Butted VS Rivited

[Matthew Amt]

I am a big fan of mail and butted rings are just fine for re enactment.

Careful, that will depend on the group you participate with. In Legio XX we still have several older butted shirts, and I'm not making the owners replace them, but I don't want to allow any more butted mail into the ranks. There are still debates about the exact accuracy of the mail made by places like Find-It Armory, but as far as I'm concerned that is GREAT stuff for under $500. In other words, the bar has been raised, and I'm doing what I can to encourage the world to phase out their butted mail. Even if the Kirkburn shirt proves that some butted mail was actually used, there will always be some butted mail used by reenactors even if we try to get rid of it all.

Definitely go with half riveted/half solid mail if at all possible. You'll never regret it!

Valete,

Matthew