02-23-2011, 09:56 PM
Sutoris.
Where you have shown a pic' of your armpurse on it's side it is a good construction, however looking at the original the 2 halves of the handle taper down very thin and were much longer than you have made yours.
Then the two halves of the actual handle itself becomes the 2 springs where each end of the handle has been wrapped around the other to hold it together.
I keep refering to these things as springs but they are not springs in the true sense, they simply hold the handle together loosely, and allow it to expand and contract but then it can only expand to the limit of when the two springs come close together this is what would give the tension of the handle against the arm when worn.
The tension of these armpurse handles is such that the pull is inwards and they have to be pushed apart just gently to go on the arm.
Where you have shown a pic' of your armpurse on it's side it is a good construction, however looking at the original the 2 halves of the handle taper down very thin and were much longer than you have made yours.
Then the two halves of the actual handle itself becomes the 2 springs where each end of the handle has been wrapped around the other to hold it together.
I keep refering to these things as springs but they are not springs in the true sense, they simply hold the handle together loosely, and allow it to expand and contract but then it can only expand to the limit of when the two springs come close together this is what would give the tension of the handle against the arm when worn.
The tension of these armpurse handles is such that the pull is inwards and they have to be pushed apart just gently to go on the arm.
Brian Stobbs
