Studs for quisses?

Lucian Ro · Post by **Lucian Ro** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 8:55 am

Where are folks getting your uber-large studs for their quisses?

That sounds kind of ... wrong. :wink:

dacovalu · Post by **dacovalu** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:37 am

well, one of the places i get my rivets from does dome rivets, with the 3mm shank rivets having a 5mm diameter head, though from the picture it looks like there washers being used as well and some decorative rivets from places like steel mastery are very broad.

es02 · Post by **es02** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:47 am

Decorative washers from my local leather shop and 1/8" dome head rivets.

Amanda M · Post by **Amanda M** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 7:40 pm

Somebody posted some really amazing ones finished with apholstry tacks a while back.

schreiber · Post by **schreiber** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 9:10 pm

I've seen really large furniture tacks used, and chair leg bottoms. The last thing I noted being used was just really large head aluminum rivets.

Whatever you end up doing, I wouldn't recommend using anything with a hollow head. If it has a hollow head it likely also has a really small shank. I'd be worried about a solid shot collapsing a thin walled hollow head and driving a small shank 1/4" or so into my leg.

Destichado · Post by **Destichado** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 1:49 pm

I've not used them for that application -and I don't think I would- but for some armoring purposes I've been known to turn very large rivets down from carriage bolts.

You can get some ridiculously large-headed studs that way, and there's enough materiel to shape them into pyramids, florettes, or even lion's heads if you're careful.

es02 · Post by **es02** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 10:49 pm

Isabella E wrote:Somebody posted some really amazing ones finished with apholstry tacks a while back.

These?

Amanda M · Post by **Amanda M** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:31 pm

Maybe, I can't remember what they looked like exactly. Either way holy hell those are HOT.

es02 · Post by **es02** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:34 pm

they have a nice dagged demigreave, I've got better pics somewhere I juust can never find them

Amanda M · Post by **Amanda M** » Sun Jan 03, 2010 11:42 pm

Well...when I saw them the first time I decided that cuisses v2.0 I make are gonna be like those. Only in red. :twisted:

knitebee · Post by **knitebee** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:13 am

some of the furniture tacks make a great washer for 1/8in rivets. cut the tack stem off, then use a roperwhitney punch to punch an 1/8in hole through the middle.

Cian of Storvik · Post by **Cian of Storvik** » Mon Jan 04, 2010 12:46 am

Mirror escutcheons work too. But the thin aluminum/tin will bend and break with rattan combat.
[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3523/3314135223_b9c12efae3_o.jpg[/img]

This next picture is the mirror escutcheon (new) with 1/8" dome headed rivet (brass) next to a furniture tack (old) with the nail removed.

Buy more then what you think you'll need. Not that you will mess them up, necessarily, but you may find that you want to space them differently, add more or even use them as decorative washers for coats of plates and belts.
-Cian