I picked up a neat old backpack with an external aluminium fram yesterday. the straps are in good condition. But, the rivets holding the straps to the frame, in a "layover and around" fashion, so the strap is attached to itself through a loop in the frame. It is fastened by a metal rivet. These rivets are rusting and I don't want to just cut them out either, because I'm affraid of losing strap length and I would rather not have to get new rivets because to me that would mean having to get a special tool and rivets and stuff.
I would like it to look somewhat nice. I don't have a sowing machine either.
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