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You can find those exact keychains on Alibaba (without the laser “engraving”), but you likely don’t have time to get it and have it “engraved" before the end of the year.

I would drill a small hole in the existing metal clasp and put a new ring in it. That way it would be a repair and refresh (kintsugi) of a previous gift rather than an attempt to replace it.

I would put this kind of attachment on it so there’s less stress on the leather and clasp. You can find a bunch of different kinds at the various online retailers.


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You can find those exact keychains on Alibaba (without the laser “engraving”), but you likely don’t have time to get it and have it “engraved" before the end of the year.

I would drill a small hole in the existing metal clasp and put a new ring in it. That way it would be a repair and refresh (kintsugi) of a previous gift rather than an attempt to replace it.

I would put this kind of attachment on it so there’s less stress on the leather and clasp. You can find a bunch of different kinds at the various online retailers.


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Great idea!
 
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You can find those exact keychains on Alibaba (without the laser “engraving”), but you likely don’t have time to get it and have it “engraved" before the end of the year.

I would drill a small hole in the existing metal clasp and put a new ring in it. That way it would be a repair and refresh (kintsugi) of a previous gift rather than an attempt to replace it.

I would put this kind of attachment on it so there’s less stress on the leather and clasp. You can find a bunch of different kinds at the various online retailers.


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Does that attachment have a name?
 
Welp, the dealer left the Jeep outside one more night to see if the problem would appear. Nope, started just fine so I’m on my way to pick it up. I mean the AC is fixed now and I didn’t even know that was broken so I guess that’s good. At least 2 more years, come on Rain, keep it together.
 
Welp, the dealer left the Jeep outside one more night to see if the problem would appear. Nope, started just fine so I’m on my way to pick it up. I mean the AC is fixed now and I didn’t even know that was broken so I guess that’s good. At least 2 more years, come on Rain, keep it together.
What happened?
 
Welp, the dealer left the Jeep outside one more night to see if the problem would appear. Nope, started just fine so I’m on my way to pick it up. I mean the AC is fixed now and I didn’t even know that was broken so I guess that’s good. At least 2 more years, come on Rain, keep it together.
I hope the starting problem disappears for you...
 
I swear cars know when you are thinking of replacing them and they take the opportunity to self destruct.
Well of course.

And it was on its best behavior at the dealer.

But just wait for the next time you're either late for work, or in some more remote area, thats when issues will inevitably pop up again :P.

(I was a SysAdmin for a small department in college, and the number of times I got calls from faculty about their computer doing something weird was huge. And the number of times that when I got there, when they tried to repro it for me, it would behave perfectly.

We always joked it was because computers were part sentient, and knew when to behave, for fear of being reformatted :P).
 
Well of course.

And it was on its best behavior at the dealer.

But just wait for the next time you're either late for work, or in some more remote area, thats when issues will inevitably pop up again :P.

(I was a SysAdmin for a small department in college, and the number of times I got calls from faculty about their computer doing something weird was huge. And the number of times that when I got there, when they tried to repro it for me, it would behave perfectly.

We always joked it was because computers were part sentient, and knew when to behave, for fear of being reformatted :P).
Oh for sure. My husband is the IT person in this household and as soon I get him when something isn’t working, it works. 😹