Lorica Segmentata Girdle Plates problem

[Matthew Amt]

Why go to all that trouble?? If your girdle plates were all cut to the same length, that's correct. Some "stepping" effect is also correct, and not a problem. With what I see in your photo, you might have a little more "stepping" than is desirable, but the sections might lace together just fine anyway. Like I said, a little adjustment of the assembled girdle plates to make them nest together better might alleviate some of the problem. But grinding out all those rivets and discarding perfectly good plates? Madness!

If you end up doing that, though, I'd recommend removing all the rust from the metal BEFORE putting on any fittings or assembling! Make life easier on yourself.

Vale,

Matthew