Learn about these special buttons

Metal hooks
Metal fasteners are generally used as accessories for jeans, jackets and suspenders, with various styles. They can be used separately in clothing, such as adjusting fasteners, D-buttons and heart fasteners.
It is also used with other accessories.
Such as in the cowboy series, I - button and gourd buckle matching use.
There are three types of metal fasteners: iron, copper and alloy.
The machining forms include bending forming, stamping forming and die-casting forming.
Their shapes and sizes are designed and formulated by the manufacturers themselves.
There is no uniform regulation on the name of the fastener in each factory. It is generally named according to the similar shape and function of the fastener.
For example, abalone buckle, square heart buckle, day buckle, three-wire pass buckle, D buckle, gourd buckle, cloth belt elastic buckle, and clip buckle of all sizes are named according to this kind of method.

Abalone shellfish button
The abalone is a gem of an aquatic shellfish, and its shell is a good material for buttons.
This kind of button is characterized by uneven buckle surface, the back has a fine filamentous twill, the color is mostly brownish red, the front presents a strong purple, yellow and green rainbow pearl, the thickness is thin and the texture is hard.
This kind of buttons are mostly double-eye buttons and open-eye buttons, which are mainly used in light and light clothes.

Nuts button
Nut buttons are known in the button industry as plant-like ivory buttons.
This South American nut is similar in color and texture to ivory when cut.
The buttons give a good gloss when properly polished.
Due to the elegant texture of nuts and resources, the grade of buttons is higher than ordinary wood buttons, but the price is also higher.
Nut buttons are usually divided into two types according to the parts they are made from.
One was made of the nut's epidermis, with a brownish pattern on one side of the button;
Another type of material from the nuts of the heart layer, made of buttons with stripes or concentric circular patterns on the surface, very like the resin button finalized flowers, if not carefully identified, it is difficult to distinguish clearly.
Nut buttons can also be whitened, dyed, and processed into bright eye buttons.
As the material of nut button is plant fiber, it can absorb water and expand, and the expansion is obvious, which should be paid attention to when using.