Viking Wire Bracelet
Recently a discussion came up about how the Viking wire bracelets were made and if they were braided on some type of loom. They were actually just twisted in a clever manner to imitate braiding. These pictures show how one of the examples was done.
Heres an original bracelet I chose at random from the various hoards.
Repro
Heres my reproduction in copper. I left the ends unraveled, but you get the idea.
another view
Here you can see that it is simply 4 double twists.
4 pair twist
Example of terminals
Heres a close-up of a soldered, forged, and chased terminal.
Terminal example 2
Here are some simpler ones with other terminal designs. These are just tapered, twisted pair. Kindof hard to see (the original pic was small) but I think you get the idea.