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Mail (maille, chainmail) is a type of armour consisting of small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a mesh.

Mail(le) first appeared some time after 300 BC. Its invention is credited to the Celts. It may have been inspired by the much earlier scale armour. (It) spread to North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, India, Tibet, Korea and Japan.

Mail(le) continues to be used in the 21st century as a component of stab-resistant body armour, cut-resistant gloves for butchers and woodworkers, shark-resistant wetsuits for defence against shark bites, and a number of other applications (like historical re-enactment!)

Maille has many decorative uses as well!

Mail has applications in sculpture and jewellery, especially when made out of precious metals or colourful anodized metals. Mail artwork includes headdresses, Christmas ornaments, chess sets, and jewellery. For these non-traditional applications, hundreds of weaves or patterns have been invented.

Public forums have been created where mail practitioners can show and discuss techniques and weaves and display their creations. M.A.I.L. and the Ring Lord community forum are two of the most popular.






- chainmail/chainmaille/chain mail/chain maille/ring mail/ring maille - for our purposes, they all mean the same thing:
-- (Also 'mail') A flexible material composed of small interlocking metal rings or loops of chain. (see Middle-Ages.org for more info)

- M.A.I.L.: Maille Artisans International League

- weave: "The term 'weave' refers to how the rings are put together to form a pattern, simply put" (from TRL Forum)

- AR: Aspect Ratio - "the ratio of the inner diameter of a ring to the diameter of the wire it is made of" (from M.A.I.L. article: Aspect Ratio)

- ID: Inner Diameter - Commonly used to describe ring sizes. Can be used alongside the Wire Diameter to find the Aspect Ratio of a ring.

- Material abbreviations: AA = Anodized Aluminum, Ag = Silver, Al = (Dirty) Aluminum, AT = Anodized Titanium, Au = Gold, BA = Bright Aluminum, Br = Brass, Bz = Bronze, Cu = Copper, EC = Enameled Copper, EPDM/Rb/RR = (ethylene propylene diene monomer) rubber (aka "rubber rings"), Nb = Niobium, SS = Stainless Steel, Ti = Titanium

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Where can I buy rings?
- The Ring Lord (also: tools, findings, wire, mandrels, scales, etc.)*
- Etsy (rings, findings, scales(search: chainmail scale(s))

Where can I learn more weaves (patterns)?
- CGMaille
- M.A.I.L. - Weaves
- TRL Instructions
- Check out the "Arts & Crafts" sections of bookstores! (Chapters, Indigo, Amazon)

Where can I talk to other chainmaillers?
- The Ring Lord Forum
- M.A.I.L. Forum

* Note: The Ring Lord is going to be the cheapest place to buy supplies 9 times out of 10. Several "suppliers" buy their rings from TRL and re-sell them at a higher price.

☆ 22/Femme Fatale/Canadian
♥ Favourite colours: Black, red, purple, neon green & silver
☆ Alternative Fashion, specifically goth & punk, developing a love for Steampunk
♥ Favourite Music: Classic Rock & Oldies ♫♪♫ Favourite Band: The Beatles
☆ Favourite Movies: STAR WARS, Underworld, The Matrix, PotC, LotR
♥ Favourite TV: Babylon 5, Firefly, Cake Boss, Hitchhiker's Guide, Big Bang Theory, CSI: NY
☆ Favourite Games: Portal, Portal 2, Audiosurf, Minecraft
♥ Sug is also madly in love with LEGO. I never realized the science behind it! Just read the Wiki article, especially the section on Design!


☆ Weaves I know: Euro 4-1, Byzantine, Box Chain, Rhinos Snorting Drano (RSD), Inverted Round (IR), Japanese 12-2, Spiral, Shaggy Loops, & how to make Mobius Balls
♥ I wind and hand-cut my own stainless steel rings with a pair of diagonal cutting pliers.
☆ Anything else, I buy from The Ring Lord.
♥ I have woven over 4,000 rings
☆ I work in 3 different sizes - 16g 5/16", 16g 1/4", & 18g 3/16"



I took a jewellery class in grade 11 & 12. In my senior year, I sat with a guy who was also taking a metal art course. The same teacher happened to teach both classes, so he was allowed to work on projects in either class.

He'd decided he wanted to make a chainmaille vest. He wound his own coils, cut his own rings, and wove them together. I immediately took an interest, and asked if I could help - I was struggling with my stained glass project anyway.

Over the course of about a month, the two of us ended up weaving 6,000 stainless steel rings into what was essentially a mesh tanktop. From then on, I was hooked. After graduation, I went back to see the teacher to get some information about where to get the supplies. This was almost 4 years ago, and I'm still weaving!