For me it all started with the Jean Claude VanDamme movie Cyborg, then a poster on "The Ancient Art of Mail Forging", then a tome called The Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: In All Places and All Times by George Cameron Stone. Then it was a photocopied guide from an SCA event called S.T.A.G. Method and an eventual desire to pay back all the mentors I had learned from that led to my first website and subsequent self-published title The Art of Chainmail.
When I started such resources were scarce, especially living on the Island, but today Chain, Chainmail, Chaimaille, Maille, Mail or whatever you call it has literally experienced a renaissance of popularity and like a cog spawned many niche interests.
Facebook Groups like Chain Maille also keep the art vital in an environment where solutions to the issues all maillers face - such as aspect ratio, confusion over gauge standards, spring back, etc... can all be crowdsourced.
Below is my chain reading list - be sure to comment below with your favourite chain and mail learning resources and let me know if you'd be interested in Chainman reviews of specific titles or if you art interested in submitting your titled for review.
Advanced Chain Maille
AntiCraft
Beaded Chain Mail Jewlery
Beadmaille
Chain and Bead Jewelry
Chain and Bead Jewelry Creative Connections
Chain and Bead Jewelry Geometric Connections
Chain Maille Jewelry Workshop
Chain Mail & Wire Reimagined
Chained
Chainmail - Novel
Chainmail Made Easy
Chainmail RPG
Classic Chain Mail Jewelry with a Twist
Creative Chain Mail Jewelry
Chicks in Chainmail
Chicks 'N Chained Males
Classic Chain Mail Jewelry
Elven Chain Maille
Handcrafting Chain and Bead Jewelry
Introduction to Chain Mail
Introduction to Chain Mail
Kumihimo Wire Jewelry
Linked: Innovative Chain Mail Jewelry Designs
Make Chain Maille Jewelry 1
Make Chain Maille Jewelry 2
Making Chain Mail Jewelry
Manly Crafts
Practical Chainmail in the Current Middle Ages
Silver Soldering Simplified
Techniques Of Medieval Armour Reproduction
The Art Of Mail Armor
The Art of Wire
The Missing Link
Unconventional Chain Mail Jewelry
Woven Wire Jewelry
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