Not to be picky, but he's using pins, not rivets. The application is a little different. Yes, you could peen the ends over if you want to give a little better mechanical attachment but you don't need to. The biggest problem with gluing scales like that is a sharp shearing force as from dropping or a blow to the handle and unpeened pins will protect from that. I just glue my pins in and sand them flush with the handle
If I was wanting better mechanical attachment then I would go to cutlers rivets or bolts made for attaching scales that have heads or nuts that will hold the scales on along with the epoxy. They will hold better than peened over pins.
Doug
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