Axe mask without studs, buckles etc?

[palmnut]

I'd like to make a mask for an axe I'm about to do a restore job on. I consider myself quite good at leather-craft, but don't have any studs or buckles etc. Can anyone show me a way to secure and release the mask without metalwork please?

Peter

 

[Toddy]

Drop in style with a flap over the top. Punch a hole in the flap and loop a leather thong through it. Use the two ends to wrap around the axe shaft where it comes through the bottom of the pocket type mask.

cheers,
Toddy

 

[British Red]

Kust use a double tongue and loop

Locked closed

3 Closed by British Red, on Flickr

Open

1 Open by British Red, on Flickr

How to fasten

2 part closed by British Red, on Flickr

Works really well

 

[palmnut]

Thanks both. Toddy's suggestion sounds simplest - I was trying to work out how to do it with a tied thong, but for some reason I just couldn't picture it.

Peter

 

[Llwyd]

I use these all the time. Basically a leather button.

 

[Quixoticgeek]

I use these all the time. Basically a leather button.

Ooh, those are pretty. Do you by chance have instructions for how to make those?

Cheers

Julia

 

[Llwyd]

Cut a strap an inch wide 6 to12 inches long depending on your needs. Cut two parallel lines in the length of the strap at 1/3 and 2/3 across leaving about 3 inches long uncut. Discard the excess for another project.

Soak the wide part in cold water for a minute and roll it up tight. Pinch a chisel through the 3-4 rolled layers and slip the narrow end through the hole and pull tight. The button is done.

The button hole is just a hole and a slit or a "T" shaped cut