I think that I'll start a Zombie Apocalypse store

askmrjesus · 11-30-2012, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

It'll be a while before I'm proficient enough to do something that detailed. It takes a lot of expansions/reductions in the mail pattern and would require rather small links. The links would probably have to be 1/3 the size I'm working with.

You can see the sort of detailed work it requires by checking these guys out:

http://www.summitglove.com/glove.php?gid=1140&aid=4

*EDIT* It is in the plans to try making gauntlets and a coif after I finish this project though, so I'll let you know

Cool. I don't want to buy one from just anybody.

JC

Papa_Complex · 11-30-2012, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by askmrjesus

Cool. I don't want to buy one from just anybody.

JC

I've got a smaller mandrel rod that should make rings that are roughly 3/8" OD, that would likely work for what you want. It wouldn't stop you from jamming a shucking knife clean through your hand, because the links aren't sealed, but it would certainly save you from random slices. I might get a small quantity of stainless wire, later on, to see how that works.

CasterTroy · 11-30-2012, 01:02 PM

C'mon Bennett....you don't want to SHOOT me....you want to stick a KNIFE in me...and tweeern it!

11-30-2012, 01:02 PM	#3
CasterTroy ................ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NC Posts: 3,028	C'mon Bennett....you don't want to SHOOT me....you want to stick a KNIFE in me...and tweeern it! __________________ “Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.” Viktor Frankl