Wasn't glue on steel notoriously hard to get right? So much can go wrong with adhesives, you need tight control over your processes. I would have suggested riv

Wasn't glue on steel notoriously hard to get right? So much can go wrong with adhesives, you need tight control over your processes. I would have suggested rivets. Big, forged rivets, through a steel band around the edge. That would have looked so much cooler.