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I originally started the broholmer collar project out here on the ship. I had some leather but I didn't have any hardware. So I did what any other seafaring leatherworking engineer would do - I set out to make some hardware from scratch. I found some 4 mm brass plate (5/32") and made some strips using a hacksaw. The strips were about 6.3 mm wide (1/4"). The D-ring was made by heating the brass and bending it around a pipe to give it an inner width of 1". One of the ends were heated and bent at a right angle. A hacksaw and a bit of filing gave it a good fit, and I could gently tap it flat and silver solder the parts together. Cleaning up with a file and sanding with some emery cloth made it look nice. The buckle was made by starting to heat and bend the ends at a right angle. Then the middle was heated and bent over a pipe to form a round front. The two bent pieces were maneuvered to lie on top of each other to form the bar. A hacksaw cut of the bar in the middle, and it was silver soldered together. Now it looked just like a long D-ring. the middle of the bar was filed round to accommodate the prong and the rest of the buckle had its sides rounded slightly to look and feel nice. The prong was rounded and shaped roughly. The end that would go around the bar was heated and bent around a screwdriver that had a matching thickness, so the back of the prong now had a hook shape. This was placed on the rounded piece of the bar and I used a pliers to tighten the hook shape around the bar so the it could not fall off. The end of the prong was adjusted to have a pleasing overhang and the completed buckle was cleaned up using emery cloth. It took me about two and a half hours to complete the D-ring and the buckle, so financially it isn't questionable to make hardware like this yourself, but there a no hardware shops on the ocean, and doing a bit of metalwork helps to keep the mind and body occupied :-) Plus I feels kind of good to make stuff from scratch every once in a while. Brass plate. Two strips sawed off. Silver soldered the D-ring. The body of the buckle bent over a pipe. The pieces forming the bar still needs a bit of adjustment. Silver soldering the bar of the buckle. Finished D-ring. Finished buckle. Buckle from the underside.

I have a large collection of hardware I'm selling. The amount in the photo might be less than what I actually have- I noticed more pieces after I took the photos. I am NOT selling individual pieces. Each photo has the grouping of what I'm selling. Please don't ask for a selection of each group, I won't do it. I also have a ton of real snakeskin hides I'll be posting soon for sale! Email me- fastest way for a response- Rachael@heavyleathernyc.com

I have a large collection of hardware I'm selling. The amount in the photo might be less than what I actually have- I noticed more pieces after I took the photos. I am NOT selling individual pieces. Each photo has the grouping of what I'm selling. Please don't ask to purchase a selection of each group! Email me for a quicker response- Rachael@heavyleathernyc.com I'm also selling tons of snakeskin hides soon!!!

Hello, I'm looking for black, heavy duty, d-rings that I'll be using on my agitation collars (working dogs). I can't have a weak a d-ring come apart during protection/agitation work in fear of having a dog end up going free and causing a major accident. I found these 2" Welded Anodized Black Steel D-Rings over at http://www.strapworks.com/Metal_D_Ring_Anodized_p/mdrblk.htm. They have no ratings on their product and I was wondering if anybody has any experience with them and their product(s). It shows their heavy wire for this product is around .26" and from looking at charts I think that's between a 2 and 3 gauge, but still no working load or breaking strength ratings. If anybody has any other solutions for 2" black heavy duty d-rings please help me out. I'm also looking for 2" black heavy duty single prong heel roller buckles to match as well.