Early Chain Mail Cleaning and Restoration

rand · 17th February 2016, 04:10 PM

Looking for someone experienced to clean early chain mail and replace any missing riveted links.

Thanks for your help in advance,

rand

Jens Nordlunde · 17th February 2016, 05:31 PM

Hi rand,

The only one I know is Ian Ashdown, but he is living in the French part of Switzerland. There are likely to be others closer to you, but he is the only one I know. Maybe you should try and ask Brian, or how about Don LaRocca, I am sure he would know someone, and that would be in the US.

Jens

estcrh · 17th February 2016, 10:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rand

Looking for someone experienced to clean early chain mail and replace any missing riveted links.

Thanks for your help in advance,

rand

Rand, I recently cleaned a very rusted riveted mail shirt using the electrolytic rust removal process which was not to complicated and worked quite well, other people have used Evapo-Rust and similar products with good results.

Tom Biliter has been making historically patterened mail from Indian riveted links, he has a facebook page, you can post a message there as he knows people with the skills to do repairs.

https://www.facebook.com/historicallypatternedmail

17th February 2016, 04:10 PM	#1
rand Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Virginia Posts: 538	Early Chain Mail Cleaning and Restoration Looking for someone experienced to clean early chain mail and replace any missing riveted links. Thanks for your help in advance, rand

17th February 2016, 05:31 PM	#2
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Hi rand, The only one I know is Ian Ashdown, but he is living in the French part of Switzerland. There are likely to be others closer to you, but he is the only one I know. Maybe you should try and ask Brian, or how about Don LaRocca, I am sure he would know someone, and that would be in the US. Jens