RE: Re: Armour

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From: Jane Williams <janewilliams20_at_...>
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 07:31:07 +0100

> > I've heard rumours of someone who's already got a
> titanium alloy mail shirt. Very light, very pretty.
>
> Oooh, bet that cost a bundle! I wonder how hard it
> was to close the rings. Smaller gauge wire than
> normal, I'd guess. Still, I can't see the chainmail
> moths chewing that shirt in a hurry.

I gather they found the mail ready-made for some industrial or military purpose, and "just" had to shape it a bit. So the ring-shaping was presumably done mainly by machine, and they may well have used standard steel for the "sewing" for all I know.

It's the RW equivalent of finding some impregnable magical armour in a Dungeon, and wondering how to alter it to fit. No doubt why much magical armour magically resizes itself - it's useless to the players otherwise.