Message from @fuckthapolice
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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
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
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stabs are harder to predict tbh, someone can come at you with a rusty axe or a needle, hard to plan for both extremes
oh that will probably split
the like $175 wire welded tiny wires rings
yeah that's the one i was talking about a modern knife will go through like fkn butter
like i said, knives will cut sheet thicker than those rings
diffrence between sheet and mail
yeah, way less material to split
only have to break a couple rings to get through vs having to move a bunch of material out of the way in a sheet
mail doesnt work by stopping all stabs it works by letting the tip get trapped in a ring and having the rest of the mail absorb the blow.
tip won't get trapped in a ring it's cut apart
and then there's basically nothing but a 3-4 other equally weak thin rings stopping it going further
If mail was butter soft they would have stopped using it pretty damn fast, lad.
that maille linked earlier
not historical actual armour
that $175 cosplay shit
actual maille was v effective, duh, they used it for centuries
I thought we moved past that, I already said it probably wont stop anything even with padding
they would have stopped real quick if the real deal didn't work