Jerry Penner, The Chain Mail Guy

Note: All pricing in Canadian Dollars

Shirts

Need a little extra protection when you go out clubbing? This stainless steel shirt with 1/2" X .078" dia. rings will do the trick. Half sleeves with a pullover design, this shirt will take a knife.

Our fellow is looking nasty in an annealed steel 3/4 sleeve shirt ($650) and galvanized steel balaclava-style hood trimmed around the eyes and mouth with anneald steel and around the 6" mantle with brass ($175). The annealed steel looks gorgeous with pretty much anything. It starts with black powder-covered rings. Once the piece is finished I throw it into a tumbler with WD-40 and rags and change the rags every 4 hours until they come out clean. The finished piece comes out gleaming like black chrome. It needs a little more care than galvanized steel, but the look is well worth it. Just keep it dry and squirt it with WD-40 or kerosene now and then and wipe it dry. If it starts to rust on you, tumble it with rags and WD-40 as described.

Vests

Here we have a stainless steel vest using 1/2" dia. rings made from 12AWG (.080", 2mm) wire. This ring size has been battle-tested in some of the local night-spots and will stop a knife attack. The closures are snap-apart keychains. This versatile and functional piece looks very cool by itself, with a white undershirt, over a dress shirt, or as the vest portion of a 4-piece suit. The #304 stainless steel finish will start out shiny and stay that way no matter what you spill on it. Cleanup is as easy as a visit to the local DIY car-wash, or throw it in the dishwasher.

Fits up to 44" chest. Price: $375

For a sexier look, wear this vest with a black T-shirt, or go primal with no shirt at all.

Fits up to 48" chest. Price: $404

Fits up to 52" chest. Price: $433

Pants

Gloves

Looking for a chain mail glove? These are the good ones. Made from tiny food-grade stainless mesh, individually machine-welded rings. Available in short cuff and long cuff versions in S, M, L, and XL. The long-cuff version is shown.

These are great for meat-cutting, law enforcement, club and bar security staff. Suitable for left or right hand use. To wear it on the other hand just turn it inside out. An attacker really doesn't know what to do with himself when you grab his knife from the business end and take it away...

Pricing: Short cuff: $190.00 ea.

Long cuff (shown): $240.00 ea.

Coats

Leather jacket with natural titanium rings adorning the zipper cover. A good looking jacket with just a little extra flash.

Size: 46

Price: $164

Need a little more flash? Leather jacket with stainless steel rings decorating the tops of the sleeves.

Size: 40

Price: $128

This heavy leather bike jacket features a slip-on stainless half-shirt. Perfect for providing upper-torso protection when you slip off your bike and slide down the road, or wear it with the jacket open for a sexy daring look.

Size: 44

Price: $400

Hoods

This hood is based on pure fantasy. If you're looking for something that makes you look like a wrestler, this is the piece. Two long dags at the front help balance the hood so it doesn't fall off. Available in bright stainless steel or heat-treated stainless 1/2" rings as shown. The heat-treated stainless rings are simply flame- heated until they change colour and go from bright shiny silver to dark blues, purples, and browns. The flame technique used to create the colours is not repeatable, so each hood is unique.

Stainless Steel Wrestler's Hood: $75.00