01-10-2009, 12:50 PM
If you buy rings ready made, you should buy at least 10 kilos, and be reasonably sure that the same size wire and diameter will be available in the future in case you run out.
A good test perhaps might be to buy a small package of rings, and link them together. You'll get a better idea that way in case you decide it's too much work (it's a substantial project!) or that it makes your wrists and hands too sore to be reasonable. If you do that, work at least a couple of hours as a test. Safe to estimate that you'll spend a hundred hours at least linking up a whole shirt of hamata. Much longer if you use the riveted links.
A good test perhaps might be to buy a small package of rings, and link them together. You'll get a better idea that way in case you decide it's too much work (it's a substantial project!) or that it makes your wrists and hands too sore to be reasonable. If you do that, work at least a couple of hours as a test. Safe to estimate that you'll spend a hundred hours at least linking up a whole shirt of hamata. Much longer if you use the riveted links.
M. Demetrius Abicio
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
(David Wills)
Saepe veritas est dura.
