You need to buy real chainmail supplies. You can make chainmail so smooth it's almost soft.Keyrings? Pokin' yo bitch ass. However real chainmail's tedious as forget to make, and with is plier-free.Cool idea, but not functional. You do know ThinkGeek sells chainmail, right?
If you're gonna make a mail out of those, layer them to make them more effective.
It's like one of those things made to protect your balls (How could I forget the name of them?)They protect from things, but when it gets hit it pushes into your pelvis and hurts like hell.
There is a store called Seven Corners here in the Twin Cities. They sold them for 20 bucks.