11-21-2008, 01:07 PM
Quote:Apparently, the evidence points to this from what I have heard. I asked an experienced armourer about this a while ago!
What, to the rivet going all the way through? I wonder what evidence that'd be then? Presumably it's just mineralised leather remnants showing on the rivet shanks.
Given the way that leather can delaminate I'd want to see a lot of examples where it looks like two seperate layers of leather on the shank before I'd be convinced that this was the case.
"Medicus" Matt Bunker
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