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For MCS Theme Day on March 1st.
I made this myself for my dad since both my parents went to Penn State (where I’m going to graduate from this spring).
You can find some of my other chainmaille creations here:
www.mailleartisans.org/gallery/subcat.cgi?key=hvymetal86&mode=artist
It’s made out of a combination of bright and blue anodized 16 gauge aluminum rings with an inner diameter of 1/4″ woven in the European 4-1 pattern. It took me a little over 12 hours to weave, although I had to create the template on the computer first.
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March 1, 2010 at 11:55 pm
I salute your willingness to work all those rings. I’ve made some chain-mail earrings (king’s mail pattern, I think), but something of this scale would drive me nuts.
March 1, 2010 at 11:59 pm
Looked at your page. That is some cool shit. The tie kicks ass.
March 2, 2010 at 12:29 am
We Are…
March 2, 2010 at 4:55 am
PENN STATE!
March 2, 2010 at 1:29 am
Nice attention to detail. How about chainmail handcuffs?!
March 2, 2010 at 4:58 am
Actually wouldn’t be that difficult at all to make. Wanna buy a pair? I’d probably do them with the cuffs based off the one wide thick cuff on my page: www.mailleartisans.org/gallery/pics/19662bcg-euro_6-1_bracelet_combo.jpg
And then just use 2 short thick chains with a strong clasp in the middle to connect them together, or you could use a lock rather than the clasp. Either way would work. Stainless steel would be the best for it. Unless you wanna go nuts… I could do it with titanium, lol.
March 2, 2010 at 9:33 am
Nice work hvymetal86!
March 2, 2010 at 10:00 am
This is really cool hvymetal86. When did you start, and how did you get into it?
March 3, 2010 at 2:26 am
Started back in high school in my junior year. I’m finishing college now as a fifth year senior. I took 2 jewelry and metal-smithing classes in HS and one kid who wove chainmaille came in to demonstrate one day. It sparked my interest and I self taught myself from there using mostly the website my pics are hosted on as advice and learning materials.
March 2, 2010 at 10:50 am
If I move to a high-crime, knife-happy area, I’ll be commissioning you.
Great work.
March 2, 2010 at 12:18 pm
Nice work. What are your plans after school?
WE ARE
March 3, 2010 at 2:28 am
I’m about to graduate with a degree in Information Science and Technology. Computer stuffs, which I love immensely. I’ll probably just keep doing this as a hobby. I occasionally sell stuff, but generally people don’t understand the time (and amount of cuts to the hands) it takes to do this and hence don’t want to pay what I think is a reasonable price, which is usually $10/hour + materials@cost…
March 3, 2010 at 2:29 am
PENN STATE! Good to find other Penn Staters on MCS 😀
March 3, 2010 at 2:30 am
Thanks for all the compliments everyone!
March 3, 2010 at 3:26 pm
we’ve partied together… true story
March 3, 2010 at 8:29 pm
name?
March 3, 2010 at 9:13 pm
haha its obie