SPANKER
DIFFICULTY:  MODERATE                                                                                                             MATERIALS:  1" WOODEN DOWEL FOR HANDLE,  BELT FOR SPANKER,  MATERIAL TO COVER HANDLE (DISASSEMBLED PURSE ON THIS ONE),  SAW, RAZOR KNIFE, A FEW SMALL NAILS.                                                      TECHNIQUE: START WITH THE DOWEL.  CUT OUT A SLOT AT ONE END THICK ENOUGH SO YOU CAN SLIDE IN TWO LAYERS OF LEATHER FROM THE BELT.  THIS IS A REAL PAIN IN THE ASS & THERE MUST BE A BETTER WAY.  SOMEONE HELP US OUT?  THEN DOUBLE OVER THE BELT TO THE DESIRED LENGTH & TRIM THE END THAT GOES IN THE HANDLE WITH THE RAVOR KNIFE.  WE RIVETED THE LOOP TOGETHER GUT YOU COULD TRY GLUEING IT OR LEAVING IT AS A LOOP.  THEN WRAP THE HANDLE WITH  THE DESIRED MATERIAL THAT YOU HAVE FOUND TO COVER IT WITH.  THRIFT SHOP BELT & THRIFT SHOP PURSE IN THE PHOTOS.  TOTAL COST WAS $3  PLUS A DOLLAR FOR THE DOWEL.   ALMOST FORGOT.  YOU HAVE TO SECURE THE LEATHER TO THE HANDLE.  WE USED SEVERAL TINY NAILS.  THIS HAS WORKED WELL BUT THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER TECHNIQUE.  WE'LL DO ANOTHER ONE & POST THE PHOTOS STEP BY STEP.  HAVE FUN.
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