According to my craft loving wife, Hobby Lobby or Joannes should have
a purse making section and may have the clasp
On Oct 27, 2011, at 4:51 PM, Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal at gmail.com>
wrote:
> But I'm asking here because you guys are the smartest guys I know.
>
> My the strap on my wife's purse has spring-loaded clasps that attach the
strap to the purse. It's the same principle as a carabiner--you clip the
purse latch/clasp over the ring on either end of the purse and the strap stays
on the purse.
>
> The 'spring' in the clasp is (or was) a wire. Now the wire is gone. The
upshot is that the strap won't stay attached to the purse, which is bad.
>
> I've tried threading a length of guitar cord, a paper clip, and some steel
wire into the clasp in such a way that I think the spring originally sat. No
dice.
>
> I've emailed the manufacturer who says the model is discontinued and tough
rockos.
>
> I'm about to take a grinder to the bar holding the clasp latch in so
disassemble the clasp to get a spring in there...I'm just not sure how I'll
get it back together. I believe it's known as a 'lobster' clasp and it's got
some antiqued-brass finish that doesn't look like it'll play nice with
anything that can get that riveted bar off.
>
> So...since you guys literally seem to collectively know everything, I
thought I'd ask here first. I can (and probably should) take some pictures so
it's better explained what I'm trying to do, but...any advice?
>
> My wife literally LOVES this thing, and I suspect were I to be able to
repair it, I could obtain (more easily, anyway) acquiescence for the '68
Cougar with the 390 purchase I've been contemplating. That's how much she
loves this thing. I even went to some hobby/fabric store to see if I could
get a replacement clasp. Nothing. Ugh. I still smell like potpourri.
>
> Help me out here, fellas, this might actually be important.
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