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On Tue, 30 Jan 2001 20:52:09 -0800, Ken Matassa wrote...
> Looks like standard SCA type cut-from-springs mail. The real stuff was
> typicaly flatended at both ends of each link, then drilled and rivited
> together. The SCA stuff is a lot faster to make, and probubly much
> stronger than the iron wire used in the Middle Ages.
It's undoubtedly quicker to make, but as to being stronger, I doubt it...
I found somewhere (I've lost the link) online a page comparing riveted
versus twisted link mail. I think they hit a dummy wearing the two types
with a sword of some description. With the riveted mail, some of the
links bent a bit, but the structure stayed together, but with the twisted
link mail, several links just sprung open, and left big holes in the
mesh.
I found the page a few years ago when I was looking for basic directions
on knitting mail so it may or may not still be out there.
Bye for now,
Jamie.
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