A K, I hate to say it but Euro 4-1 is probably the worst weave for belts, then followed by the box chain, I have ruined 3 shirts from doing some re-enacting with my maille shirt (also in Euro 4-1, except in spring tempered stainless steel)

euro 4-1 rips the poop out of cloth. box chain is nothing more than euro folded up and slipping another ring in. its got terrible attributes with cloth as well.

hope I help. don't give up on the maille, it took me 2 years of mailling to really understand what I was doing.

~Casey