Button and Loop fasteners on Paenula Cloak

[Quintus Claudius Scaevola]

I don't know why everyone's hating on the toggles. It seems to be a perfectly low-tech solution, especially for in-the-field repairs when you don't have access to fancy brass closures. Wood rots, so I'm not surprised there's no hard find to preset as empirical proof. I get the problem with the button-hole however, so I went with leather loops (Cut from one piece) offset from the edge to get them to close as tightly as possible. In hindsight I suppose i could have sewn them on the inside instead of the outside, however I think that would cause the closure edges to 'tent' and not look right...

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