01-19-2013, 09:45 PM
I agree completely, sorry to be unclear. In saying Bingo, I was agreeing that the hinge pin was obviously perfectly produced modern steel. It would have been the most well preserved ferrous hinge pin I've ever seen, were it real. And perhaps the best surviving example known, which I don't believe. Also, that ring from pic 3 looks equally modern and, I was going to guess, perfectly circular.
Max Little