Snap Bracelet

A few days ago I started a project of a heavy duty snap bracelet. It is made with 9-10 oz vegetable tanned leather. Here are some pictures of the process.

After I know the measurement of the wrist (this case mine), I cut the strip from the belly. I do this manually, but there are some tools that would make this job so much easier.

With an edge beveler (pictured above) I burnish all the edges, after that, moisturizing the edges with water, I rub it with that white rounded tool called slicker.

 

After I have the leather ready, I install some snaps at the end of each side with a snap setter.

This being my first attempt to make a bracelet, I made the mistake of setting the snaps on the same direction, thus making the mistake you can see above. So, no bracelet with this experiment, but i got a nice body for a lanyard. It’s important to understand the importance of a process, and learn by yourself (and a bunch of internet tutorials) how things work, so, start again.

Now you can see how the snaps have to be the opposite way for the female part match with the male. It’s so obvious when you look at it this way, but hey, you learn from your mistakes.

 

The final product. Wear this paired with your favorite watch and other mewerly. Vegetable tanned leather will age in color dramatically and develop a patina, specific to it’s owner’s use.