Rachel Port
Well-Known Member
At the end of class I was imagining how a person would pack something made of fine chain mail, and I remembered an evening bag I once had that was made of silver chain mail. I used to be able to put my hand underneath and just let it sort of puddle into my hand. So I think that Bilbo must have packed the mithril coat the same way - just letting it sink onto the packing cloth making a kind of puddle. That would make a small bundle that would be heavy for its size since all the links would be piled together without the spaces. I really couldn't imagine folding something made of small chain mail - the links would be slipping and collapsing into each other.