Where Can I Get My Chain Mail Shortened?

[vonda]

I have a riveted chain mail tunic, where can I get it shortened?

[mazie]

I really do wish I could help. It has to be the question of the year

[losgigs]

Hey, Mazie, it's only January! Plenty of time for more contenders yet. I did wonder if it was genuine though.

[albaqwerty]

I suggest getting in touch with
http://www.themcs.org/


they might be able to help, afterall, battle re-enactments are popular and chain mail has to be made somewhere.

[bookbinder]

http://www.medieval-siege-society.co.uk/Links/Traders/Armourweapons.aspx
http://www.armsandarchery.co.uk/
http://www.ces-ltd.co/products/chainmail-repair-service/
http://stashcraft.com/forum/m/6260485/viewthread/4914282-how-to-repair-chainmail-armor/post/last

[New Judge]

There must be plenty of mail order firms who will do it.

[daffy654]

Google for live role playing groups then email a few and ask if they know anyone who can help you.

[sandyRoe]

Instead of getting it shortened have you thought of spending some time on a rack? Then it would fit.

[boxtops]

I agree with mazie, best post of the year..... could you not do it yourself, with tin snips?

[daffy654]

Nice to know that you all come to ridicule people's hobbies here.
It may be a slightly unusual question to those of you who know nothing of live role playing (I do being engaged to a Larper-look up the term), but that is no excuse to take the pee is it?

[jno]

nobody's ridiculing it, daffy (though NJ's joke was good). Lots of helpful posts and suggestions.

[New Judge]

When did you undergo your sense-of-humour by-pass surgery, daffy?

I did not see any evidence of ridicule or pee-taking. Just a couple of attempts at light-hearted gentle humour. There's not always a "victim" whenever a joke is cracked. You know what they say: "If you can't take a joke you shouldn't have joined!"

[boxtops]

Daffy, I'm not ridiculing it at all. I get involved in a lot of costume construction for local theatre - if it's metal rings, tin-snips could well be a solution.

[daffy654]

I know you, alba and bookbinder were helpful boxtops.

[Mosaic]

If you can make contact with the mystical men in tights, or historical re-enactors, then your quest will be fulfilled. sadly their website 'a call to arms' is defunct.

[grasscarp]

Vonda. If you dont mind me asking. Why do you have this garment and why does it need shortening?

[Mosaic]

Look, a lot of people like to get their medieval shtick on. Problem?

[Sparkles62]

A mail order tailor...one that does the knight shift? Knight? Shift....tunic........aaah forget it

[Mosaic]

boom-boom

[Clanad]

Here in the U.S. chain mail has been outlawed by the United States Postal Service...