Apparently I have taken it upon myself to knit another set of chainmail. This evening, I absolutely could not resist dropping this chunk (which at the moment is just about six inches across; this is just a subset of it) into my photo box. I find the proportion of rings at this wire gauge and diameter particularly pleasing for whatever reason.
When I was a kid, soda pop cans had tearaway tops that would separate from the cans when opened. There was sort of a ring-shape on one end of that piece. SCA people would collect those by the hundreds or thousands and use them to make mail armor suits and stuff. It looked surprisingly good, and since it was just thin aluminum, was very light. Very good for running around on a hot summer day recreating the Battle of Hastings or whatnot.