My Background

It all started with Amtgard, a live action role playing group that my friends invited me to join during sophmore year of high school. It was pretty much just an excuse to beat each other with foam padded pvc, and roleplay with silly costumes. However I noticed in the rules a section on armor, with a blurb on "chain" mail, and had to check my eyes again before I got excited about the links to the websites that would describe how to craft "chain" mail, one of the most common armors used by humans since around 7th century B.C. by the Etruscans till early 20th century A.D. by tank soldiers during WWI! My passion for medieval and dark ages weapons and armor turned a new driection as I strove to become the armorer and emulate the age old process to eventually create a custom fitted maille garment. I didn't realize that by the time I developed my tools and technique, it would still take tons of man-hours to complete a single harness (which is where I am now) and of course I would need a padded gambeson to wear underneath the maille.