REPLACEMENT VINTAGE SUITCASES
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Brettuns Village Trunk Shop
purchased an inventory close-out from a building in NYC that had at one
time been home to a trunk and suitcase manufacturer.
The inventory included several
types of suitcase handles - old stock from the 1930s and 1940s, never been
used, many styles and colors.
These are shown below on
this page. We also sell a variety of leather replacement handles
that can be easily attached to your case or bag. Read on...
So many old suitcases, musical
instrument cases, guitar amplifiers, sewing machine cases, and gladstone
bags have bad handles - they just get worn out over the years.
Here at Brettuns Village
our market analysts decided this was a huge opportunity for us -
so we've tried to corner
the market for replacement suitcase handles. We've sold a few of
these, so it looks like a back-slapping success.
If your old suitcase has
two rings that the handle attached to, and if those rings are spaced anywhere
from 4.5 to 8 inches apart, then you can replace the old handle with one
of the styles we offer here.
All styles are shown in
the colors we have available for sale: tan (undyed), brown, or black.
We don't dye them any other color, but you may choose to dye the tan handles.
Just use leather dye like
the stuff you find at the grocery store on the shoe polish rack.
We have handles that snap
into place, handles that buckle in, and heavy duty handles with spring
steel in them; these also buckle on.
Snap-Handle - Available
in Black or Tan Only This style of handle has
a nickel-plated snap at each end - just snap it onto the existing rings
on your suitcase. Takes exactly 4 seconds too install.
The handle is made from
premium vegetable-tanned leather. The tan handles are undyed,
so you can stain them to match your case if you'd like, or use it the way
it is.
Has leather cords inside,
with the leather wrapped around, so it's pretty sturdy. Fits onto
any suitcase that has two rings, as shown.
The rings need to be somewhere
between 4.5 and 8 inches apart for this handle to fit. Our price
includes postage costs for any USA location.
SCH200-Tan or Black,
$15.00 each USA shipping included
Please
choose
Buckle-End Replacement
Suitcase and Briefcase Handles Available in Tan, Brown,
or Black These nice leather handles
just buckle into place. Your suitcase must have handle rings in place
and they should be between 5 and 7 inches apart (or pretty close) for this
to fit.
The straps are 5/8" wide
at the point where they attach to the rings on your case. Made of
premium vegetable-tanned leather with nickel-plated buckles.
Very sturdy with good lifting
power. Available in tan, dark brown, or black. Our price includes
shipping for any location in the USA.
The brown ones have a very
dark brown base handle with a lighter brown strap on top. Two-tone,
more or less.
SCH-201
Please
choose
Don't want to use your credit card online?
No problem - you can call your order in, toll-free, to
pay with Visa/MC/Amex: 1-877-532-8424
Or you can print out our order
form and mail or fax in your order
Spring Steel Reinforced
Handles - Available in Black or Brown Only These handles have a piece
of spring steel that extends through the entire handle, and the steel is
hooked at the end to fit through the rings or bars on your case.
Fits cases with rings between
6 and 7 inches apart, actual distance between the hooked part of the steel
in the handle is 6 and 3/4".
The strap ends are 11/16"
wide at the point where they attach to the rings on your case.
Available in black or brown only.
SCH202 Spring Steel Handles
- $20 each, includes free shipping for USA customers
SCH-202
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choose
Buckle-In
Handles for Cases With Rings That Run That Way Instead
of This
If the rings or metal bars
are aligned parallel to the long dimension of your case, and if those rings/bars
are between 5 to 6 inches apart (outside dimensions) - in other words,
if they look like this:
- - Then these are the replacement
handles you need. The straps are 5/8" wide at the point where they
attach to the rings on your case.
Available in tan, brown,
or black. Priced at $17 each, which includes shipping costs for customers
anywhere in the USA.
Side Buckle Handles
SCH-203
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choose
Handle Mounting Hardware Lots
of suitcase parts available here Leather Strap Handles With or Without D-Rings Our handle style TH-10 is
die cut from a single layer of 8 oz harness leather, medium brown in color,
1.25" wide (the strappy ends are only 11/16" wide) and is about 9.5" long
overall.
The ends are pre-punched
with holes so that they can be double over, then run a nail, rivet, or
Chicago Screw through the two holes to attach to your box's existing hardware.
The d-rings or loops on
your case should be no further than 7" apart for this handle to work.
TH-10 handle only,
no hardware $5 each includes USA shipping
Need d-rings on the handle?
We can do that too - see below. We can attach 1" brass plated
steel d-rings to the handle for you using our steel (brass plated) rivets.
Or, we can just send the parts so that you can assemble it onto your trunk/box/case.
To set the rivets you will
need a splash tool, which splits the ends of the rivets out like flower
petals. We sell these on our Leather Craft site, on the Tools page,
which is here.
TH-10 handle with hardware
attached $12 each USA shipping included
OLD STOCK SUITCASE
HANDLES Original old handles from
the 1930s and 1940s, never been used, but they're dusty, a little grimy,
and you may find some surface rust on some metal parts.
These handles are ready
for use though, and make a nice addition to any case or bag.
For example, here's Myfanwy
Schmidt's bowling ball bag with our SCH-22 handle:
Quite a selection available,
some are molded plastic, some are leather, some are both - just scroll
down through the list below:
SCH-01
Heavy duty plastic handles
in dark brown or medium brown. These have holes for the posts on
your case hardware. Hole diameter is 5/32", hole length is 9/16".
Priced at $7 each, free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-01 Brown $7
SCH-01 Dark Brown
$7
SCH-02 These handles are covered
with a synthetic material that's intended to fool you into thinking it's
leather. Does a pretty good job. Tan/Camel color only.
These have a 5/32" hole
for the post on your mounting hardware, and that hole is about 1/2" long.
Priced at $6 each, which isn't bad for an original old stock handles from
the 1930s,
and we even throw in the
shipping for free if you're someplace in the good old USA.
SCH-02 Camel $6
SCH-04 Dark brown plastic handles
with fake stitching around the edges.
Mounting holes are 5/32"
diameter, 1/2" long.
Priced at $6 each, free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-04 $6
SCH-05 Dark brown leatherette handles,
stitched around the edges.
Mounting holes are 5/32"
diameter, 1/2" long. These have a nice padded feel.
Priced at $6 each, free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-05 $6
SCH-07 Dark brown plastic molded
handles have mounting brackets in place so they're easy to attach.
Priced at $7 each, free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-07 $7
SCH-09 Black strap plastic molded
handles have a spring steel strip running through the center to give them
strength, and black anodized mounting caps..
These do not come with any
screws or nuts/bolts, so you'd better make sure you've got some that will
work with these handles (something that anchores through the slot in each
end).
Length = 7.5" overall, width
= 3/4", thickness = 1/4", distance between holes = 6"
Priced at $6 each (one handle,
two
end brackets), free shipping to any USA location.
SCH-09 $6
Don't want to use your credit
card online?
No problem - you can print
out our
order
form and mail or fax in your order
SCH-10 Black fold-down handle with
nickel hardware. Molded high-impact plastic handle with attached
mounting brackets.
Comes with washers; just
run the screws through the case and the washers, tighten them up, and take
the rest of the day off.
Priced at $15 each, shipping
included to any USA location.
SCH-10 $15
SCH-11 Dark brown molded plastic
handle with mounting brackets.
These brackets have prongs
that are bent over on the inside of your case.
Priced at $7 each, free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-11 $7
SCH-12A This style is not old stock
- it's new. Molded plastic handle to fit many briefcases.
Priced at $5 each; free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-12A $5
SCH-12A with Attached
Hardware Brand new SCH-12A handles
(same as above), made of molded plastic, with attached nickel-plated steel
hardware.
Use screws or rivets to
attach these to your case, box, car, garage door, neighbors, etc.
Priced at $15 each; free shipping to any USA location.
SCH-12A with Hardware $15
SCH-12B Molded plastic handle, typical
of those used on many briefcases.
Priced at $5 each; free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-12B $5
SCH-15 Hard plastic handles, black,
light weight but sturdy. No hardware included.
Priced at $4 each, free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-15 $4
SCH-16 Black molded plastic handles
with a heavy duty bracket attached.
The nickel-plated steel
bracket can be attached to your case with screws, nails, or rivets.
Priced at $8 each, free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-16 $8
SCH-17 Strap type handles are made
of black plastic. Steel tips have slider slots for mounting.
These can lift over 50 pounds.
Priced at $7 each, free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-17 $7
SCH-18 Gray Only! Molded plastic handles with
rounded ends made to slip into open-ended hardware.
Just snap them into place.
Priced at $4 each, free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-18 Gray
$4
SCH-21 Black plastic handle with
pins to fit in your brackets. Pins are 5/16" in diameter, 1/2" long.
Priced at $4 each, free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-21 $4
SCH-22 Composite handles have a
heavy leather core that's wrapped in fake leather and machine stitched.
Oxblood color. Mounting
holes are 5/32" in diameter and 9/16" long, lined with a brass ferrule.
Priced at $10 each, free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-22 $10
Here's one of these handles
on Dan Rugg's Besson Trumpet case. A perfect fit!
SCH-23 Composite handles have a
heavy leather core that's wrapped in fake leather and machine stitched.
Medium Brown color.
Mounting holes are 5/32" in diameter and 9/16" long, lined with a brass
ferrule.
Priced at $10 each, free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-23 $10
SCH-24 Composite handles have a
heavy leather core that's wrapped in fake leather and machine stitched.
Medium Brown color.
Made with mounting holes that are 5/32" in diameter and 1/2" long.
Slightly padded feel.
Priced at $10 each, free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-24 $10
SCH-25 Composite handles have a
heavy leather core that's wrapped in fake leather and machine stitched.
Oxblood color. Made
with mounting holes that are 5/32" in diameter and 1/2" long.
Slightly padded feel.
Priced at $10 each, free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-25 $10
SCH-27 Molded plastic handles with
mounting brackets for riveting, nailing, or screwing to your case.
Nice shape looks like a
stitched leather handle.
Black with Nickel-plated
steel hardware (silver color)
Priced at $10 each, free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-27 $10
SCH-28 Plastic handles with mounting
brackets for riveting, nailing, or screwing to your case.
Black with nickel-plated
steel hardware (silver color)
Priced at $10 each, free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-28 $10
SCH-30 Webbing handles with a pliable
leatherette cover stitched into place (the cover doesn't slide around at
all - it stays put). Hardware is anodized steel that is solid -
these square end pieces
don't come apart, so you must have a means of snapping them into existing
hardware on your case or bag. These are actually very dark brown,
not black.
Priced at $15 each, free
shipping to any USA location.
SCH-30 $15
CASE HANDLES! These fit a lot of old suitcases,
artist's boxes, musical instrument cases, and other cases that have 3/4"
or 1" wide brackets on them.
TH-18 is 10" long, TH-17
is 9-1/8" long. Both are stitched from three layers of harness leather
and are very sturdy.
Choose Medium Brown or Black
Sold individually
TH-17 10" long
$10 each
TH-18 9.125" long
$10 each
Please choose:
We sell pairs of brackets
in bright brass or bright nickel over on our End
Caps/Brackets page.
Handles for Purses, Bags,
Carrying Cases, and Long Stuff Made in response to popular
demand (two people), Brettuns Village now offers these Made-in-Maine leather
purse/bag handles.
Made with a single layer
of USA cowhide, medium brown, folded in half and stitched lengthwise around
a nylon core that prevents stretching
and gives a round shape
to the leather. Single solid brass rivet at each end to protect the
ends of the stitching - this makes a big difference in
how long a handle like this
will last. The leather is 1-5/16" wide before it gets folded/stitched,
and the finished width is 9/16".
Overall length is 25-3/4",
length of the stitched portion (rivet to rivet) is 20". The flat
tab at each end is 1-5/16" wide by about 2" long.
You'll need to have a plan
for how you intend to attach these to your purse, bag, case, nephew, etc.
The intent was for them to be machine
stitched, but you can stitch
them on by hand, or use any combination of glue, rivets, screw posts, etc.
Get creative.
TH-19 handles $10
each, USA shipping included
A Leather Handle with
D-Rings Attached SCH-31 A black cowhide leather
handle, triple layer, stitched through and through, with a 1" d-ring on
each end
that's not been welded shut,
so you can open them carefully, install it in the existing brackets on
your case, and then close them again.
Sounds easy, but just wait
until you try it. Use a cloth around the rings when you grab them
with pliers, so that you don't scratch the
living daylights out of
them, Hercules.
SCH-31 $25 each, USA
shipping included
A Larger Leather Handle
with D-Rings Attached SCH-32 A brown cowhide leather
handle, triple layer, stitched around a fiber and metal core, with a 1"
ID square ring on each end
that's not been welded shut,
so you can open them carefully, install it in the existing brackets on
your case, and then close them again.
Sounds easy, but just wait
until you try it. Use a cloth around the rings when you grab them
with pliers, so that you don't scratch the
living daylights out of
them, Hercules.
SCH-32 $30 each, USA
shipping included
Large lots of any of the styles shown
above are available. If you need 100 or more of any of these handles
please e-mail us and let us know which style numbers you'd
like to purchase. We'll discount the price for you. Handle Mounting Hardware Lots
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