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I made a few keyfobs over Christmas as presents, using a template found on the forum here.  Was using conchos and padding them.  I think they turned out well.  Then I came across an idea using bottle caps in leather & thought it might work - YES!  My wife likes them.  The trick is finding the right bottle caps - I was lucky and the beer is not bad.  She is not ready to let me mass produce them yet, but it's a start . . . 

 

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Nice work and great idea! The caps are unique with nice designs!

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Nicely done.  You can do coins that way too.  With the coins you can have windows on both sides if the coin is interesting on both sides.

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Good idea! And looks like clean work. Production level might lead to a drinking problem though.lol 

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18 minutes ago, kiwican said:

How do you stitch the cap in?

Hopefully while sober. Otherwise, the blood may spill ;)

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Thanks for the kind comments.  This has been fun.  Several friends have offered to help with providing the caps, but not much else . . . .

Kiwican,

I take a pliers and open the crimped part of the cap until it is flat  Then use a piece of pipe to further flatten and true the crimped part.  Then punch a hole in the fob.  I cut the leather round I punched out down to fit inside the back of the cap and then assemble it with contact cement, stitch and burnish. 

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Thanks! It's on my list if things to try

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On 1/16/2017 at 11:39 PM, MikeG said:

Thanks for the kind comments.  This has been fun.  Several friends have offered to help with providing the caps, but not much else . . . .

Kiwican,

I take a pliers and open the crimped part of the cap until it is flat  Then use a piece of pipe to further flatten and true the crimped part.  Then punch a hole in the fob.  I cut the leather round I punched out down to fit inside the back of the cap and then assemble it with contact cement, stitch and burnish. 

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I was thinking of doing something exactly like this last week as Aussies we love a good beer or two or three.......... They look good I love the caps different countries have, Ours are not the fanciest but should still come out ok

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As a Kiwi I can attest that Aussies like a beer or two

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8 minutes ago, kiwican said:

As a Kiwi I can attest that Aussies like a beer or two

maybe more than two lol. not so much for me lately. 

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