Subject: Rivet sources

From: Bob Hurley <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 13:40:25 -0400

Can anyone help me find an economical source for rivits,
especially soft iron round head of 1/8 to 3/16 dia?

I'm trying to learn to build medieval armor.

Thanks,
Bob

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From: [email-masked] (Blake Malkamaki)
Date: Wed, 01 May 1996 00:36:05 -0500

In article <[email-masked]>, Bob Hurley
<[email-masked]> wrote:

$ Can anyone help me find an economical source for rivits,
$ especially soft iron round head of 1/8 to 3/16 dia?
$ 
$ I'm trying to learn to build medieval armor.
$ 
$ Thanks,
$ Bob

Any farm store or tractor dealer will have them.  They are used to attach
the knife sections to a sicyle bar or haybine.  Very resonable too.
Blake
Blake Malkamaki, Little Mountain Ironworks, Concord, Ohio <[email-masked]>
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From: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 01 May 1996 22:23:24 GMT

>$ I'm trying to learn to build medieval armor.

R.J. Leahy Co  (im not positive of the spelling) in S.F. Ca, carries
all kinds of rivets, and will mail order. 

They carry, brass, iron, stainless in round head, and some in flat
head, including some that are like tinners rivets but have a different
name. All of which are suitable for armoring.

 I am sure that there are closer sources, for common rivets however. 

You should talk to other armourers close to you ( I presume you are in
AnTir, so there should be several) and find out where they get theirs.

jk

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From: Bill Kish <[email-masked]>
Date: 2 May 1996 23:50:10 GMT

Try the Big Flats Rivet Co. 

		607-562-3501

		-BK

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From: [email-masked]
Date: 2 May 96 12:29:55 -0500

> $ especially soft iron round head of 1/8 to 3/16 dia?
  [deletia]
> the knife sections to a sicyle bar or haybine.  Very resonable too.

Centaur Forge carries 3/16" roundtop soft steel rivets - address isn't
readily available from where I'm posting.  I'm sure someone out there
must be sitting within reach of a catalog.

Steve Bloom (IronFlower Forge)