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Posted: 16th Feb 2011
No body has any questions, concerns or comments on maille poi? or you all just waiting on pics?
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Posted: 16th Feb 2011
waiting on pics, personally i have this marked as one to watch

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Posted: 17th Feb 2011
Yeah, honestly, the only comment I had upon first reading your post was: "Pics?", but at the bottom of your write up you say you will post pics soon, making my comment unneeded.

Looking forward to seeing what you're talking about.

Posted: 17th Feb 2011
I have plenty to show, but am visiting family a few states away from my usual home base, and we have no way to get the pics from the camera on the PC here. No card reader for my ladys card... But as soon as i can manage it, I will be uplading asap.
Stay Tuned
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Posted: 3rd Mar 2011
Sooo it's been a couple weeks, pics yet?

I don't know that I'd call maille and poi a 'revolutionary advancement'. You're making these out of butted stainless? What gauge, ring size and weave are you using? I've seen too much butted stainless blown open on chains to really trust it, *especially* with fire.

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Posted: 4th Mar 2011
I remember someone else, a couple years back, saying that his practice poi were maille. But that was everything, including the heads. Or maybe just the heads. I forget now.

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Posted: 9th Mar 2011
Maybe he got shanked and his chain maille armor wasn't able to halt the stilletto? That's too bad!

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Posted: 9th Mar 2011
Heh.

I doubt standard mail would be that great at stopping a proper stiletto in any case.

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Posted: 24th May 2011
Sorry for the delay guys! been traveling non stop for a while now in the festie circut.
On a side note, chain maille isnt good for stabbing, or thrust from say arrow, but sword would slide right off...
anyway! Im not exactly sure how to post a picture here on the forum, but i did just get a facebook page setup for Chain Maille Poi (called "Pro Poi" - Chain Maille Performance)

https://www.facebook.com/TheRealDidgeridude#!/pages/Pro-Poi-Chain-Maille-Performance/191910220833454

(im working on a shorter link. gotta get a few more "likes" first before i can change it. But thats where you can see some of what ive been working on.

And Lurch, yes while butted rings are not as strong as welded, they are stronger than ball chains which people trust all the time with fire. Under normal conditions, there will be no problem. Ive dialed down the smallest (strongest) ring size guage combos possible, and use a 3/4 hard stainless. I dont want to give out exact ring size guage combos, but over a year of reserch and development has proven most sucessesful, and out of more than 10 sets ive sold, only 1 repair has been nessesary, and it was not because of fire, but an inexperienced friend of the guy i made a set for, and he was whipping it like a whip. The repair was very easy (non critical fail) and that was the last time ive had any problems with these. Im moving out of "proto type" stages now, and am quite pleased (As with all my customers, and people who try them) with the final product.
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Posted: 24th May 2011
well, for one i'm impressed that HoP tolerates commercial ads these days... and for seconds -

didgeridude:

1) click "switch to full reply screen"
2) locate the toolbar on top of the text field ...
smiley - link - mailto - ... image - click on it and tadaa enter the url of your image...

got to be on a server, other than FB, needs to end with ".jpg" or such...

looks like an awful amount of work, these poi... what's the score? name an example, not just "well it depends on the length and features"... or name a range, so we get the idea...

looking intriguing, really - congratulations for the idea

ps: the correct forum would be ... "Technical Discussion"... here, people just slap each other with opinions
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Posted: 26th May 2011
I never really intend this to be an commericial ad. Im just one guy who wanted to help expand the options (wich are very limited, to say the least) for fire chains, and maille accessories. And i figured what better place to introduce these to one of the biggest poi communities in the world. <3

Now if HoP sold maille stuffs, id never say a word.

Let me clarify, that i am Very loyal to HoP, infact ive never bought poi related anything except from HoP over the last 7 years, so my intension was Never to take, or redirect buisness from this loved company.

And yes, they are an aweful amount of work, but its work i love doing, and have been doing it for a long time.

Also, if a moderator wishes, feel free to move this topic to the proper forum. I was new when i posted that, so my bad.

As far as prices go, anywhere from $40 for cheapest chains (only), what id call a Chain replacement. all the way to $150(ish) for full maille handles, heads, 4 swivels (No.10 from HoP), quicklinks, and the beastie Butter chains. $20 for counterweights, $30 for practice heads. All Componentry from HoP. (swivels, quicklinks, and single or double loops handels, etc)

Unfortunanly, due to the serious weather we are enduring here in Missouri, out internets are weak at best and am unable to upload pics at this time. As soon as i can, i will, but 2 days of failing uploading even a single pic, has discouraged me to try again, untill things get better. (not being dodgy, just circumstansial, at the moment.)

www.facebook.com/ProPoi

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