Chainmail:any evidence for NON-riveted

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Chainmail:any evidence for NON-riveted

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11-05-2014, 08:34 PM

Quote:Well, it seems there is no way Rab Kristóf is going to get away with buying cheap Indian butted mail and pass it off as authentic for the period ......

"Riveted" does not equal "historical". Butted links produces a hamata that looks far closer to extant Roman examples than the riveted mail available from India.

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Chainmail:any evidence for NON-riveted - by Macharivs - 11-05-2014, 10:09 AM

Chainmail:any evidence for NON-riveted - by Crispianus - 11-05-2014, 10:59 AM

Chainmail:any evidence for NON-riveted - by martijn.wijnhoven - 11-05-2014, 12:13 PM

Chainmail:any evidence for NON-riveted - by Dan Howard - 11-05-2014, 12:13 PM

Chainmail:any evidence for NON-riveted - by martijn.wijnhoven - 11-05-2014, 12:18 PM

Chainmail:any evidence for NON-riveted - by Macharivs - 11-05-2014, 12:31 PM

Chainmail:any evidence for NON-riveted - by Dan Howard - 11-05-2014, 12:38 PM

Chainmail:any evidence for NON-riveted - by Nathan Ross - 11-05-2014, 12:42 PM