How to Make a Wide Men's Leather Bracelet

Wide flexible men's bracelets, tightThe arms adjacent to the arm are usually made of leather and metal. But a large number of heavy decorative elements rather makes us remember about informal movements, which gives masculinity. One large massive castle will be enough. Such fashionable men's jewelry is very simple to make at home - you will not need special equipment.

Necessary materials

In order to make a men's leather bracelet, take:

cut leather of any color (the best choice would be suede, as a softer option, or thin skin (can be embossed) .It will be artificial or natural - it does not matter);

lock (such locks are often used inThe manufacture of caskets, binding of notebooks and scrapbooking; in Russia they are called "lock boxes" and are rarely used in costume jewelry because of their size (not less than 3 cm in length) and external massiveness. But for men's jewelry, this is what you need).

rivets (choose them for the size of the holes forscrews in the lock. The depth of the sides is related to the thickness of the skin - the rivets should not be protruded in the finished product more than 3 mm., Otherwise the lock will hang on the product);

knife for needlework (or a very sharp knife for papers, as well as an awl);

scissors, pencil, ruler;

Glue gel for leather / artificial leather;

a hammer;

varnish (if you want).

Necessary materials

How to make a bracelet

Measure the wrist of the hand on which thebracelet, add another 5 cm to the total length and transfer these measurements to the cut skin using a pencil and ruler. The width of the bracelet depends on your preferences, the standard one (if you want the usual lock "for the boxes" to look on the bracelet in proportion) - about 5 cm, or slightly less (this is the length of the usual wrist, then the human hand starts to expand, this should be taken into account.The skin strip for a very wide bracelet looks like a trapezoid, it expands noticeably towards the end). Cut out the skin on the resulting pattern.

Fold inside, on the wrong side, 2.5 cm of skin from each end of the strip. The longer the strip, the more skin you can bend (up to 3 cm).
Glue them to the underside of the glue-gel, thoroughly smearing the edges.

Try the strip on your hand if you have the ability to do this to make sure that both ends touch each other, but do not overlap. If not, review the measurements again.
Mark the pencil with the optimal location forrivets that hold the lock - usually about 1 cm from the edge, but it all depends on the length of the strip and the size of the lock. In any case, the bracelet should tightly clasp your hand, and not hang on it, but do not tighten it too much, like a bandage.

Attach both parts of the lock, each to its endbracelet (on the front side), and cut holes for rivets with a knife. Cut them completely is not necessary, just pierce the skin through and through several times so that the punctures are as close as possible to each other. You can use an awl, not a knife.

Now attach the rivets. On the front side they can be of any shape (including spines), but with the purlins should be smooth. Each need to be fixed with a hammer blow. Repeat the process for all four rivet holes.

Depending on what skin thickness you arechosen, the edges of the bracelet can look a little inaccurate. You can leave it as it is, but you can cut it with a thin layer of clear lacquer. This is especially desirable for artificial skin - this will reduce the likelihood that it will quickly crumble.