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Full Length Zinc Plated Butted Chainmail 3/4 Length Sleeve Shirt.
Perfect For Use In Re-enactment & LARP
Size Large = 40" to 50"+ chest
This 3/4 sleeve, Zinc plated mild steel chainmail shirt is crafted in 16 gauge butted steel.
This is a great buy for the costumer on a budget.
This Hauberk provides an authentic appearance for the role player while providing an economical construction style of mail.
Although butted construction has less structural integrity than riveted mail this steel type construction will still provide a very sturdy mail garment, and is an excellent item for costume, re-enactment or LARP, and would make a great addition to any collection.
Because of the nature and the movement of chainmail, this garment will fit a 40" to a 50+" chest size measured over a gambeson and undergarments.
Close attention to quality is a top priority in every piece.
Key Features:
Made for the re-enactor or LARP
Authentic look and feel
Wooden scabbard
Specifications:
Size: Fits Up To 50"+ Chest Size Over Garments.
Ring Construction: Butted.
Ring Type: Round Wire.
Ring Material: Mild Steel.
Finish: Zinc Plated.
We also have in our listings this Chainmail Shirt with Full length sleeves
History
The word hauberk is derived from the Old Frankish word halsberg, which originally described a small piece of mail that protects ("bergen", lit. "to give protection, to save, to rescue") the throat and the neck (the "Hals"). The Roman author Varro attributes the invention of mail to the Celts. The earliest extant example was found in Ciumesti in modern Romania and is dated to the 4th-5th centuries BC. Roman armies adopted similar technology after encountering it. Mail armour spread throughout the Mediterranean Basin with the expansion of the Romans. It was quickly adopted by virtually every iron-using culture in the world, with the exception of the Chinese. The Chinese used it rarely, despite being heavily exposed to it from other cultures.
The short-hemmed, short-sleeved hauberk may have originated from the medieval Islamic world. The Bayeux Tapestry illustrates Norman soldiers wearing a knee-length version of the hauberk, with three-quarter length sleeves and a split from hem to crotch. Such armor was quite expensive — both in materials (iron wire) and time/skill required to manufacture it — so common foot soldiers rarely were so equipped.
The hauberk stored in the Prague Cathedral, dating from the 12th century, is one of the earliest surviving examples from Central Europe and was supposedly owned by Saint Wenceslaus. In Europe, use of mail hauberks continued up through the 14th century, when plate armor began to supplant it. In parts of Central Asia, it continued to be used longer.
In Japan a form of hauberk called kusari katabira (chain jacket) was commonly worn by the samurai class and their retainers.
Construction
The hauberk is typically a type of mail armour which is constructed of interlocking loops of metal woven into a tunic or shirt. The sleeves sometimes only went to the elbow, but often were full arm length, with some covering the hands with a supple glove leather face on the palm of the hand, or even full mail gloves. It was usually thigh or knee length, with a split in the front and back to the groin so the wearer could ride a horse. It sometimes incorporated a hood, or coif.
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