African chain mail shirt

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Originally Posted by colin henshaw

Upon close examination it does indeed appear to be made up of rows of alternate solid (welded ?) and riveted links with round rivets.

Collin, just to be sure, can you take a photo like this one but from the inside so I can see the back side of the links. I want to be sure that these are really round riveted and not wedge shaped rivets, the only way to do this is by seeing both sides of the links. The side of the link that is not usually seen is just as important if not more so than the outer side of the link.

Wedge shaped rivets can seem to be round on the front side of the link but.....on the inside of the link the rivet will look like a small rectangle inserted into the link, or if the mail is very worn you will not see any sign of the rivet at all. If it is really round riveted you will see a round rivet head in the inside as well as the outside of the link. Extreem wear will often burnish the inside of the links to the point were there my be no sign that the link was rivetd at all.