07-24-2012, 09:54 AM
Quote:We already covered this. Those links are imported from India and are nothing like historical mail. If you want mail that even remootely resembles museum samples it will cost 3-4 times that much.
No, it was not going to be made from links imported from india, he made the links himself.
But please find me a smith that charges 7,000 euros for an authentic steel chain mail hauberk + hood & leggins then. That's an insane amount of money even for a steel riveted mail suit.
Quote:Cite?
http://www.ancient-egypt.co.uk/people/Re...ritain.pdf
Quote:The advanced infrastructure significantly decreases the cost of the product.
Not really as it demands a skilled and payed workforce not just to operate but also to administrate, plus a series of advanced buildings, something that can't be setup everywhere, which again is going increase costs as this entails long supply lines.
