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11th August 2005, 03:56 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 116
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Hi
it's is also possible that the rivet is a repair..... just that I have a suspicious feeling that is was made like this.. - yes... riveting would be a very well known practice back then.. - to rivet.... you basically use a punch or a drift to make the hole...... find the appropriate size round stock to fit the hole........ then pein the ends of the rivet to flare out the round stock at either end...... looks like a mushroom..... then you grind the rivet flush with the axe profile.... then use a axe drift to reshape the axe handle socket.. - ofcourse i've never made an axe like this..... but this is a possible scenario.. - my axes are usually welded up or drifted - perhaps this was a case were the smith had no flux to weld......or maybe the smith was not experienced with welding and felt a rivet would work as well.. personally, i've seen rivets being used in areas that take a beating and hold up real well..... so it is a method of securing steel just my opinion Greg 
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