10-18-2006, 08:23 PM
The iron front plate are secured with four groups of 3 or 4 rivets or pins, with a bing rounded head. The central one or the central two of each group secures too the hinge of the buckle. In some pugiones, there are a little brass plate over the iron plate:
http://romancoins.info/Pugio%202005.jpg
At the city where i live, i don't have found any proper rivets, so i have to make it, too.
I have put a silver wire vertically fixed in a block of welding, with part out of the block. Put some flux in the outer part and heat wit the torch. The exterior part will fuse and turn into a little ball.
http://romancoins.info/Pugio%202005.jpg
At the city where i live, i don't have found any proper rivets, so i have to make it, too.
I have put a silver wire vertically fixed in a block of welding, with part out of the block. Put some flux in the outer part and heat wit the torch. The exterior part will fuse and turn into a little ball.
Cesar Pocinya
ALA AUGUSTA
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ALA AUGUSTA
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OFFICINA AVITIANA
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