Directions: Take the 5⁄16 × 8-in. piece of copper. Put it into the vise and bend it into a rectangular frame like the design. Be careful to make rounding corners and the sides parallel to each other. Cut off the surplus metal. Make the joint in one corner. Solder and file the corner the same shape as the other three.
Cross bar: Take the piece of copper, 13⁄4 × 1⁄8 in. Bend the two ends down 1⁄8 in. in the same direction. (See [picture].)
Cross piece
Solder this piece to the under side of the frame. The projections throw the cross bar down low enough below the level of the frame to allow the leather strap to come flush with the buckle top.
Pin or tongue: Take the metal set aside for making the pin. Flatten one end of this out to 1⁄16 of an inch thick and long enough to go around the cross bar. (See [design].)