adding to existing boot - Snaps and rivets in odd locations.

[sulla]

I am trying to replicate this extra heal flap as used on boots in the TV show The Expanse.  I was wondering how you might get into the boot heal so deep to put in snaps since the shoe is closed and using a sturdy table to set the punch base on is not possible.

I've thought about clamping a piece of flat stock steel in a vice as a sort of narrow extended anvil for getting in there.  Or even using my cobblers shoe anvil.

Any suggestions?

 

Note: the lowest rivet is decorative and part of the flap only.

 

[CastleLeatherWorks]

maybe you could opt for the Chicago screw type as opposed to having to set them with a punch.. just a thought