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PostSubject: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeMon Aug 18, 2008 8:48 pm

if any one wants to learn how to make chain maille for armor or just decorations I am more then willing to teach them. I have all the tools and enough spare wire to cover several miles. I am proficient with a large amounts of weaves and ring cutting tricks and all that nice stuff. I can teach people how to make rivetted maile and all as well though if you have that kinda of spare time I kinda envy you for it Razz I am availible on mondays to run people through the basics. let me know if your interested. Once I get my shop cleaned out and set up all the way I am planning to start doing other workshops for various other armor and garb making things. Figured i would start out with maille armor since it doesn't take up a lot of space and I have more materials then I will ever need for it. Smile
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeMon Aug 18, 2008 8:50 pm

so in this sounds awesome cheers
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeMon Aug 18, 2008 8:55 pm

i will get everything set up and ready this week then. going to go by some jewelry pliers for people to use tommorrow. and i will tug the massive coil of wire out of storage. It will be fun. Hopefully i will have everything set up by next week and ready for the class the week after.
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeMon Aug 18, 2008 8:59 pm

cool cant wait hollar if you need help dragging supplies
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeMon Aug 18, 2008 9:03 pm

Dude, count me in, I'm so interested in attempting this. It'll be BA for sure!
I have college in the mornings on Mondays, but I don't work any Mondays this month at the Library which is awesome.

Let me know when/where and I'll do my best to be there. ^_^
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeMon Aug 18, 2008 9:15 pm

I will be aiming for the 25 of this month if i can get everything ready if not it will be for sure Sepmeber 1st. Some time in the evening is best. I wake up earlier on my days off so i am open for the entire day. Make sure to get a good pair of gloves so you dont leave your skin behind. Other than that I have everything else covered. Let me know what times are good for you guys and we can set it up then. I am wanting to make the monday night work shop thing a long term project for various crafting events. So figuring out what time is convient for people to get around work schedules is ideal.
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeMon Aug 18, 2008 9:46 pm

as long as i dont get scheduled to close ( several closers quit) i should be good to go with this i want some chainmail soooo bad Twisted Evil armor FTW!!!
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeMon Aug 18, 2008 9:55 pm

Awesome i am glad people are interested. it sucks that i only have one night a week open for this. But I only have sundays and mondays off and sundays are pretty booked for me. going to try getting everything set up tommorrow after i wake up since i will have several hours depends on how long grocery shopping takes. For now let me know what kind of armor styles people are interested in. I will be starting with the european 4 in 1 style but there are a ton of other options and a lot of jewelery weaves that make great accents and are just fun to work with.
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeMon Aug 18, 2008 10:00 pm

Leather Lorica Segmentata with some chainmail underneath
@ Raynne a chap named Jackson told me he could make me custom Lorica for 120$ is that realistic at all????
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeMon Aug 18, 2008 10:27 pm

that be around the cost plus a bit for labor you figure a hide of cow that is armor/saddle grade goes for about that much. I am not sure how much leather that a suit of that type would take honestly. but the side of a cow is pretty big lol. So its not unreasonable at all. The main question is quality of product. Wheter its just leather. Hot water hardened leather(whis in my humble opinion is the most authentic means of leather hardening.) Or even wax hardened which just smells so nice if they use beeswax though it can melt in your trunk during the summer I have been told. Assuming that it takes 1/2 to 3/4 of a hide and the buckles and all the accessories it seems to be a pretty good deal. That type of armor retails for around 200-400 dollars depending on where you are getting it from.

Sigh so many years of Larping has made me know to much about things that normal people never think about lol.

So ask these questions
1. What grade of leather is he using.
2. How is the leather being treated or formed.
3. Ask for a picture of his previous work to see if you like the style and it appears to be good quality work.

Since armor is a pretty costly investment, just make sure your getting your moneys worth. Though I think the lorica look is pretty kick ass. I myself am thinking about making a lorica segmenta type arm protection. Though I haven't worked all that out yet. Have lots of chainmaille and scales to make for the breastplate I want to make before I worry about that one.

Luckily alot of people that make armor for a hobby are willing to do it for near cost since they one, like making it but dont want to do it for a living and two like getting people in armor so they can compete better and thee chosen battle game.
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeMon Aug 18, 2008 10:42 pm

cool thanx
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeMon Aug 18, 2008 11:34 pm

Yo Raynne, what time would you be hosting that class? I would like to join you, but i work from 3:00pm to 10:00pm on mondays. drunken
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeTue Aug 19, 2008 12:42 am

Hey turrin the armor that Jackson wears he made and he usually makes his armor to passable standards in SCA
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeTue Aug 19, 2008 12:53 am

Tyrannus wrote:
Hey turrin the armor that Jackson wears he made and he usually makes his armor to passable standards in SCA
??? i have not seen what he wheres i want him to make me Leather Lorica Segmentata and if he can do it for 120$ ill even give him half up front but id like raynne to check his stuff mainly cause im not sure what to look for
1. What grade of leather is he using. ???? no idea
2. How is the leather being treated or formed. ?? by a cow
3. Ask for a picture of his previous work to see if you like the style and it appears to be good quality work. not sure what the good stuff looks like
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeTue Aug 19, 2008 9:46 am

on that note if its good enough to pass the sca standard its good ernough to make a full powered swing from a bamboo stick not break you with padding so its plenty good to take a foam stick.
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeTue Aug 19, 2008 1:29 pm

actually the type of armor you requested i don;t think i have seen any made exept by maybe the roman at dom(don't know wat his armor actually was) but yeah Jackson makes his own armor for SCA and has been doin it for a while, but i would still have raynne look at it, and Jackson would understand, you got to protect ur investments afro
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeTue Aug 19, 2008 6:29 pm

Yeah i have no problem looking it over or talking to Jackson to help out. Like a said earlier a lot of people make really good armor as a hobby and its most often cheaper and better quality then the stuff you get from a business. Plus it has the added advantage of eing able to talk directly to the person making the item.

On that note I am good for monday this following week, I am aiming for 4 pm to whenever as the scheduled time. Let me know what times are good for you guys as i am free all afternoon. So Monday August 25th Chainmaille basics. Bring gloves to avoid painful blisters cause they suck and so does about a million little scratches on your hands. I will have a handout made up for tools that are needed for making the stuff if you want to get into making your own chain armor. After the first class I will keep adding on more techniques and stuff till we get to riveting mail. Cause that will have to wait till I get the anvil stand finished Smile So if any additional people are interested please let me know so i can scrounge up enough chairs for every one.
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeTue Aug 19, 2008 7:18 pm

well according to the new schedule i close on mondays which means im only avalible until around 4 cause i gotta work at 5 >.>
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeTue Aug 19, 2008 8:10 pm

pm address??
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeTue Aug 19, 2008 8:23 pm

Oh yeah silly thing called adresses and how to get to my house. Send me a PM and i will get you my adress.
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeTue Aug 19, 2008 8:30 pm

I am going to be doing this workshop thing for a while so if you can't make it this week just try for another. Till then check out this website. Its were I learned the basics. Though with the workshop I can help you get past the nooby mistakes that I made figuring it out on my own Smile http://www.mailleartisans.org/ everyone should look at this too its good stuff and my favorite site for working with maille. Also if you have any questions or are having trouble figuring something out just send me a pm and i do what I can to help out.
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeThu Aug 21, 2008 7:46 am

I would love to learn chain mail skills! I have one class on Monday 5:45-7:00 pm. Otherwise, I'm free. =3
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeThu Aug 21, 2008 12:17 pm

<-- is off on Mondays and Sunday nights Smile
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeMon Aug 25, 2008 8:27 pm

so today er not???
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PostSubject: Re: Chain Maille making workshops   Chain Maille making workshops Icon_minitimeMon Aug 25, 2008 9:05 pm

yeah today I have been working in the garage getting stuff set up or this would of came earlier
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