Roman surgical instruments - My replicas

[jvrjenivs]

I admit to being confused. How would rivets work in this context? It would have to be a different style of hinge, wouldn't it? Obviously the back end of a rivet has to be peened. Would the hinges bend around the board and go through front to back instead of top to bottom?

Now you got me confused too. What do you exactly mean? I thought you were talking about something like this, which can easily done by a rivet. (and in modern examples you sometimes find a screw)

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