10 Yen Rivets Project

[tony_hige]

I only like copper rivets on jeans. I had been digging the fit of the APC New Cures, but I had held off buying a pair because a) no selvage on the side seam, and those obnoxious nickel silver rivets. I finally broke down and got a pair. The lack of selvage was okay because I wasn't going to cuff them anyway, but the rivets drove me crazy - I had to replace them w/ copper rivets. So I got this idea to make rivets from Japanese 10 yen coins. Over the Thanksgiving holiday I visited my parents, and with my Dad's help I made the 10 yen rivets and replaced all the rivets on my APC's. I only had four 10 yen coins left over from a recent trip, so I had to be a little crafty getting six rivets out of them. To create the washer part of the rivet - the burr - I drilled holes in the coins and chucked them into a metal lathe to turn them down to a 3/8" diameter. I then just paired them with copper rivets that a got from Tandy and pounded them down by hand. The following photos illustrate the process.

[mis]

Fucking amazing. I have to do this someday. How long did it take?

[diewhitegirls]

This might be the coolest thing I've seen done to a pair of jeans.

[typicalfashion]

very impressive

[poly800rock]

wow, simply amazing..

[ean]

This. Is. Amazing.

Good show sir, good show.

[GoodHustle]

wow, the rivets look so cool! are you ever going to try to make your own pair of jeans?

[choice_genes]

Fucking awesome dude. Nice stuff!

[Moz]

Haha, this is so cool!

[lms]

those are amazing. i didn't even know that was feasible.

[6MT]

wow, the one of the coolest thing i seen on the board so far.....

[beefcake]

This is the coolest thing I have ever seen.

nice work, looks great.

[BrokenGlass]

very neat. let us know how they hold up and keep us updated in the evo thread on those APC's... if they turn out half as nice as the other jeans you've worn/posted then they will be the best APC's around.

[denimdestroyedmylife]

they look amazing!

but i thought you were committed to burr rivets? are they more difficult to make?

[red]

its official. ten yen rivets are the new plaid.

so now im selling 10 yen coins for $10 a pop. just pm. one hell of a deal if you ask me.

really really nice tony.

[Dick Danger]

very nice

gives me hope

[Charlie Delta]

Amazing!

Do you happen to know if Tandy would ship their rivets overseas?

[LordOak]

I have to agree with what most of our boardmates have said so far.

thats a great job man. way to think out side of the box.

[isdenn]

it cant be said enough - they look fantastic. awesome customization.

[joey_formal]

those look absolutly insane, hats off bro

[Yet Fung]

Well done, I wouldn't be surprised to see this mimicked on a manufactured pair of jeans, now that you shown us all how great the results are.

[xcoldricex]

alright. when someone gets rich we're going to make our own denim tony.

[wild style]

That's one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

[Chicken]

you might want to copyright that.

ridiculously cool.

[ang_kangkong]

Tony, you post so seldomly, yet you post so much.

I remember you were talking about replacing rivets before, in the "you know you're addicted" thread. I guess this is the 3rd time you're doing this? Did you use anything interesting in the other ones we should see pics of?

[Roulette]

Amazing.. I may have to send my jeans to you..

[ang_kangkong]

Anybody see a problem with this being done with pennies?

[whorishconsumer]

not as cool.

american=lame.

[Seething Tortoise]

You good sir, are a God.

[BrokenGlass]

pennies have been done as the button fly on a brand called 575