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Small amounts of iron from parts such as rivets and other fasteners mix into the recycled metal.

From Science Daily • Mar. 10, 2026

Unique details like an ornate leather saddle patch and turquoise buttons and rivets add that signature LV touch.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024

Some of these rivets have been tested to see if they contain any impurities.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2024

The Seattle Times, citing a person familiar with the details, reported last month that personnel opened the panel so that a team of Spirit mechanics in Renton could repair rivets on the door frame.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024

It had giant curved sides, was set into a concrete base, and was held together with long rows of rivets.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler