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OK you asked for it, here is Bible Armour, I posted this a while back and received a lot of compliments and requests for orders. Well I shyed away from the order requests because this project took several months and I don’t know how many rings. Then there is the logistics of fitting the cover to the Bible or book.
Well here’s what I decided, I will consider making a cover for your favorite book or bible, or you tell me what type of Bible you like weather it be King James, or NIV and I’ll go buy one and cover it for you. Unfortunately I need the book in my possession to fit the cover to it.
This cover is made using European 6 and 1 weave for the front cover, inside flaps, and back cover with 3 and 1 edge and a dragonscale spine. The cross is inlaid using bronze for a contrasting color. All stainless steel and bronze rings were used in this piece.
Now another thing to consider is that stainless steel is heavy this cover weighs 3 lbs, so I was thinking that the next one should be aluminum, because it is very light weight. 
I can also work with several weaves to make the cover such as European 4 and 1, dragonscale, and several types of Japanese weaves so the skies the limit on the different weaves and metals available.
So how much does it cost? I don’t know but It won’t be cheap or fast, these take a lot of work so if your interested contact usand we’ll start the process of fulfilling your desires.
Please, please, please only serious inquiries, this should be something that your looking for as a usable keepsake, and my time is precious. I would be glad to consider any serious inquiries from anyone who is patient enough to give me some time to make it and willing to pay a reasonable negotiated price for my efforts. 
Enjoy,
Andrew and Kimberly
What an incredible amount of work!..that would be an amazing gift to pass down through the family..Lovely!
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Wow, what an amazing piece of work!
I like the idea. I worked for Gypsy Teague many years ago, and we always used these machine cut rings. They always seem to have a few that would scratch you, so my recommendation on your next bible project would be to use the saw cut rings. If anyone later decided to remove the bible from the chainmail cover, there would be less (some, no doubt) damage to the book cover. Way to go though. Making mental notes on many of your designs.
Oh, one other thing… You may want to consider adding a small 7 – 8 inch 20 gauge 3-5 mm chain to the top spine of the design to make an attached page marker. It is more work on top of the days that it already takes to make the cover, but I think that it would be that extra touch to put this design over the top. Just a thought…