I'm thinking about drilling the rivets out of these vintage straps to salvage the clips. I can then make my own leather straps, and press in a new rivet.

Also, I might hunt up some thicker web material, like the Fuji straps shown. The new straps are just too thin...in my opinion. Maybe find the webbing in some cool colors or something, in case that floats my boat some day!


Has anyone else done this?
I don't mean to be a cheapskate, but these clips are good quality and in good shape.

(p.s. What brand are the French ones on the left?)