Attaching a headcollar nameplate

[Minnies_Mum]

I might be being a numpty here, but....

I bought an engraved headcollar nameplate from Richardson designs at Badminton and have only just got round to trying to put it on the headcollar.

It's got rivets, so a bit that looks like a blunt drawing pin and a back bit for it to fit into.
The holes I've made are quite snug for the rivet, I've placed everything in and given it a tap with a hammer.....

....... and the rivets have not held together at all, the plate just falls off.

Am I missing a trick here or have I been given faulty rivets? Can I get something else to put the plate on with, as I've punched the holes in my lovely headcollar now.

 

[ebonyallen]

You some how have to end up with a bit that comes out through the back of the leather, hard to explain do not have mine here to look at lol

 

[Minnies_Mum]

So do I have to keep hammering until it pops through the metal bit at the back (both bits look like drawing pins from the top, if that makes sense, there's no hole). Then chop the spike off I suppose?

 

[WelshD]

The same happened to me - in my case the headcollar was too thick and there wasn't enough overlap in the two rivets to hold effectively when I hammered them together

 

[Minnies_Mum]

I'm not sure this is the problem, as I can see on indent of the pin in the back bit, where I'm in danger of hammering it through if I kept going. I've emailed the makers but no reply yet, couldn't get through on the phone.

 

[iCandy]

I had the same problem. Took it to Timpsons in the end and a lovely chap sorted it for me, free of charge

 

[ebonyallen]

You have to make it go through and then push back the ends so that they are flush to the head collar, I will see if I can ask what tool it was I used cant think of the name of it, but it was not a hammer lol x

 

[ebonyallen]

Use a hand drill, put the rivet through the hole and then bend back the two sides with a screwdrive at an angle to push them flush against the leather. Hope this helps.