Mail’s genuine defensive value lay in its flexibility combined with real resistance to cutting and slashing attacks, a combination that kept it in continuous use across cultures and centuries even as plate armour developed alongside it for blunt-force protection. This reproduction recreates a full hauberk in a natural steel finish, sized Extra Large for a generous fit.
Chainmail Hauberk, 9mm Rings, Extra Large, Natural Finish
Mail is a type of armour built from small metal rings linked together in a pattern to form a flexible mesh, historically one of the most enduring forms of body protection in the world. This hauberk covers the arms and complete upper body and thighs, sized Extra Large for bigger wearers. Built from 9mm rings in a natural steel finish, this piece is battle-ready and suited to full-contact re-enactment combat.
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