12-08-2009, 03:37 PM
Adrian
There is a lot there in what you show and I have an original laying around in one of my collection boxes, the one I have has snapped just at the hole and I've considered for some time now that this is what it was for.
Infact I have fitted a shield boss or two in the distant past by this method and have even used flat large washers and home made type split pins, when made tight with a washer one can even prevent rattle and the split pins only need to be just opened at their legs to prevent them coming out.
I have also put rings on the back of phalerae and also again used washers with slit pins as indeed some originals were fitted.
There is a lot there in what you show and I have an original laying around in one of my collection boxes, the one I have has snapped just at the hole and I've considered for some time now that this is what it was for.
Infact I have fitted a shield boss or two in the distant past by this method and have even used flat large washers and home made type split pins, when made tight with a washer one can even prevent rattle and the split pins only need to be just opened at their legs to prevent them coming out.
I have also put rings on the back of phalerae and also again used washers with slit pins as indeed some originals were fitted.
Brian Stobbs
