Categories: Instruction and information; Messages and statements; Jewelry
FACT: The biggest causes of poorly closed rings are laziness and
junk rings (anything that's not saw-cut). Only a fool with cognitive defects would
say or think otherwise since the math and science of a
properly closed ring are indisputable.
SUMMARY OF PRICE POINTS AND EXPECTED QUALITY
- Category - These are listed in the
third blog entry.
- Example - When available, a brief description of the item in the picture. It might
include the weave name, type of rings, cut method, construction, etc.
- Skill (1-10) - 1 is low, 10 is high. The proficiency required
to make something for the given category. Exceptional maille
is about a three. Making the leap to jewelry is a much bigger jump.
- Price Point - What to expect to pay for a 7" bracelet.
Price should dictate quality with expensive goods. Any chainmail weave in
unsoldered sterling silver should be 10%-20% the price of a soldered one.
- Ring Incidents -
The percent of rings suffering from a ring incident. It all comes down to numbers.
- Chainmaille - In the marketplace, the percentage of maille at the described level.
The math doesn't lie but it will change with relaxed standards.
- Maillers - The overall percentage of maillers that diligently work at the described level.
- Suitable Materials - What metal(s) are expected in a piece of this level.
Precious metals and other exotic metals will quickly add to cost.
Since there are $8,000 pieces made from 14k gold at the
UNMENTIONABLE
category, this will reflect what should be at the given level.
- Ring Type - Pinch-cut rings are made with nippers or
pliers. Marginally better are the machine or shear-cut
rings. The only ones acceptable for human consumption - animal lovers would want no less for their pets, either - are
saw-cut rings.
- Construction - Refers to open or closed construction. Butted
rings are twisted into position and left with the ends touching each other and aligned. They rely
totally on the strength of the metal to hold their shape. Closed methods include soldering,
brazing, welding, and riveting.
- Weave - They are listed in order of easy to challenging.
Every situation has its exceptions.
Category |
UNMENTIONABLE |
SUB-CRAFT |
CRAFT |
LOW |
MEDIUM |
HIGH |
BEYOND |
Skill (1-10) |
less than 1 |
1 |
1.5 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
9 |
Price Point |
$2 |
$4 |
$10 |
$25 |
$50 |
$200 |
$500 |
Ring Incidents |
more than 10% |
10% |
3% |
1% |
0% |
0% |
0% |
Chainmaille |
75% |
22% |
2% |
0.6% |
0.05% |
0.001% |
0.0001% |
Maillers |
55% |
31% |
13% |
0.5% |
0.1% |
0.01% |
0.001% |
Material A |
1 to 3 |
1 to 3 |
1 to 5 |
2 to 10 |
5 to 15 |
12 to 15 |
12 to 15 |
Ring Type B |
1 |
1 |
1, 2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Construction C |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 to 5 |
2 to 5 |
2 to 5 |
Weave D |
1 |
1, 2 |
2, 3 |
2 to 4 |
2 to 5 |
3 to 6 |
4 to 6 |
A. MATERIAL |
B. RING TYPE |
C. CONSTRUCTION |
D. WEAVE |
1. Basic steel |
1. Pinch-cut |
1. Butted |
1. 2-in-1 type chain |
2. Aluminum, bright |
2. Shear- or machine-cut |
2. Welded |
2. European 4-in-1, three rows |
3. Aluminum, anod |
3. Saw-cut |
3. Soldered |
3. Dragonscale, five rows |
4. Nickelsilver |
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4. Brazed |
4. Full Persian 8-in-1 |
5. Stainless Steel |
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5. Riveted |
5. Micromaille Jens Pind 5 |
6. Silver plated or filled |
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6. Three-sided triple loop-in-loop |
7. Copper |
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8. Bronze |
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9. Brass |
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10. Titanium |
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11. Niobium |
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12. Sterling silver |
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13. Gold-filled |
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14. Other precious metals |
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15. Exotic metals |
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UNMENTIONABLE |
SUB-CRAFT |
CRAFT |
LOW |
MEDIUM |
HIGH |
BEYOND |
1. Basic steel |
$2 / $5 |
$4 / $10 |
$8 / $20 |
$15 / $35 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
2. Aluminum, bright |
$2 / $5 |
$4 / $10 |
$8 / $20 |
$15 / $35 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
3. Aluminum, anod |
$2 / $5 |
$4 / $10 |
$8 / $20 |
$15 / $35 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
4. Nicklesilver |
$2 / $5 |
$4 / $10 |
$8 / $20 |
$18 / $40 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
5. Stainless steel |
n/a |
n/a |
$8 / $20 |
$20 / $50 |
$25 / $60 |
n/a |
n/a |
6. Silver plated or filled |
n/a |
n/a |
$8 / $20 |
$20 / $50 |
$25 / $60 |
n/a |
n/a |
7. Copper |
n/a |
n/a |
$10 / $25 |
$25 / $60 |
$30 / $70 |
n/a |
n/a |
8. Bronze |
n/a |
n/a |
$10 / $25 |
$25 / $60 |
$30 / $70 |
n/a |
n/a |
9. Brass |
n/a |
n/a |
$12 / $30 |
$30 / $70 |
$35 / $80 |
n/a |
n/a |
10. Titanium |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
$40 / $90 |
$60 / $140 |
n/a |
n/a |
11. Niobium |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
$50 / $120 |
$75 / $175 |
n/a |
n/a |
12. Sterling silver |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
$75 / $175 |
$200 / $500 |
$500 / $1200 |
13. Gold-filled |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
$85 / $200 |
$225 / $600 |
$600 / $1350 |
14. Other precious metals |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
$400+ / $1000+ |
$1000 / $2500+ |
15. Exotic |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
$200+ |
$500+ |
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Prices given for a bracelet / necklace. The appearance of n/a does
not mean there are no examples. The ones in red should not exist because they are x-low
quality. The ones in yellow probably don't
exist due to financial expense, time constraints, etc.
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Posted by M: December 7, 2016
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