I picked up this old Zildjian cymbal in a curio shop. I was actually looking for a suitcase to build a suitcase drum set. I told the guy why I wanted the old suitcase and while he didn't have one that I liked he said he had some old cymbals. He had a couple really cheap looking no name cymbals. One was a Zildjian 20" and it's got rivet holes that I believe were most likely drilled by a previous owner. Did they make cymbals with factory rivets or were they all after market? Do actual rivets sound/work best or will brass fasteners work just as well? This cymbal says K.Zildjian Co. Made in Turkey and the lathing looks sort of uneven. It's a 20" the guy said it's old and wanted 80 bucks, I offered him 50$ and we settled on 70$.There are 7 rivet holes, six relatively equal distance apart but not exact and one about 2" away from one of the six. I was afraid that these holes, especially the odd one would diminish the value. I really love the sound of this thing but I'm wondering if I should put some real rivets in it, and if the holes diminish the value. It seems quite old. Also the turkish writing is very different from the stuff on my other Zildjians.

I picked up this old Zildjian cymbal in a curio shop. I was actually looking for a suitcase to build a suitcase drum set. I told the guy why I wanted the old suitcase and while he didn't have one that I liked he said he had some old cymbals. He had a couple really cheap looking no name cymbals. One was a Zildjian 20" and it's got rivet holes that I believe were most likely drilled by a previous owner. Did they make cymbals with factory rivets or were they all after market? Do actual rivets sound/work best or will brass fasteners work just as well? This cymbal says K.Zildjian Co. Made in Turkey and the lathing looks sort of uneven. It's a 20" the guy said it's old and wanted 80 bucks, I offered him 50$ and we settled on 70$.There are 7 rivet holes, six relatively equal distance apart but not exact and one about 2" away from one of the six. I was afraid that these holes, especially the odd one would diminish the value. I really love the sound of this thing but I'm wondering if I should put some real rivets in it, and if the holes diminish the value. It seems quite old. Also the turkish writing is very different from the stuff on my other Zildjians.

I had a guy look at it from the local drum shop. He says it's a '67-'77, not sure how he know's those exact years, made in istanbul. Tried to post pics but it says I need to resize. the file is too big. Anyone know how to do that?

And here are some more pics, I really did find this cymbal and almost passed on it. I saw thlr e made in turkey on the stamp and thought this could be cool but mostly I liked the washy, trashy sound. How important is the weight? what weight should it be. I keep seeing cymbals for sale on Ebay and they list the grams.