Are alternate solid/punched and riveted rings period?

[worldantiques]

So is this article from the Mail Research Society which specifically mentions welded links wrong or outdated?

Folly Lane (Verulamium): The Mail Shirt - B. J. Gilmore.
http://www.themailresearchsociety.erikd ... pdf_22.pdf

Has it been proven conclusively that there were no welded solid links in European mail armor or is it that they were rarely used?

[Ernst]

And now following Erik's Pinterest folders....

In the case of the Verulamium shirt, I think it's un-confirmable assumption. The rings have been fully mineralized with no way to look for evidence of punching or welding through metallurgical studies.

[Konstantin the Red]

Any idea which of the two link diameters in the German-findplace remnant is the 6mm links? Is the 6mm the outer diameter as is so often the case with archaeological reporting, contrasting with the mailler habit of quoting the inner diameter?

[Dan Howard]

Has it been proven conclusively that there were no welded solid links in European mail armor or is it that they were rarely used?

You can never say it conclusively. We have too many examples of mail that have their place of origin wrongly attributed.

[worldantiques]

And now following Erik's Pinterest folders....

Here is a link to all of Erik's pinterest images
http://www.pinterest.com/erikdschmid/

In the case of the Verulamium shirt, I think it's un-confirmable assumption. The rings have been fully mineralized with no way to look for evidence of punching or welding through metallurgical studies.

Good to know, I was just wondering if there was some new evidence.