From the back cover:
Whether it is for larp, theatre production, living history event or other related hobbies, with your own hauberk, coife, trousers or other chain mail objects you are ready for battle. But how do you create a custom-fit pattern for your own chain mail? What needs to be considered while making chain rings? And what are the best techniques for weaving thousands of rings together? These and other questions will be answered by the author step by step and with fully illustrated instructions. The reader learns the practicalities of how to transform a roll of wire into a chain mail armour.

Content:
page 5 Preface, acknowledgements
6 History of the hauberk
7 Effort and risks
7 Health risks
7 Protective effect
8 Expenditure of time
8 Costs
8 Making chain mail rings
9 Simple "winding machine"
9 Choice of material
10 Coiling
10 Coiling manually
10 Coiling with a "winding machine"
11 Coiling with a lathe
12 Cutting the rings
13 Weaves and techniques
13 Chain mail weaves
13 4-in-1
13 King's weaves
14 6-in-1
14 8-in-1
16 Italian weave
17 Japanese weave
18 Persian weave
19 Funnel seams
19 Decorative weaves
19 Gizeh triangles
20 Box chain
21 Persian chain
22 Byzantine chain or Birdcage
23 Byzantine weave
24 Byzantine belt
25 Variations of weaves and techniques
26 Leather fittings and reinforcing
27 Making of a hauberk
27 Preparations
27 Taking measurements
27 Number of rings
28 Pliers
28 Basic technique of 4-in-1 weave
35 Garment patterns
35 Direction of the chain mail
36 Direction of the sleeves
36 Sleeveless pattern
36 T-shirt pattern (short sleeve)
37 Shirt pattern (long sleeve)
38 Assembly of individual parts
44 Funnel-seam weave
44 Parts of the pattern
45 Fabrication of the pattern
46 Riveting rings
46 Special tools
46 Choice of material
46 Coiling
47 Cutting the rings
49 Types of rings
49 Riveting surface of a round ring
50 Drilling the rivetting surfaces
51 Rivetting
52 Chain mail coife
52 Coife pattern
52 Head plate
53 Expansion of the head plate
54 Spider weave
54 Wheel weave
57 Head/neck
58 Collar
59 Legwear
59 Chain mail trousers
60 Chain mail gaiters (chaps)
62 Maintenance of hauberks
63 Appendix