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Most of it is available on eBay or Amazon. 

 

For the snaps most guys guys seem to recommend Tandy line 24. 

 

Single cap rivets are usually from ebay but I have a feeling Tandy also sell them. 

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For snaps:  Tandy Line 24 snaps I'd strongly recommend https://www.tandyleather.com/en/product/line-24-snaps

For cap rivets (belt) I'd use these: https://www.tandyleather.com/en/product/steel-double-cap-rivets

For chicago screws (holster): https://www.tandyleather.com/en/product/chicago-screws  (seeing a theme here? :P )

For split rivets (ab/kidney/cod/knee) you can nab them from joseph 

 or for slightly less cheap from me

https://www.etsy.com/listing/600962011/stormtrooper-516-8mm-movie-accurate

 

Or if you're in Connecticut give me a shout and I'll hook you up with everything but the snaps for free :)

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On 4/15/2018 at 10:21 AM, themaninthesuitcase said:

Most of it is available on eBay or Amazon. 

 

For the snaps most guys guys seem to recommend Tandy line 24. 

 

Single cap rivets are usually from ebay but I have a feeling Tandy also sell them. 

Tandy does indeed sell them (they call them rapid rivets), I just bought a pack last week.

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I sell the single cap rivets as well as the split rivets.  If you need both sets (10 split and 4 single cap) the total cost with shipping (in the U.S.) would be $5.00.

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Tandy Line 24 are the best- just buy the 100 pack straight out and save yourself multiple trips/shipping to the Tandy store.  I used rivets I found at a local independent hardware store, as I had a hard time finding them otherwise (at the time whatever member had been selling them was on a break), but justjoseph63 should be able to help you out!

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6 hours ago, Sn4k3 said:

What is the size of the rivets?

Sent from my GM1900 using Tapatalk
 

If you mean for kdney/ab I could say 7.48 or 8mm or the answer to your question can be found in the gallery. Under RS Suit. Great set of photos that Locitus added years ago. 

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I highly recommend a hardware kit from @justjoseph63 (it's the right amount of all the hardest to find accurate stuff, cheap) and almost everything else you can get from Tandy. Or generic Amazon stuff if you're like me and don't like that they have their logo on everything now.

 

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I highly recommend a hardware kit from [mention=22112]justjoseph63[/mention] (it's the right amount of all the hardest to find accurate stuff, cheap) and almost everything else you can get from Tandy. Or generic Amazon stuff if you're like me and don't like that they have their logo on everything now.

 

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Looks good, but i live in Europe and it will end up costing 3 times or more than the original value

 

 

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2 hours ago, TK92626 said:

Do you need any special tools to secure the split rivets, or do you just use needle nose pliers or something like that to bend the arms down once the rivet is in place?

Just use a flat head screwdriver. Bend each tab over as much as you can. Follow up with a hammer to really lay them down flat. 

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3 hours ago, TK92626 said:

Do you need any special tools to secure the split rivets, or do you just use needle nose pliers or something like that to bend the arms down once the rivet is in place?

I just posted up a thread that may help:  https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/48991-rivet-settingremoval-101/

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