help with finding very strong rivets that are not gold or chrome.

[Stompk]

I'm making armor for a friend, and he wants it to last forever, and he does sword dueling, so it will see hard use. he likes how strong rivet and burr style rivets are, and we both think double cap rivets could pop out too easy, but he wants a dull iron/steel color, not copper or brass. does anything like this exist?

[Littlef]

maybe something like this?

https://www.darkknightarmoury.com/product/mild-steel-rivets-with-washers-set-of-25/

 

[chuck123wapati]

if you cant find any go to a stained glass shop there is a product they use to create a black patina you can treat the copper rivets with.

[kgg]

31 minutes ago, Stompk said:

and we both think double cap rivets could pop out too easy,

Maybe a Chicago Screw maybe another alternative.

kgg

[Stompk]

48 minutes ago, Littlef said:

maybe something like this?

https://www.darkknightarmoury.com/product/mild-steel-rivets-with-washers-set-of-25/

 

dude!! that is exact perfect! he thought he wanted a more silver look until I showed him this. thank you!!

34 minutes ago, chuck123wapati said:

if you cant find any go to a stained glass shop there is a product they use to create a black patina you can treat the copper rivets with.

i love this idea. I'm going to look into it. it will be great to add to my repertoire!

 

thanks guys!!

[chuck123wapati]

1 hour ago, Stompk said:

dude!! that is exact perfect! he thought he wanted a more silver look until I showed him this. thank you!!

i love this idea. I'm going to look into it. it will be great to add to my repertoire!

 

thanks guys!!

I misspoke it's been a few years since I did any stained glass so I went to look at the patina bottle to get you some info and realized it is for patinating lead/lead-free lead and not copper.  Sorry for that !! There are ways to add patina to copper but it won't be black.