I second Luis' suggestion. Many larger towns have a leather worker of
some kind, and for them a strap is easily made. While I have not had a
camera strap made, I have had similar leather work done and it was
surprisingly inexpensive.
Richard Urmonas
On 9/15/22 04:54, Luis Salazar Rabasa wrote:
Some years ago I bought black leather strips in a store here in my town and made holes in them for my SL35 and lens cases. Very strong and reliable, old ones were worn-out. If you can buy the leather, a good cobbler can rivet it to your old clips.
Luis
El jue, 15 sept 2022 a las 0:11, David Stumpp (<photos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>) escribió:
I think that I've saved my own clips from my leather straps in
case I ever needed them. The textile solution felt better to me,
though, in the end. Again, this isn't the exact strap that I
bought, and I likely wouldn't have purchased one that hadn't been
sold from either in the UK or Europe (pre-Brexit). The selection
does seem to have changed. I remember seeing a better array of
possibilities at the time.
Anyway, best of luck on your hunt!
Cheers,
Dave
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*From:* rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Jan Decher
<wanderjan@xxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* 14 September 2022 22:46
*To:* rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [rollei_list] Re: Rollei TLR Strap Repair??
Hi Dave,
those would be fine, although I would really would like to reuse
my old clips. But the Chinese seller says explicitly “Doesn’t
post to Germany” in this auction.
Jan
On Sep 14, 2022, at 11:41 PM, David Stumpp
<photos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Jan,
Do you prefer the old leather straps? The reason I ask, I've been
using a newer weaved cotton (I think) strap, complete with the
original style clips. Something like, though not exactly like, this:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255604167903?hash=item3b833214df:g:RxYAAOSwjiFbM1qj&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAsBGGLgVQFObh6CoK015cYQd5ipHuiaCFcW2lgGV%2Bk1VRzrNkXRVQ4kKUh1ENIeQnOyBIZgRb0IwftoOEpMo7ll3ULAI%2FoOiqWOR1AKv5V%2BstpB5yV8N7rLbdbMhxGpcchBX6zT6TncjS%2BNLIubNEOskkkQ9W9jwmbE%2FPF5XacpCQuXZdd49eRG7QIOb7c1%2BchR5ffDXsDCVUKgVEXhlFfR%2Fjt4kt%2FXU2VNXKbuOMNGUI%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-iz9N7nYA
<https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/255604167903?hash=item3b833214df:g:RxYAAOSwjiFbM1qj&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAsBGGLgVQFObh6CoK015cYQd5ipHuiaCFcW2lgGV%2Bk1VRzrNkXRVQ4kKUh1ENIeQnOyBIZgRb0IwftoOEpMo7ll3ULAI%2FoOiqWOR1AKv5V%2BstpB5yV8N7rLbdbMhxGpcchBX6zT6TncjS%2BNLIubNEOskkkQ9W9jwmbE%2FPF5XacpCQuXZdd49eRG7QIOb7c1%2BchR5ffDXsDCVUKgVEXhlFfR%2Fjt4kt%2FXU2VNXKbuOMNGUI%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-iz9N7nYA>
And I've been much happier and felt more confident about my
camera's safety ever since.
Best wishes,
Dave
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*From:*rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<rollei_list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Jan Decher
<wanderjan@xxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:*14 September 2022 22:30
*To:*rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:*[rollei_list] Rollei TLR Strap Repair??
Hi Everyone,
during my vacation in the Northeastern United States my
Rolleiflex 3.4E leather strap broke. Does anyone know a good
leather repair person in Europe, who can fit a new solid leather
strap on the original Rollei “crocodile" clips? Or where can I
buy these straps.
Fortunately, the strap broke when I took the camera out of the
camera bag, not when I was carrying it around my neck.
I also had a Maxwel screen for the Rolleiflex SL66 shipped to me
within the US and had three 120 film develped by LeZot Camera in
Burlington, Vermont, while I was in the state, avoiding potential
fogging with the airport X-ray. And yes, LeZot can actually
process 120 Ektachrome 100.
Jan---
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