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Wolfie-83 — Scale maille WIP 2
Published: 2013-01-30 05:27:28 +0000 UTC; Views: 2167; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 0
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Day 1 of my adventurous project to make a functional suit of armor...I have made a bunch of chain mail but getting into scale mail I had to wrap my head around scale placement. These scales are 1080 heat treated steel, sit within 50 - 55rc hardness.Thanks Ian aka [link] for the pointers getting started.
Scales and split rings from www.theringlord.com
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Nice! How did you do the patina? Did you make the scales?
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These were heat treated 1080 high carbon, so the finish is oven finish from the tempering process...the description has the website url (you'll need to copy/paste) of who makes the scales, they make quality goods.
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do those scales ship like that or did you have to fire them yourself?
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These ones ship like that, they're heat treated 1080 high carbon steel, 0.025" thick...not too different from what i've made knives from.
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ok good to know, will have to look into these, thanks.
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