Handicraft Simplified Procedure and Projects in Leather, Celluloid, Metal, Wood, Batik, Rope, Cordage, Yarn, Horsehair, Pottery, Weaving, Stone, Primitive Indian Craft. Lester Griswold
A, B, C, D and E, Fig. 8 are used to attach snap fasteners to leather articles. The use of the tools is suggested by sketches F and G.
Fig. 8
There are four parts to the type of fasteners shown in the sketches. The post and spring are illustrated in sketch F. The eyelet and cap are shown in sketch G. The leather is perforated to receive the post with a drive punch. The tool parts are: the needle, sketch A; setting tool, sketch B; and anvil, sketch C. Sketch B shows the appearance of each end of the setting tool. The small end of the tool fits over the spring while the larger end is used in setting the cap. The procedure in attaching snap fasteners is as follows: (1) Insert the post, see sketch F, in the leather, and place the post upon the anvil, with the small tip in the center of the post. (2) Place the spring on top of the leather above the protruding post as shown in sketch F, and place the setting tool over the spring, strike it lightly with a wooden mallet. (3) To insert the eyelet, place the needle upon the eyelet, see sketch G, and press the leather down over the needle. Remove the needle, and place the eyelet upon the anvil with the large tip in the center of the eyelet. Place the cap upon the protruding edge of the eyelet, cover it with the setting tool and strike it with the wooden mallet. Sketch H shows the appearance of a blind snap fastener which has cage attached to lining only and cap through outside.
As a rule it is most convenient to attach the snap fastener before the purse or bag is stitched or laced. If it is necessary to put on the fastener after the article is completed, care must be taken not to mar the leather. Before punching the hole with the drive punch in the front of a laced purse, lay it upon a smooth surface and insert in the purse a firm heavy piece of leather which will prevent the drive punch from perforating the back of the purse. Leave the leather in the purse as a base for the anvil when putting on the fastener.
Covered Snap Fasteners
Snap Fastener Caps may be covered with cloth or leather. If leather is used, a piece having a diameter about three times that of the cap is skived thin on the edges, leaving full thickness on the portion which is to cover the surface of the cap, see sketches A and B. The cap is first attached with wax or glue to the end of a stick rounded to the diameter of the eyelet. The leather is then glued to the cap and edges folded close in under the surface of the fastener and around the stick, where it is tied tightly in place, sketch C. This is left several hours to dry, then the leather is cut with a knife around the stick close above the cord, and the stick removed from the covered cap which is ready to be attached in the usual manner, see sketch D.
Bag Plates are available for covering which have gilt frames which are clamped over a plate to which the skived leather has been cemented.
Attachment of Key Plates and Posts
Sketch A indicates method of attaching a key plate to the lining of a keytainer, using an eyelet setting tool. The lining is then cemented and laced to the outside piece. If unlined calf or steerhide is used the eyelets are inserted through the leather first and flattened against the plate.
Sketch C shows the parts of a screw type key post, setting tool and method of attaching.
Sketch D shows attachment of Bag Plate.
Attachment of Note Book Metals (Loose Leaf)
The Rivet Type Metal may be attached to a lining or riveted through the outside cover as indicated in Sketch A. An additional metal shield may be used to conceal the rivets as illustrated.
The Base Plate Type Metal is attached to the lining before the cover is assembled. Holes are punched in the lining at the points indicated in Sketch B, and corresponding to the loops in the base plate. The lining must be skived if not sufficiently thin to permit the inner ring plate to be pressed down until the loops are in line with those in the base plate so that the wedge clip may be inserted through both sets to hold the metal firmly in place, as shown at C.
Parts of Rivet and Base Plate Note Book Metals are shown in the illustration.
Belt Fastening
Sketch D and E show a method of fastening a belt strap with snap fasteners. Five caps and three cages are used to permit the adjustment of the fastening to three positions.
Wrist Watch Strap
Three styles of the buckle type wrist watch straps are shown in the Sketches A to C, Fig. 3. Sketch A shows the strap attached to the buckle and watch by loops stitched in place.
Sketch B shows a strap made of two skived straps cemented together. The buckle end is punched for the tongue at a point that will permit the edge to be lapped over the end that has been passed through the watch bar about midway between the buckle and watch. The two thicknesses are then cemented firmly together. The strap end is doubled back through the other bar and cemented in the same way. In skiving the straps leave full thickness for strength at the buckle and watch bars.
Fig. 3
Sketch C shows a strap secured to the watch bars and buckle with a thong, using the three hole thong laced attachment. See page 81 for detail.
Thong and Split Strap Attachments and Fastenings
The two strap turkshead is illustrated in the sketches 1 to 5. Sketch 1 shows the two straps A and B, flesh sides together. Sketch 2 shows strap A folded around strap B and the position strap B is to occupy. Sketch 3 shows strap B folded across strap A. Strap A is then brought around both straps and passes thru its own loop as shown in Sketch 4. Strap B is also carried around both straps and passed thru its own loop as indicated in Sketch 5. The turkshead is tied loosely, both ends are made of equal length, and the knot is pulled tight as shown in Sketch 6. This knot is used to join Bag Draw Strings or Camera Case straps, Quirt or other handle straps and Bridle Reins.
The Three Hole Thong Laced Fastening
The strap attachment detail given in Sketches Al to A5, Fig. 1, is a primitive type of fastening. Saddle Cinch straps, Bridles and Reins, laced with a wet buckskin or rawhide thong were suitable for the most strenuous use. Several applications of this style of fastening are shown in Fig. 1.
Fig. 1
Many other applications will suggest themselves. Purse handles may be attached in this way, either with a dee strap as the brief case handle in Sketch B, or laced directly to the purse. It is especially appropriate for attaching the double handles, of the long and short loop type,