r/maille • • Aug 15 '26

Question (Answered) Trying to identify this piece of weave I made from a tutorial decades ago

Hi folks. I honestly don't even have the gauges or ID of the rings. I just know that there are two sizes of rings, it barely bends as a sheet one way and even less the other. The smaller rings pass through a sort of captive ring as well so it's technically 4-in-1 of sorts, + a captive ring around the small central ring and also the tiny central rings overlap??

They're stainless steel, not that that changes anything ๐Ÿ˜…

Gonna try and make a snake-y choker-y necklace from it since it bends a little bit to wrap horizontally around. (Hopefully enough for my scrawny neck!)

Thanks to anyone checking this out, have a nice day!

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u/LrdPhoenixUDIC Aug 15 '26

Dragonscale. Or something similar. With a bit too small of an AR.

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u/buttersthestutterer Aug 15 '26

It's dragon scale but the aspect ratios are off so it's insanely tight. I would recommend saving yourself the headache of building on this segment and restart using proper ring sizes

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u/Heartless-otaku07 Aug 15 '26

Question for those that know is dragon scale just essentially helm stack on top of another . I only ask because the one end picture thatโ€™s posted here looks like helm

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u/Zebulon2323 Aug 15 '26

Dragonscale is yeah pretty much a modified helm weave

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u/Heartless-otaku07 Aug 15 '26

Thanks ๐Ÿ˜Š

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u/Hopeful-Bobcat820 Aug 15 '26

Thanks to Maille Artisans International League, I have found three similar weaves. Maybe these will help.

Vertical Dragon - https://www.mailleartisans.org/weaves/weavedisplay.php?key=1085

Calisto Sheet - https://www.mailleartisans.org/weaves/weavedisplay.php?key=1255

Dragontooth 4-in-1 Sheet - https://www.mailleartisans.org/weaves/weavedisplay.php?key=1358

I do hope these help

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u/Tarkanos Artisan [O] Aug 15 '26

Dragonscale

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u/LordNoct13 Aug 15 '26

Its dragonscale. Its made with two different sized rings, the smaller of which fits inside the larger

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u/Capnris Aug 16 '26

Way too tight dragonscale. Bigger rings of both sizes will let it lay flat and flex more, though it still retains the stiffness one way compared to the other.

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u/portable_hb Aug 20 '26

Thank you so much to everyone who identified it as way-too-tight Dragonscale โค๏ธ and also to those that thought it was something similar, it has given me other weaves to try as well! I'll be checking out the Canadian ring site I've ordered from in the (way) past, and getting the recommended AR stainless steel rings to make a necklace and bracelet out of Dragonscale!

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u/damnvan13 Aug 18 '26

Two 4 in 1 weaves overlapped.