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    • SeulS
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      @FilthyBloodJunkie:

      Edit: bone dry in a little over an hour.

      😉

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      • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
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        Thanks everybody 🙂

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        • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
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          I blew the button off my Beatle Busters. (Giles was right! I shouldn't have sized down!) So I made a sew-on button out an old copper penny, and affixed it with some Kevlar. It turned out really great. I made the holes in the penny using a center punch, and hammered out the penny making it concave using a ball-pin hammer as a die and a 9 pound hammer. It took 2 blows over a piece of soft pine to make the right shape. I might like this better than the regular button. 🙂

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          • GilesG
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            I love that…..

            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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            • trail and arrowT
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              likewise

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              • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
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                Thanks. I am most pleased. I needed something that could stand up to the heft of your amazing 25 oz denim!

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                • DionD
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                  Wow!

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                  • Pavel PipovičP
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                    Nice idea/work @FilthyBloodJunkie 😉

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                    • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
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                      Thanks a lot. 🙂

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                      • rocketR
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                        well done @FilthyBloodJunkie

                        rocketrocksrox 🤙🏼🤙🏾

                        It's all humbug, like everywhere
                        R.I.P. Geo

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                        • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
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                          Again, thank you. Here's the Kevlar, center punch, and ball-pin you need to d-i-y. You can get the Kevlar on eBay for less than $10 shipped. You also need a mini-sledge, and a pre-1982 USofA penny that is not corred with zinc.

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                            Nice work.  Like that idea. Although I feel a British penny wouldn't look as cool. And god only knows how long a euro cent would keep your pants up.

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                            • GilesG
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                              Longer than a Drachma…..

                              "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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                                O M G(reek)…

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                                • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
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                                  I have a cute little penny with a starfish on it from Barbados I was gonna use. But it was too small and thin, I thought.

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                                    Very nice, Mike. The button looks great. I glued a quarter to the button on a pair of gap pants when the front of the flimsy donut got bent. It worked pretty well for a while, but eventually came off. Yours should last forever with the Kevlar!

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                                    • Filthy2123ozjunkieF
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                                      Yours should last forever with the Kevlar!

                                      I first purchased this Kevlar to reinforce the bar tack on that pair I sent you. I have to use diagonal cutters to cut it. My scissors aren't sharp enough. Thanks.

                                      I was shocked to see that this got shared on Facebook. It definitely made my day.

                                      I was looking in the button box for a decent button, after talking to Giles about replacing the button, and there was a penny in there. Thus, the idea sprang forth. 🙂

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                                      • FinksterF
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                                        Excellent job, Mike … this 'product, would be perfect for the 'Craft works - let's get creative' thread, also

                                        Keep it up!  🙂

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                                          Hello,

                                          Can somebody suggest whom should I approach for the following repairs or alterations?

                                          I should have been more careful while giving the inseam length for my IH-6634. Is there anybody who will be able to stitch together the excess fabric that was chopped off from the bottom? See photos below.

                                          Secondly, is it possible to add a metallic button or tack where the plastic button of my IH-702 used to be?

                                          @Winchy : Any suggestions?

                                          Thanks,
                                          Sreeni

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                                          • GilesG
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                                            Re: 6634 I'd take them into a repair shop they may be able to reattach, but you'll lose some length overall. 
                                            Re: Buttons.  http://www.ebay.co.uk/bhp/jeans-buttons

                                            "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

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