Eye-Rivet with long shank or screw back buttons

[Counterreset]

Looking at having a jacket built and have been prowling the forum collecting all the insight i can. I have most of my plans set, and am still shopping around on who to go with. To my point though: What do you think of this style of button. In the past I have had as many buttons pop off clothing or put an undue strain on one point that they distress that point unevenly. Saw this and am thinking of going with it. Also, assuming I were to use screw back military style buttons, I would be able to change them out should I want a little different flair to my jacket's style. Any downsides?

 

[Peacoat]

The downside to a screw back button is that sometimes the button works loose from the threads, and it is lost. My solution is a simple low tech one: put Locktite on the threads. Locked it stays until it is intentionally loosened with a screw driver.

 

[Tony B]

Another option is use shank buttons which fix with a little spring on the back behind the hole , I used to have this type on a linen jacket which had leather buttons which looked good on it but which would ruin the jacket if washed with it so had to be easily removable.
http://www.lacis.com/catalog/data/AD_General.html

...about 1/5 way down the page

The springs on the ones I had were like an exagerated S where the S forms almost a closed circle which you threaded the shank through to secure.....just managed to get a pikkie http://www.bunkermilitaria.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=5467&Category_Code=GM-A&Product_Count=63 ....just get a bit of metal and a couple of pairs of pliars and make you own if you cant find any.....I think mine were ex british battle dress ones, the buttons took about 2 seconds each to romove or replace and like you said no sewing to weaken.

Regards Tony

 

[Counterreset]

Another option is use shank buttons which fix with a little spring on the back behind the hole , I used to have this type on a linen jacket which had leather buttons which looked good on it but which would ruin the jacket if washed with it so had to be easily removable.
http://www.lacis.com/catalog/data/AD_General.html

...about 1/5 way down the page

The springs on the ones I had were like an exagerated S where the S forms almost a closed circle which you threaded the shank through to secure.....just managed to get a pikkie http://www.bunkermilitaria.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=5467&Category_Code=GM-A&Product_Count=63 ....just get a bit of metal and a couple of pairs of pliars and make you own if you cant find any.....I think mine were ex british battle dress ones, the buttons took about 2 seconds each to romove or replace and like you said no sewing to weaken.

Regards Tony

Nice, gives me the idea that even small key-rings would work in a similar fashion. Though they would be a bit tougher to remove (a possible advantage in some respects: less likely to fall out), there would also be no edges to poke anything. Thanks for the insight, Tony.

 

[Tony B]

Yep storecoats or warehousecoats have keyring type fittings on the back of the buttons for removing them.... not as nice but like you said probably a lot more usefull and you can buy split rings anywhere.

Regards Tony