Tribulus

[Marcus Julius]

Sure, that makes sense- I've read of a hoard of something like a million nails having been buried when a fort was abandoned, so stocks of nails were certainly abundant.

How difficult was it to forge-weld your tribulus Tony? I'd have thought it problematic to do with such small objects given the force I understand is necessary to form a good joint.

Might it not be able to be done with pliers, rather than hammer and anvil. I've seen this done to weld closed links for maille. The reason I was given for the plier method is that when you take a small object like this and set it on the anvil, the heat is immediately absorbed away into the mass of the anvil. Why couldn't you lay your two heated pieces on the lower jaw, and smash them together? Of course the trick would be to get two superhot pieces of iron positioned on the pliers.