Warning - pics are rather large."Thunderbolt" in stainless steel and bronze, 16g 5/16
Two short byzantine chains in brass and bronze, and a bit of oriental 6-1 made from spare galvy.
(16g 1/4")x2 and (1/2" 12g + 1/4" 16g) respectively.
I was interested in making the "Thunderbolt" because it's actually a 1-in-1 weave, but uses orbitals to make everything link together. My rings have a too-tight AR though, so they really don't have a lot of play in them, and the end result is a bit chaotic looking.
The byzantine and oriental aren't anything unusual.
I was planning to start work on a shirt, and ordered 7 pounds of stainless steel wire to get me started. I foolishly underestimated how strong stainless is, because it's wearing down my tools pretty fast. My aviation snips are starting to pop the kerf out around the rings now, and have a few good dents in them. My file has a gouge in it from where I tried to take off a sharp edge. I might just start buying the rings I want instead of cutting them myself, unless I can figure out a better method.
'Musketeers'- I call them that 'cause there are three double rings; all in one and each one in all- probably been made by someone else and named something else
I've heard that called a "Mobius" when there isn't really any specific amount of rings, just however many you can reasonably pack in there. I vaguely remember reading that it was patented, which seems like an odd thing to do with a chainmail weave
. Dunno or really care whether that's true or not, but they do look neat.
Girlinhat: That CIR looks really neat, I might try my hand at it later. Currently: blargh finals.