one could tell me a better way. Any advice will be greatly apprec...