Lorica hamata / segmentata

[M. CVRIVS ALEXANDER]

I won't speak for Dan, but as the one who posted those questions, I would like to comment on what I have found out so far. I corresponded with Erik Schmid on the subject; consequently, he posted in this thread. He commented on the first two of my questions here, and also informed me regarding the third question that unfortunately, there is not really anything published disproving the assertions made in favor of existence of the welded links. On the other hand, as he points out in his post, those were just that - the assertions. Since Erik, I presume, is now watching this thread, I will let him to elaborate if he so chooses.