everyone makes shit butted costume maille to sell because riveting the links is way more labor intensive

its welded

butted mail is not _remotely_ stab proof

you need riveted rings for that

welded... depends on how good the welds are

if it's little electrical wire welder spot welds sort of shit, no better than butted

suppose I could order some, stab it and then post results

will protect from cuts, but not a stab

https://youtu.be/gsd4Gk8BJjw

ok yeah i wouldn't trust that tbh

seem to be prett strong welds

also, thing about maille

if you want to actually wear it, it has to be fitted to you

rivets aren't much stronger as its mild steel tbh

it also looks awfully thin

mail is as strong is other links

not _neccesarily_ bad, but

about distributing force

which only weorks while the rings are all connected, if you can split them, well, stops being effective

and honestly even riveted i'm not sure that would stop a modern knife

for vests the issue if fitment is less important, for sleeves it becomes more important

>modern knife

even mediocre knife steels, given a half-decent geometry, will punch through mild steel sheet thicker than those rings

i'm talking full chinkshit knife steel here too, not "mediocre by the standards of knife nerds"

steel's way better than it was when maille was relevant

Im not sure how that figures into anything as most knives would have mainteined integrity

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for a stab you dont need to worry about edge retention, you need to worry about having enough strength to punch through armor

which for the soft stainless you can get for this sort of price, this thin

any cheap shit knife will do without even caring

14 gauge in a ring is pretty hard to punch through, tbh

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I doubt it will cut through mail.

they don't even say what steel it's made of aside from "stainless"

ancient steel was softer but it wasnt butter soft

which tells me 1. it's very cheap and 2. definitely not hardened

wouldn't risk getting stabbed wearing this crap