that the wood grip itself is one piece, it's not scales that have been sandwiched on. One presumes that these decorative rivets are holding some kind of fastening through the middle maybe possibly that that might be related to that possibly but it'll be an odd thing to do with these florets,
Medieval Rondel Dagger - THE ORIGINAL
If we flip it over you can see see how it's going to attach so that rivet is securing that leather tab and then there's a couple other rivets in there to help stabilize that leather tab and this is going to simply lace on to my mail sleeves.
Besagews, Rondels for the Shoulder and Armpit
it is not beautifully handcrafted by Phil Parkes or Isak Krogh, but still it has protective qualities and it's made of mild steel. It wasn't popping the rivets, it was cutting the metal, just shearing through it yeah and mild steel and
Testing a medieval anti-armour dagger