Has anyone here used low carbon steel nails used for rivets in leather work as a substitute for copper ones

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Has anyone here used low carbon steel nails used for rivets in leather…

Has anyone here used low carbon steel nails used for rivets in leather work as a substitute for copper ones

The way I see it: you just put a washer over the nail cut the nail short them peen it flat like a copper rivet?

Yes, I know they'd rust.

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