Chainmail vest or leather helmet? A christmas conondrum

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**Necroshea**

With christmas looming, I've began to think of what to get for my niece and nephew. In the true spirit of being the oddest member of my family (who without me would be a rather boring bunch but I digress), I've decided to craft either a chainmail shirt or a leather helmet for them. Being 8 and 11 respectively, it won't take too long or use up too many materials to make them something spiffy.

So which do I do?

I'm leaning more towards leather helmets, because I can put fur lining on the inside and they can wear them to school in january and february, when it might* get cold. I don't know about you guys, but if I had a leather helmet that actually looked like a fantasy esque helmet back in elementary, I would have been hot gak.

*Cold in texas. That's a joke.

**KalashnikovMarine**

Chain for the older one, and a helm for the wee bairn.

**Bromsy**

Then they can fight it out and see who gets the complete set. I like it, reminds me of my childhood.

**Necroshea**

Bromsy wrote:
Then they can fight it out and see who gets the complete set. I like it, reminds me of my childhood.

Hah! If only there were ways to conveniently adjust the size of both. They could just sorta continue to fight over it as they grow up. Wits or brute force, the trophy for knocking your sibling down a peg is fancy armor. That sure would have inspired me to spend more time with my brother when I was younger.

**TheCaptain**

Could always get them sports equipment.

**KalashnikovMarine**

TheCaptain wrote:
Could always get them sports equipment.

SCA is a sport!

**Necroshea**

TheCaptain wrote:
Could always get them sports equipment.

Could always get them anything besides chainmail and a leather helmet, but that's not what the threads about.

**d3m01iti0n**

Unless they planning on time travelling to the dark ages and making war I would settle on a nice coat and hat.

**Mannahnin**

I like the helmets idea. They can wear them with regular clothing as amusing hats, and/or combine them with a cheap quick-and-easy tabard for medieval costume fun. A chain hauberk is going to be a ton of work for a garment the kid will outgrow very quickly.

**Necroshea**

Mannahnin wrote:
A chain hauberk is going to be a ton of work for a garment the kid will outgrow very quickly.

Well I'm working with 12 guage stainless steel, so a 4 in one could be weaved pretty quickly. However, you're absolutely right about them outgrowing it pretty fast.

>that feel when you give hats for christmas and feel like valve

**OrlandotheTechnicoloured**

If it's 'real' chain mail I'd be tempted to go with that,

as a mail coat could always be opened up and enlarged as they grew (if they remained interested)

a helmet they'd just outgrow

**DutchKillsRambo**

I'd go with a mace for one and morning star for the other.

**Captain Fantastic**

No one likes wearing hats. Don't make them hats

Chainmail.

**Commander Cain**

Chainmail all the way!

**Doctadeth**

The best of both worlds. Chainmail coif.

**Krellnus**

Captain Fantastic wrote:
No one likes wearing hats. Don't make them hats

Chainmail.

Everyone loves wearing hats. Make them hats

Leather Helmet.

**Frazzled**

Necroshea wrote:
Bromsy wrote:
Then they can fight it out and see who gets the complete set. I like it, reminds me of my childhood.

Hah! If only there were ways to conveniently adjust the size of both. They could just sorta continue to fight over it as they grow up. Wits or brute force, the trophy for knocking your sibling down a peg is fancy armor. That sure would have inspired me to spend more time with my brother when I was younger.

Awesome

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d3m01iti0n wrote:
Unless they planning on time travelling to the dark ages and making war I would settle on a nice coat and hat.

No he said Texas. That would be cap and shorts.