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Hauberk from Vimose, alternating rows of round riveted links and solid links, extraordinarily well preserved, from the Roman Iron Age, its construction is similar to that of the Roman tunic and differs from later medieval mail shirts. THE IRON TUNIC FROM VIMOSE (FUNEN, DENMARK): FURTHER RESEARCH INTO THE CONSTRUCTION OF MAIL GARMENTS, Martijn A. Wijnhoven. https://www.academia.edu/19694568/The_Iron_Tunic_from_Vimose_Funen_Denmark_Further_Research_into_the_Construction_of_Mail_Garme...
Roman lorica hamata squamataque fragment from the Newstead find, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh.
European (Norway) riveted mail hauberk, fragments from Gjermundbu, the only Viking Age mail shirt found in Scandinavia, app 10th century, links with an anti-clock wise lap, oval rivet hole, high domed rivet head, prominent oval tail of wire, sub-circular cross section, alternating rows of links of an unknown closure type, circular with flats on the external circumferences and wire of sub-rectangular cross section, detail view showing a riveted link front and back. B1.
European riveted mail hauberk, wedge riveted construction, half sleeves without tapering, no collar, knee length skirts with central splits in front and back. http://www.allenantiques.com/
Historically Patterned Mail
A project to repair / modify an existing shirt I was , my goal was not to match historical examples but match my new work to the rest of the shirt. Unfortunately the rings and rivets I sourced needed a bit of modification. The holes in the rings needed opened up and the wedge rivets needed flattened. I made a riveting tool with a rugby ball shaped depression on one side and an unmodified flat for the other side. Obviously this is not quite what I would do if starting from scratch trying t
European riveted mail hauberk, manufactured of a close mesh of small riveted hardened steel links with an equal outside dia. of 8.5-9.0 mm, a slightly flattened wire with a thickness of 0.9 mm and a width of 1.2 mm. A single link weighs 0.2122g, detailed view of a single link. H8.
Indian mail, possibly swaged, alternating solid and riveted links.
Allen Antiques Catalog
Authentic mail pictures
Authentic mail pictures -- myArmoury.com