Good morning,
I'm prototyping a simple, single-pocket cardholder/wallet with viscose lining and some inner leather reinforcement. I went for Osbourne snaps (Line 20) but I can feel they need quite a lot of force to be closed, which requires to squeeze my wallet quite considerably.
1. Should I try different type of snaps? Smaller ones? Maybe snaps are not an option at all here? Magnetic clasps?
2. Maybe I should try to move the snaps lower to the leather bend so that the snaps get more reinforcement? Or support the leather somehow else?
3. The piece doesn't have perfectly flat surfaces or superconsistent bends. How do you go around it? I'm not aspiring to making luxury, high-elegance, formal leather goods, but still I feel like keeping the structure or shape to the goods is important. On the other hand, if the item shapes on its own during usage it gives it a bit more liveness and uniqueness. What is your thoughts on that one? Pics here:
Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz8pFv-iNFY It's covering all of the above. No need to watch the entire video, it just shows the wallet in action.
Thank you for any advice, I hope I'm not asking for too much :D
Cheers!
Now I get it guys, thank you!
I definitely agree that design-wise there is a lot to improve. Indeed the snaps cause some visual imbalance there. I will be thinking about it! I wanted to get the ergonomy first however. :D
You both recommend snap buttons, but I thought I'm already using 'snap buttons'. How do we name the ones I used? Just 'snaps'?
Same here Daniel, I feel like the very usage of some metal clasp/button/closing mechanism makes it just much more fun to use. I feel the same for zippers, which are next on my 'to-be-mastered' list :D
Cheers!