Metal Coverings for Leather Hinges
Metal Parts Screwed on Leather Hinge
A method of making a leather hinge work as well as an ordinary steel butt is to cover the wings with sheet metal. The metal can be fastened with nails or screws over the parts of the leather attached to the wood. Tinplate, iron hoops, zinc or thin brass cut in neat designs will make a leather hinge appear as well as a metal hinge.
Contributed by Tom Hutchinson, Encanto, Cal.