Were Late Roman belt parts tinned?

[John Conyard]

Thank you very much for the link. I was just going to go to my local craft shop. The availability of things on the web never ceases to amaze me.

Have you worked with silver foil before? I imagined I would roughly cut it to shape, use a brush to stipple the foil into the carving, and then clean up the edges with a knife. but that would only work for relatively thin foil.