Hello everyone, I am new to this community so my question may seem stupid:
Speaking with a langobardic reenactor, he told me that historically accurate chainmails were made only by rivedeted rings and closed rings, and that chainmails made by assembling only hand closed rings (without rivet) were never actually used in history.
Does anyone has infos about this that can confirm or not what the guy said to me?
And, particularly, did vikings also used riveted mail only or did their chainmails were made in a different way?
Thank you in advance!

PS. English is not my first language, so I aplogize for potential mistakes... ;)

Have you read our Mail: Unchained article?

Welcome aboard

A spotlight thread with images of period examples
http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=29331

One of the more explanatory threads, also in the spotlight section
http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=19189

Just some of the other discussions here regarding period manufacture

http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=36884

http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=35753

http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=29857

http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=22224

http://myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=19904

Cheers
GC

Nicely done, Glen! Sometimes even I forget how much info is here.