The Strap…
While I don’t have a Mandalorian style Scout Trooper costume, I thought it would be fun to make a Tote Bag from season 1 of “The Mandalorian”…
The strap that was used on the actual prop is a belt that is currently available. I got this one from Amazon…
The first step is to add the metal loops that are used to connect the strap to the bag. I used a Sharpie to mark the location for the holes that need to be drilled…
Then, I drilled through the strap material…
The weave of the belt makes it a bit tough to get nice defined holes…
I decided to use super glue to seal the edges so they don’t unravel…
These are the metal loops that are used to make the connection…
After the metal loop is slid on, the belt is folded over and silver binding screws are used to secure it in place…
The view of the back side…
At the other end of the belt, the buckle and other hardware needs to be removed…
The back side of the buckle end…
Using a flat screwdriver, the rivet tops were easily popped off…
Then a pair of pliers was used to remove the remaining bits of rivet…
I used my exacto knife to cut the stitch that runs near the buckle…
With the stitch removed, the buckle parts were easily removable…
After sliding the metal loop on, the binding screws simply use the same holes that the original rivets used…
back side of this end of t he strap…