This listing is for one halter plate.
These halter tags are 3/4" by 4" long and aluminum. They come with rivets or chicago screws to attach to your halter. The rivets are attached by gently tapping the two sides together once the halter plate is lined up on the halter.
It is best to place the tag on the halter and mark where the holes need to be, and then use a hole punch to make the holes in the halter.
These plates are engraved with a rotary/drag engraver which etches the letters into the metal. The letters will be silver.
We now offer a blackening service and can darken the engraved letters to a black. This is done by hand and so the blackening may not be perfectly even, although we always do our best to provide a quality hand-made product. Bigger letters tend to blacken better. This service is an additional $2 on this item.
Each plate can fit one line of text and up to 15 characters, including spaces. The text you want will be copy and pasted over to the engraver so please check your work for errors and capitalization. The Roman style font used is not all capitals (although it appears that way), a capital letter is will result in a larger letter as in the samples. If you use capitals for all letters it will result in all letters being larger. It usually looks best to use regular capitalization rules, even with Roman font.
Attachment Options:
Rivets: 3 sets of rivets will be sent - 8mm, 10mm, and 12mm to fit a variety of leather and nylon halters.
Chicago Screws: 3 sets of screws will be sent - 1/4", 3/8", and 1/2" to fit a variety of leather and nylon halters.
None (small hole): If you already have left over rivets, you can save by having no attachments sent. This size hole is too small for chicago screws.
None (larger hole): If you already have left over chicago screws, you can save by having no attachments sent. This size hole is 1/4" and fits most chicago screws.
Attachment Instructions:
- Hold plate up to the surface you wish to attach to in desired position.
- Mark holes using a pencil, pen, etc. and remove plate
- Punch holes on the marks using a leather hole punch or desired device
- Align plate with newly punched holes and thread a rivet or chicago screw (tube end) through one side
- For rivets: Place cap on the other end of the rivet and gently push rivets together. A hammer should be used to close the rivets, take care not to crush them for appearance reasons. It is important that the correct size rivet is used so that the plate is not pinched, or loose. A long rivet can also attach crooked.
- For chicago screws: use a flat head screw driver to screw the threaded end of the chicago screw into the tube. Be careful not to cross-thread and ensure it is tight.
- Repeat on other side
- If you feel your plate is not secure enough, locktight, nail polish, or a small dot of super glue can be used inside the rivets/ on the chicago screw thread when installing them to keep them secure. Be sure to work quickly so it does not dry prior to installation.