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[kronckew]

Originally Posted by estcrh

This all goes back to Colins hauberk, with pictures showing both sides of the links we can probably figure out is it is round riveted or wedge riveted.

? - colin posted pics in post no. 5 that appear to show round rivets.

[estcrh]

Originally Posted by kronckew

? - colin posted pics in post no. 5 that appear to show round rivets.

Actually Colin's image only shows one side of the riveted link. The rivet heads that are showing do not have the appearance of typical round rivet heads.

Usually there would be much more of a dome or mushroom shape from the rivet being peened. If these are round riveted there will be a corresponding round rivet head on the opposite side, if the links are wedge riveted the opposite side will be flat and no rivet head will be showing.

The red arrows point to the rivet heads, the yellow arrows point to the solid links. The rivet head here are just not formed well enough to determine if they are actually round riveted.

Take a look at the Ottoman and Indian round riveted examples I have provided and compare the rivet heads to Colins hauberk and you will see the difference.