Our prices are often half those offered by other companies for similar products. Many chainmaille businesses pay outside contractors to assemble pieces or may even offset the cost by using machine-made metal fabric. We make our products ourselves, with almost all of the production being done in-house. As a result, we also have total confidence in the quality of our products. We're not saying that no one has similar, or even lower prices, but we like to think that we offer the best possible value for your money, not to mention our own exclusive designs.

For those who don't know why the price of chainmaille depends much more upon the time involved rather than the materials, here's a quick run down of how to make it:

There are a certain attributes to compare when buying chainmaille:

• Link size
  
• Materials
  
• Design
  

Link size is extremely important when comparing chainmaille. Smaller links means that more materials and a great deal more time is involved in each item. However, when smaller links are used, the maile is stronger, flows smoother and sits more comfortably on the skin. Larger links don't tend to close quite as flawlessly and are more likely to pinch the skin.

Our links are the perfect size for the type of items we create. The great majority are ¼" inside diameter, with very occasional use of 5/16" or larger for specific applications.

The importance of good materials should not be overlooked. Beware of items made with low quality wire and components. The coating on basic fencing wire often flakes or develops a powdery build-up due to corrosion. Some brass tarnishes easily and even discolors the skin. We've even seen a few people using aluminum alloys which are dull and terribly weak.

Finding the best wire types for our creations has taken years. Our alloys have been chosen specifically for being the best possible combination of quality and cost. Our alloys are more expensive, but we feel that our products are worth it. See our materials page for more information on our chosen metals and other materials.

Our designs are the result of many years of practical experience, and they are entirely original - ideas crafted in metal in a way that had never been seen before. Sure, plenty of non-creative people have started copying our work, but if you see other crafters offering the same items, made like our own, you can be confident that the pieces are only cheap knock offs of the originals (even the ones with overinflated prices).

Our designs are our art, and we hold them to very high standards. We throw the majority of new product designs away just because they end up resembling another's work. Therefore, we find it extremely disappointing to see others, offering copies (exact duplicates even!) of our own original works. As sad as it seems, some even lack even the ability to invent their own names or descriptives. Making a profit by taking another's hard work - after all the creativity, research, development and market testing have been completed - is immoral and slothful. Those who care so little for the craft and art in general have only greed as motivation. While we realize that if huge fashion designers can't effectively defend themselves from commercial production of cheap copies of their original works, a tiny shop like ours doesn't stand a chance. However, we want to make it exceedingly clear that our work should never be confused with that of those lazy, uninventive thieves.