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<blockquote data-quote="Erechel" data-source="post: 6537583" data-attributes="member: 6784868"><p>Over the chainmail, I'm maybe exaggerating a bit, but I have a hand made vest without sleeves nor waist, and weights around 7,5 kilos (I have purchased the steel wire by weight and hand crafted myself, so I'm possitive about it). The rings are standard size and isn't ribbeted. A friend of mine has crafted his own hauberk (half sleeves, waist piece attached), slightly wider rings than mine, again non ribbeted: near 25 kilos. We are average tall&nbsp; and size (I'm 1,78 m tall, and weight 76 kilos). And we are not counting the gambesson, nor reinforcements in the chest and stomach. So maybe I'm adding 3 to 5 kilos, but depending on the ribbets, reinforcements and gambesson, you are with about 30 kilos. The coif itself weights around 2 to 4 kilos, depending on its size. But it's alright, is heavy armor, and it's a full piece of armor. The european and arab knights used it to battle, and with a proper gambesson, a ribbeted chainmail can stop an arrow most times. There are a lot of recreationist stuff around. Go check and see. It was heavy armor</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Erechel, post: 6537583, member: 6784868"] Over the chainmail, I'm maybe exaggerating a bit, but I have a hand made vest without sleeves nor waist, and weights around 7,5 kilos (I have purchased the steel wire by weight and hand crafted myself, so I'm possitive about it). The rings are standard size and isn't ribbeted. A friend of mine has crafted his own hauberk (half sleeves, waist piece attached), slightly wider rings than mine, again non ribbeted: near 25 kilos. We are average tall and size (I'm 1,78 m tall, and weight 76 kilos). And we are not counting the gambesson, nor reinforcements in the chest and stomach. So maybe I'm adding 3 to 5 kilos, but depending on the ribbets, reinforcements and gambesson, you are with about 30 kilos. The coif itself weights around 2 to 4 kilos, depending on its size. But it's alright, is heavy armor, and it's a full piece of armor. The european and arab knights used it to battle, and with a proper gambesson, a ribbeted chainmail can stop an arrow most times. There are a lot of recreationist stuff around. Go check and see. It was heavy armor [/QUOTE]

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