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proper turtle neck tie
could be better. a proper very experienced machinist could do it in metal...
Ok, I'm not sure if you read my bio - but I am a proper experienced machinist. 20+ years - fuck my life. This would be excruciatingly hard. First off, that coloring would need to be either oxidized bronze or brass. You'd need to then machine perfect hexagons (the bestagons) and both of those are very sensitive to work with.
I'd need to CNC out all of the patterns first (depending on what the customer wanted, brass or copper) and then make tiny links out of the same material. This would cost tens of thousands to make out of metal. I'm not kidding here - for me to do this off the top of my head, I'm thinking $40k. And that is only because the designs have to be precise and I personally will not do marginal work when it comes to Trek.
And ontop of all that, you need someone that can do real, serious work on the clothing. This is, again, assuming the pieces are metal. This would be so crazy expensive that no one that is a professional will take on the job
Hey! you might be interested to learn there is an entire type of embroidery that uses precious metal pieces called Goldwork.
spools of precious metals that have been wound into very tight springs are used as embroidery or cut into small pieces and sewn on to make beautiful complex patterns.
and garments made this way even take on a different appearance as they oxidize over time!
no need for machining parts! just time, patience and a decent thimble.