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Chainmail Hacky Sacks
Doesn't blow away on a windy day.
Great for people with boots,
bad for people with bare feet.
Many people who have used one of
these prefer them over the
cloth ones. There are several different designs I do, some pictures of them can be found below. Sorry about the blurred pictures. My digital camera does not take the best close up shots of maille, but they should give you an idea of how they sit and some of what I do for hacks.
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Chainmaille Hack #1
This is the same hack as in the color picture but from a different angle, the good looking picture was taken by putting the hack in my scanner and scanning it off the glass.. this one was taken with the digital camera. This hack is made with the Japanese 6 in 1 weave out of 16ga 1/4"ID stainless, and stuffed with a ball of cloth. |
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Chainmaille Hack #1-empty
Same hack as above but without the stuffing. Stuffed ones have a little bounce, which makes them a little easier to kick; empty ones are easier to stall and I think they react a little more like a normal hacky sack. |
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Experimental Chainmaille Hack #2
This hack was originaly made as an experiment, it's just breaking out of it's testing period and people seem to like it, so I'm offering it for sale. It is similar to "Ball #1" which is further down on this page (slightly different design but similar weave). It is made from 16 gauge 1/4"ID and 18 gauge 1/8"ID stainless steel, and is filled with short chains aluminum rings (16 ga, 1/4"ID). The filling of aluminum chains gives it a weight and feel that is very similar to a cloth hacky sack. |
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Experimental Chainmaille Hack #3
This was another experimental hack design. Although it passed it's testing and all, it takes way to long to make and sell for my normal price of $30... next one will prolly be about $50 and I don't really think this design for a maille hack is worth that much but thats what I have to charge for the amount of work that goes into it. But, while I have this one already made, I'll sell it for $30.
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Another picture of Experimental Chainmaille Hack #3, this one is a little clearer because the hackysack was scanned directly in my scanner. it's certainly the most unique chainmaille hacky sack I've ever seen and I prolly won't make another. |
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The second ball is made from a mix of foreign coins that were selected
because I thought they had interesting things on them. There's a Turkish
coin with a cresent moon and star, mexican coin with the eagle biting a snake,
a Deutschmark, a Farthing, a couple neat looking Islamic coins, and some
others that I'm not sure where they are from. The way this one is linked
together makes a softer ball that would work better for a hackysack and also
works well for juggling.