Chain mail

[Raf]

As an addendum here are two images relating to the production of medieval mail.
This image shows mail being assembled . Pliars are being used to close the rivet. On his bench is a small anvil and in the foreground what I assume are tweezers to put the tiny rivets in place. The artist has cleverly managed to capture the utterly mind numbing tedium of the work.

[Raf]

This images hows the production of wire by pulling it through a drawplate with holes of gradually reducing sizes. One might be curious as to why he is sitting in his socks on a bench suspended from the ceiling. Apparently the practice was to swing forward , grasp the wire with pliers , kick the swing backwards and use the inertia of the body weight to draw the wire. Clever ?

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Raf

... This images Shows the production of wire by pulling it through a drawplate with holes of gradually reducing sizes....

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[Raf]

Thanks Fernando. I muddled up up the images.