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| Serial number starts with E signifying it is a Signet E2126. |
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| First try on a Skyriter |
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| Second one, Underwood. As I got this one out after typing the post I noticed at some time I redid the end of this handle too. |
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| This is the final handle for the Signet. |
Hey, that's clever! I don't think I understand the knot well enough to make one, though.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen those Signet ads before. The poor mom in the first one looks careworn from the Depression.
It is a bit difficult to explain the knot. It's similar to the way we tied off our rope hanks in the fire service, but instead of being able to hold an end and toss the rope to deploy it the travelling end of the rope becomes a knot at the end of the outer layer of rope, threaded (with a needle. I use a crochet needle) back though the wrapped outer layer while that layer is twisted as tight as it can be and the travelling end when cut correctly will be hidden and held in the handle and the knot will prevent it from coming unravelled. I need to unwrap the Underwood handle and find out why it came loose.
DeleteGreat idea! The Signet looks particularly neat.
ReplyDeleteNeat idea. The Signet handle actually matches the case.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! By the time you got to the Signet, you'd gotten so good that it looks like it came that way.
ReplyDeleteThe Underwood looked like the Signet when it was finished. I'm wondering if it loosened due to the different style rope or I did not have the hidden piece long enough.
DeleteYou are a clever and determined man Bill :) it must be something to do with the name, I know another Bill who can fix almost anything as well :)
ReplyDeleteVery clever indeed, some awesome results!
ReplyDeleteExcellent work! And as an alternative for people who came here attracted by the subject, look at:
ReplyDeleteThey can give a good period appearance for certain cases.
== Michael
Thank you so much for sharing this. I have a case that I'm going to have to try this on!
ReplyDeleteI just posted this not long ago...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.totallyyourtype.com/2014/01/new-handles-on-cheap.html
Maybe you would find my solution interesting as well. I considered parachute cord and I like some of the results you got but they seemed like a lot of work and I didn't think I could make it look very good myself.
It is funny how solutions spring sideways into view. I have a couple of handles where the metal strip is there but the plastic or leather cushioning is gone. I suppose whipping cord like this is similar to the way a bike's drop handlebars are wound in tape.
ReplyDeleteYes. I thought about handlebar tape for the Skyrier, but I had rope and would have needed to make a trip to the bicycle shop and buy tape. I chose not to spend my money and try rope.
DeleteYou ride a Harley Bill, that's impressive :)
ReplyDeleteBorrowed one for Bike Week.
DeleteI just cannot read that Signet brochure whitout imagining a very excited marketing voice. All those exclamation marks! There are so many of them! Which is funny because without the shift key you probably can't even type that character at all.
ReplyDeleteClever on the para-robe. I was thinking about a solution too, my Erika case has the metal parts but no handle. I was thinking about duct tape, but that probably doesn't last as long as the robe.
I think Royal did do a huge marketing campaign to keep people buying during the Great Depression.
DeleteI chose para cord over duct tape or even gaffer's tape because when tape shits adhesive gets exposed and makes the handles sticky. I had a trumpet case with electric tape and a Sousaphone case with duct tape on the handle. The electric formed nicer, but it too was sticky with use.
Gaffer tape is great for most jobs where duct tape gets used. It is cloth and much more pliable. It is used extensively on stage, in photography and in movie production. I even have cable tunnel tape that is basically huge gaffer tape with safety stripes. I've been using it for many things for decades, but I did not think it would work as good as the rope. If I had time and a video camera I would do a video of wrapping a handle.