Dog collar

[MacGowan]

Hi I'm new to leather craft I was just wondering if anyone out there knows where I can purchase good conchos and Lion heads and such things,I have a few from China bit there not very good,there for dogs collars. Thanks

[Klara]

How do you define "good"? I have some from ,https://www.pethardware.com/en/ , but not used them yet (the star rivets and chaton rivets from them hold up well in use on my dog's collars). They are in the Czech Republic and have a brilliant selection of serious (stainless steel) hardware.

https://www.decocuir.com/  (France) have a nice selection of conchos, but I have not yet bought any (though many other things I've been happy with) and the website seems to be French only. Conchos are under Accessoires in the menu.

I have a feeling they might get some their stock from http://www.ivan.tw , so you might look there. I have not yet bought from them. 

 

 

 

Edited May 12, 2021 by Klara
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[MacGowan]

8 minutes ago, Klara said:

How do you define "good"? I have some from ,https://www.pethardware.com/en/ , but not used them yet (the star rivets and chaton rivets from them hold up well in use on my dog's collars). They are in the Czech Republic and have a brilliant selection of serious (stainless steel) hardware.

https://www.decocuir.com/  (France) have a nice selection of conchos, but I have not yet bought any (though many other things I've been happy with) and the website seems to be French only. Conchos are under Accessoires in the menu.

I have a feeling they might get some their stock from http://www.ivan.tw , so you might look there. I have not yet bought from them. 

 

 

 

Thanks great info

[Klara]

I'm still curious what makes a "good" concho. After all, the lions' heads on your collar don't look as if they'd fall apart tomorrow (but I wouldn't hook the leash into the ring). Btw, where did you buy them?

 

 

[MacGowan]

11 hours ago, Klara said:

I'm still curious what makes a "good" concho. After all, the lions' heads on your collar don't look as if they'd fall apart tomorrow (but I wouldn't hook the leash into the ring). Btw, where did you buy them?

 

 

There not mine I'm looking to source them , good as in well made 

[LeatherLegion]

The lions can be found at any larger hardware stores...just do a search for "lion heads pulls"...most of them are screw-back

[RemingtonSteel]

1 hour ago, LeatherLegion said:

The lions can be found at any larger hardware stores...just do a search for "lion heads pulls"...most of them are screw-back

Yeah, I was thinking those looked more like drawer pulls than conchos.  I think I had some night stands from Bombay Company that had those pulls... Still, they would look pretty cool on a dog collar.

[Klara]

You got me looking, and the main sources seem to be Ebay for cheap ones from China and Etsy for expensive ones from maybe elsewhere. I think I saw the lions' heads on Ebay (I'm more into celtic knots - there's some on Etsy, but they cost serious money. I'll try thrift stores for used belts and bracelets and stuff when they are open again.)

[MacGowan]

2 hours ago, Klara said:

You got me looking, and the main sources seem to be Ebay for cheap ones from China and Etsy for expensive ones from maybe elsewhere. I think I saw the lions' heads on Ebay (I'm more into celtic knots - there's some on Etsy, but they cost serious money. I'll try thrift stores for used belts and bracelets and stuff when they are open again.)

Check out... The Antique group... They have lots of Celtic stuff

[Klara]

Yep, seen them. Unfortunately I also had a look at their web site, and it's deliberately not up to trade legislation (identy hidden, no company address). Even if Etsy has good customer protection (which I don't know, not having bought there often), that's not the sort of people I want to buy from.