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Me when I read: that's what life is all about I will do only this!
Me when I draw: that's what life is all about I will do only this!
Me when I watch a movie: that's what life is all about I will do only this!
Me when I go out in nature: that's what life is all about I will do only this!
Me when I go to a museum: that's what life is all about I will do only this!
Me when I make homemade food: that's what life is all about I will do only this!
Me when I write: that's what life is all about I will do only this!
Me when I listen to music: that's what life is all about I will do only this!
These are the chainmail juggling balls (cubes?) I made for myself a few years ago. They're made of a three-dimensional Japanese type of weave. Basically, it's a weave based on a square grid, that can be extended into a cubical solid weave. So these are chainmail all the way through. They take 504 rings I believe. (I did the math for it once.)
As juggling balls, I've been super happy with them. They're about half a pound each (240 grams to be precise), which is a lot heavier than most standard balls that other people use. I've found that since they take more force to move, a variation in the throw produces less of a difference in the path of the ball than it would with lighter balls.
Another thing I like about them is that they have no rebound; when you drop them, the links collapse into each other without resistance, so they land dead, with no bounce. This means you never have problems with them bouncing out of your hands.
Also, they jingle delightfully when you throw them.
The ones shown are stainless steel. I've been juggling them consistently since 2009. They're basically indestructible. I think I would have gone through 2 or 3 sets of normal juggling balls in that period of time. I have 4 stainless ones and 2 more in galvanized steel, which tarnished to a matte gray years ago. I'm slowly getting more consistent at juggling 5. 6 is still beyond me, but I keep trying. (Shown are my friends, who are only juggling 3, but didn't want to deal with the camera.)
Anyway, I finally decided to photograph these things and put them up for order on my Etsy shop. Take a gander.