black rubber chainmail

Rubber rings are 1/16" thick (size "S") in much of the chainmail shown; some has been made in 3/32" ("M") and 1/8" ("L") stuff, but I can't stretch 3/16" ("XL") to get it over my head.

All these pieces are variants on foxtail, a chainmail weave typically done with welded metal rings, bent with pliers into shape. Rubber rings lend themselves to the procedure dramatically well-- when linked, they naturally fall into shape. Also a plus: the stretch of the rubber means no clasp is necessary-- even for chokers (although one choker made from the 1/8"-thick rings took four strong hands to get it on and off... I don't know what to do with chain from 3/16").

All of these can be constructed to (within a bent-link length of) any measurements you request, and finished endless-style.

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"Flat double foxtail" is more or less our signature item, and we typically have all parts in stock. Also see:

• our other variations on foxtail weaves.

flat double foxtail

$5 + $1.25/inch (e.g. $15 for 8" bracelet, $23.75 for 15" choker)

Very very proud of this one! This is the best stuff, our signature item. I've never seen anyone do a foxtail variant that isn't a squarish/roundish ropey. Being flat, this is particularly well-suited to bracelets and chokers. Or hatbands?

The same weave in different gauges of rubber leads to very different looks. The one shown in the first four photos has cross-section S = 9/16" x 3/8". It's a complicated little lacy/crochet-looking thing. The lower-left photo shows S, M = 3/4" x 7/16", L = 15/16" x 9/16", and XL = 1 7/16" x 13/16". L is definitely a more heavy, butch, dog-collar look.

(Mind, it takes two to four hands on strong arms to get a size L choker (bottom-right pic) over a typical head. XL is just terrifying; I suppose I'll try to work out how to put a clasp on it.)

flat double foxtail, double- or triple-wide

n times the price of a single-wide chain.

Another innovation: making the stuff wider without making it thicker (and therefore tougher to stretch) by lacing together a few lengths, side-by-side. The connecty-weave part looks a little like a typical three-strand braid.

Top left, size S in single-, double- and triple-wide; size M in single- and double-wide. Top right, zoom-in of the triple-wide in size S. Bottom left, zoom-in of double-wide in size M. Bottom right, choker in double-wide of size S.

S-2w (1 1/8" wide) may make a feasible choker, but it takes some effort to stretch. Bracelets or hatbands are a little more reasonable, especially for e.g. S-3w (about 1 5/8" wide) or M-2w. Potentially this could be made wide enough to wear around a wider body part, but don't expect the S-10w bandeau or miniskirt too soon. The stuff lends itself to making cylinders of arbitrary (discrete) sizes-- or tori, by the way.

flat double foxtail collar with D-ring

$8 + $1.25/inch (e.g. $18 for 8" cuff, $26.75 for 15" collar)

Shown: top-left and bottom-right, size L with a 1" (inner diameter) D-ring; top-right, size S with a 1/2" D (new!!); lower-left, size M with a 5/8" D.

Again: the M takes some stretching, and the L some moxie or a friend.

flat, n-wide double foxtail with D-ring

n times the price of a single-wide chain +$3 for each D

Shown: 2-wide in size M, with 1 1/4" (inner diameter) D-ring. It should be possible to make this with more than one D-ring (not the case for 1-wide). The collar there is probably not feasible.

The 3-wide in M (not shown) works terrifically-well with a 2" D-ring, but is impossible to stretch, for collar or cuffs. (One customer took one of these, unfinished in the back, and lashed on rubber straps for buckling.)

Hybrid: black Double Foxtail, with Persian-weave 6-in-1 rainbow rings

$10+ $1.25/inch (e.g. $20 for 8" bracelet, $28.75 for 15" choker)

Elsewhere we have bracelets of all persian rainmail-- they stretch enough to go over a hand, but not a head. This choker has one rainbow repeat of Persian 6-in-1-- Black ROYGBV Black-- and the rest is done in size S double foxtail (all rings are matching thickness, 1/16".

As far as I know, this is the first time f2f has ever been linked right into Persian 6-in-1. They're made for each other. Across the front and back their um rubber arrowheads point the same direction. And the transitions are not only smooth, but also sturdy.

Email neck measurement-- and let us know whether to round up or down if that becomes an issue. --Or wrist measurement. No reason not to have a bracelet of this.

Note, purple's on top (like in the right-hand photo), not red-- until we run out of cannibalizable bracelets and order more rings.

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