My Bracer Reduxby ~uab

Artisan Crafts / Metal Work

If you've looked through my gallery you've seen and know about my bracer. I have recently added 99 anodized aluminum scales to the top of it, as you can see here. This was my first encounter with scales, and here I have just woven them over top of the European 6 in 1 chainmaille beneath. I do realize this is not exactly how scalemaille is meant to be woven, but I did learn the proper way as well, just haven't figured out where I want to apply it yet. 'Till then, my bracer will continue to look extra spiffy.

~Ryooshi-Ryuu Feb 24, 2010

omg i want one*twitch*be great when doing archery.

~uab Mar 1, 2010

Actually come to think of it yeah, it definitely would be - I stopped practicing archery long before I started doing maille, I moved away from the country and my friends who owned horses that'd let me practice horseback shooting. (I had an obsession with ancient history at the time and was especially fond of the Mongols and Genghis Khan.)

~Ryooshi-Ryuu Mar 2, 2010

ooooo!!! fun fun! That sound awesome! what bugs me is i have such a hard time finding any bracers that will fit my arm cause i have tiny arms so i have yet to still own the right bracer

~uab Mar 3, 2010

yeah, i'm quite a skinny bastard, 6'2" and only 135lbs to give you some idea. I'm also a little OCD, which is why before I made my bracer I measured the circumference of my wrist/forearm in 1" increments so tis fitted perfectly to me.

~Ryooshi-Ryuu Mar 4, 2010

how did you get it ON?! is it like stretchy or something?

~uab Mar 5, 2010

The red rings are made of neoprene rubber, so yes, it stretches over my hand and fits snugly on my forearm.

~Ryooshi-Ryuu Mar 7, 2010

oh thats very smart man i wish i had the money to buy the supplies to make this stuff

~uab Mar 10, 2010

lol, it's not the supplies that are a limiting factor so much as time. you could get a cheap set of supplies to make something like this for under $40, tis the learning and practice to get good at maillin that takes a few hundred hours, plus the weaving time for the bracer.