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.

That may be so, but in these modern times I often find it helpful to specify so people don’t get it mixed up with e.g. the envelopes you stick in the post. That’s English for you and all of its damned silly homonym-o-nym-o-nymns.