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

i immwstchib my progamrr.frind play gwent

this is weirs

are you drunk

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

i immwstchib my progamrr.frind play gwent

this is weirs

i immwstchib my progamrr.frind play gwent

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

anyone serious about stabbing you will get right through it unless it's literally a child with a butterknife

ah yes

maille that will stop it will be using expensive steel, riveted, hardened, and it will cost a lot more than 200usd

steel work hardens
wait are we on the topic of mail in general or the specific vest?

also why are you trying to buy maille for anything other than reenactment or hema or such anyway

that one which was linked earlier is definitely some cosplay shit instead of a serious thing

just get tacticool stabproof sleeves

yall fu ken gay

lmao

kill urr slef

stabs are harder to predict tbh, someone can come at you with a rusty axe or a needle, hard to plan for both extremes