08-17-2010, 09:57 AM
It is very much as David has explained and the part that has rusted is indeed the hinge pin, for what we find with most Roman hinge arrangements including Buckles is that the hinge pins are made from iron.
This may have some thing to do with the fact one can draw out iron into a wire but not bronze, a bronze hinge pin would need to be cast and life would be more easy to draw out wire push it thro' snip it off and peen both ends to lock it in.
This may have some thing to do with the fact one can draw out iron into a wire but not bronze, a bronze hinge pin would need to be cast and life would be more easy to draw out wire push it thro' snip it off and peen both ends to lock it in.
Brian Stobbs
