These mail chausses/hoses are directly inspired by the type of protection worn by knights, and some sergeants, in the 12th and 13th centuries. They appear for the first time on William ‘the conquerer’ on the Bayeux Tapestry in 1066. By that time, it was a luxury, and that’s not a hazard if only Duke William himself is wearing those chainmail hoses and so many of the other Norman knights were not. By the opening of the 12 and 13 centuries, it was becoming standard equipment of a medieval knight perfectly completing the long sleeves knee length hauberk making the knight almost invulnerable. The sturdy 18-gauge MILD STEEL ROUND RINGS (diameter of approx. 9 mm), with alternating flat rings, are painstakingly DOME RIVETED by our skilled artisans. The intricately interlocked in a FOUR-IN-ONE pattern makes sure to buffer against striking attacks.