How To Make Your Own Chainmail

Add new rows until your chainmail is as thick as you want it to be.

How to make your own chainmail.

The only material that you need to make basic chainmail is metal wire. So you might now how to put chainmail links together but making a shirt is an entirely different thing. Keep adding rows of chainmail until you ve got enough of them to make your project. If you re going for jewelry 1 or 2 rows might be enough.

There are several sections to this guide. Chainmail jewelry can be achieved by any average person with a few tools time and materials. We will be using the european 4 in 1 weave as this is the most common weave. I ve had these knipex mini bolt cutters for 8 years now recommend them more than ever.

The kind of wire that you need depends on the specific application. Taking the time to cut my own rings has brought me more satisfactory feeling about my finishes products. This article is a guide for making chainmail armor from start simple wire to finish a finished chainmail shirt. If you re making a shirt you ll probably need at least 7 rows if not more.

Chainmail armor is typically made from steel wire with a thickness between 18 gauge and 14 gauge. Get my blacksmithing ebook and start the adventure today. This is the weave that you usually see in movies. It includes hours of work and a lot of mistake making but the finished product can last a lifetime and looks pretty gnarly if you ask me.

A shirt of chainmail will require about 1 2 mile 0 8km of wire.