One loop end would always bust (just as seen in this picture).
Jakob Winter (I'm a fan, fwiw) used the same handles during the same era, but they made their OWN (superior) hardware (as seen)...it sort-of resembles the way that those really nice (leather) handles on the old Bach trumpet/trombone cases were fastened in.
Since I had to pull the (really pretty, new-looking) blue plush lining and pad loose (to get to this hardware) I'm going to RE-use the Jakob-Winter (tough/improvised) attaching hardware with the (new/genuine leather) replacement handles.
(Once reinserted, the ends of each of those loops must - once again - be hammered down flat...I had to straighten them in order to extract them. I had to grab them with a pair of lineman's pliers and jiggle/pull VERY hard to get them out.)
This will be (after decades of searching for one) my (old/slim-line/no-cracks-in-the-plastic) Jakob Winter molded case for The World's Most Fantastic F Tuba.
