In a website that I am studying so I can build a Chain Mail, I have found a page

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In a website that I am studying so I can build a Chain Mail, I have found a page featuring a lot of different Ring Weaves to build them.

I want to determine which one is the best to provide resistance against stabbing strikes, so I wish to know if there are some calculations based on wire resistance, thickness and ring size that could give me a theoretical comparation between configurations.

Currently my favourite one is Japanese 6 in 1.
But I think that one like Dragonscale) has to be very resistant too.

How to know it? What calculations can I do to get at least an idea on which to prefer for this? Any help is appreciated an I am sorry for being such a n00b if my question is not appropriate for this place.

Explanation / Answer

I will hand wave on this:

The best resistance against stabbing must be metal plate, i.e. no holes where a knife can enter.

The weave is the result of trying to introduce flexibility so that a dress can be made out of the material that would allow agile motion.

The best weave is the weave that when projected against the possible penetration directions leave no projective holes, i.e the knife will hit a wire at some level, and thus it will give the same protection as sheet metal.

I would choose something like "Japanese 8 in 2", or" byzantine variant 1" if the interweaving left no extra holes. i.e. something with many inter leaved levels of wire.

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