Scott - Check a bigger marketplace like Amazon for a replacement clasp.
I searched for clasp then looked under sewing fasteners and found
http://www.amazon.com/Latch-Clasp-Closure-Antique-Finish/dp/B001F3NG2A
You could also search with Google images.
Assuming the clasp can be unsewn from the strap, look for something
close that will fit the strap and remove the thread. You can then go to
a shoe repair place and have the strap end stitched back together on one
of their big machines.
SHOP CONTENT - If you want to sew it back together yourself, go to
Harbor Freight and get a Quick Stitch Sewing Awl like
http://www.harborfreight.com/quick-stitch-sewing-awl-91812.html and you
can get thread through the heavy stuff like a tool belt that is coming
apart. You will probably still have to go back to a fabric store for
the right thread, but at least you might be closer to the new car.
Brian
On 10/27/2011 1:28 PM, Scott Hall 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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