When sewing clothes, every tailor and designer cannot do without accessories and uses them to create their products. Today there is a huge amount of all kinds of accessories for clothes, bags and shoes. We decided to tell you a little about a very popular type - holniten.
- This is one of the types of fittings in the form of rivets, consisting of a leg and a cap.
When installed, the leg unbends inside the cap and is held firmly enough in this position, which allows you to securely fasten the seams of thick fabric, leather clothing, bags and shoes.
Typically, this type of fittings is used to connect materials where stress and rupture of the seams are possible. Very often, holniten are used as accessories on wallets, bags, clutches, belts, clothes and shoes.
There are several types of holniten: unilateral– consists of a leg with a flat base and a cap with a semicircular end, bilateral– consists of a stem and a cap with a semicircular base, figured holniten- a special type, consisting of a leg on a flat base and a cap in the form of a decorative figurine. Denim jeans differ from single-piece ones in the decorative pattern applied to the cap. And finally spherical holnitenes, with a cap in the form of a hemisphere.
Holnitens are also classified according to the length of the leg, which must be selected based on the thickness of the fabric being connected, carefully selecting the optimal one. Because if the leg is not long enough, the holniten simply will not rivet, and if it is too long, the leg platform will be deformed, protruding into an ugly semicircle. Typically, the legs are produced in lengths from 0.5 to 2 cm, although some manufacturers may extend dimensions With special type holnitenakh.
How to install a holniten correctly?
There are 3 ways to install a holniten:
1. We thread the holniten into a hole in the fabric, put on a hat and simply rivet it with blows of a hammer or mallet with a wooden or plastic base. Despite the fact that the holniten cap loses its semicircularity and becomes flat, this method very common due to its simplicity and low cost
2. Installed using hand press and special installation nozzles. Each cap diameter has its own nozzle. The disadvantage of this method is limited opportunity installation of the rivet from the edge of the product in connection with the size of the press.
3. A hand bit is used for installation, but some skill is required. We thread the holniten into the hole and apply special kind to the head and rivet it with several blows from hammers and mallets.
Primary colors: nickel (silver), oxide (black), antique (old gold, bronze), copper (with a red tint).
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How to install rivets manually? Device for installing holniten.
How to install holniten using improvised means, or how to install holniten at home
The easiest way to install holniten is made of cast metal. 
As a rule, they are made of light metal alloys.
The metal is durable and does not flatten. It is recommended to install on wooden surface to avoid scratches.
If you install the cold one on thin layer fabric, it is better to use a cropped denim stud 
6mm high. A regular all-metal denim nail has a height of 8.5-9mm 
But if you don’t have a suitable size at hand, then it’s easy to make it using a side cutter. 
Next, we pierce the fabric (with an awl or a nail), insert a denim nail, put on the holniten and hammer it in with a hammer, but not with all your might, otherwise you will break the holniten. 
To check, we remove the side cutter and see that the denim nail is completely inserted and holds the side wall tightly. 
You don't have to do this, but if you are very curious, then please do so.
Single-sided holniten Ø7 and 9mm can also be installed using a hammer. 
In addition to all-metal denim nails, you can use tubular denim nails 
It is more difficult to hammer them in, as more precise alignment (impact accuracy) is required.
Due to the fact that to install the part it is necessary to maintain at least relative alignment, we will build an appropriate device from auxiliary materials. You will need a tube (internal diameter 9-10mm) and a rod - a bolt with a head diameter of 9mm.
Something like this. 
IN in this case We use a Ø9mm socket wrench.
It is desirable that the bolt head be smooth.
Example: Using this simple device, we install a one-sided holniten Ø9mm. We install it on a metal or wooden surface, so as not to scratch the front surface of the holniten, we put one layer of paper. Do not hit with all your might, but use short and precise blows to establish a relaxed position. 
The most difficult thing to install without special attachments are shaped holitens. 
It is unlikely that you will be able to install them without defects, so it is better not to mess with them.
Attention: high-quality installation of fittings can only be done in an atelier or workshop using appropriate professional equipment.
How to install rivets manually? Device for installing holniten.
How to install holniten using improvised means, or how to install holniten at home
The easiest way to install holniten is made of cast metal. 
As a rule, they are made of light metal alloys.
The metal is durable and does not flatten. It is recommended to install on a wooden surface to avoid scratches.
If you are installing a holniten on a thin layer of fabric, then it is better to use a shortened denim nail 
6mm high. A regular all-metal denim nail has a height of 8.5-9mm 
But if you don’t have a suitable size at hand, then it’s easy to make it using a side cutter. 
Next, we pierce the fabric (with an awl or a nail), insert a denim nail, put on the holniten and hammer it in with a hammer, but not with all your might, otherwise you will break the holniten.
To check, we remove the side cutter and see that the denim nail is completely inserted and holds the side wall tightly. 
You don't have to do this, but if you are very curious, then please do so.
Single-sided holniten Ø7 and 9mm can also be installed using a hammer. 
In addition to all-metal denim nails, you can use tubular denim nails 
It is more difficult to hammer them in, as more precise alignment (impact accuracy) is required.
Due to the fact that to install the part it is necessary to maintain at least relative alignment, we will build an appropriate device from auxiliary materials. You will need a tube (internal diameter 9-10mm) and a rod - a bolt with a head diameter of 9mm.
Something like this. 
In this case we use a Ø9mm socket wrench.
It is desirable that the bolt head be smooth.
Example: Using this simple device, we install a one-sided holniten Ø9mm. We install it on a metal or wooden surface, so as not to scratch the front surface of the holniten, we put one layer of paper. Do not hit with all your might, but use short and precise blows to establish a relaxed position. 
The most difficult thing to install without special attachments are shaped holitens. 
It is unlikely that you will be able to install them without defects, so it is better not to mess with them.
