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ariel · 5th March 2006, 12:59 AM

You are well advised to wear it if you come to Detroit and decide to stroll Cass Avenue at 10 pm....

ham · 5th March 2006, 06:32 AM

Perkun,

Working metals repeatedly with tools gradually hardens them, hence armorers occasionally have to anneal (heat to re-soften) plates as they form them. The depressions on these rings were probably produced cold, with a blunt chisel or something similar. This would serve to harden them to some extent, but may have been done as a decorative measure as well. Based on the photos I am inclined to suggest that this mail is not especially old, though certainly caringly made; perhaps in the last century.

Ham

5th March 2006, 12:59 AM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	You are well advised to wear it if you come to Detroit and decide to stroll Cass Avenue at 10 pm....

5th March 2006, 06:32 AM	#2
ham Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 190	Perkun, Working metals repeatedly with tools gradually hardens them, hence armorers occasionally have to anneal (heat to re-soften) plates as they form them. The depressions on these rings were probably produced cold, with a blunt chisel or something similar. This would serve to harden them to some extent, but may have been done as a decorative measure as well. Based on the photos I am inclined to suggest that this mail is not especially old, though certainly caringly made; perhaps in the last century. Ham