Conway Buckle Alternative?

[Ozarky]

I have been wanting to get into braiding my own reins, long story short - I go through alot of them, and it would be handy if I could make my own instead of buying out fleet farm every week. I have the braiding book from U-braid-it, and a healthy collection of paracord, but am hesitant to get started.

However, conway buckles are nearly impossible to find around here, and buying online isn't one of my strong suits.

I was curious about alternative methods of ending the reins and securing to the bit, without the use of a conway.

Can anyone provide any helpful advice, tutorials would be great, as I have tendencies to glaze over text if pictures aren't involved.

[roo4u]

with the paracord i have done the buttonhole/ button shown in the ubraidit book...i have also used leather waterloops