Sealable collars without buckles?

[ciphergoth]

I'm looking for ways of making a collar on which I can make a tamper-evident seal, such that you can't take off the collar without breaking the seal. I'd like it to be suitable for long-term wear.

My first thought was to take an ordinary fashion collar, and seal the buckle with sealing wax. The trouble with this is that buckles tend to catch long hair, especially when you sleep. So here's plan B: use a plain wide black satin ribbon, pin it shut with a couple of small safety pins, then put the sealing wax on the safety pins. But I worry the wax might be too brittle.

Any other ideas very welcome!

Comments

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Ah! I see this now. And I'm imagining modifications that involve an extra flap of fabric to cover the plastic seal so it doesn't rub the skin or snag hair. Thanks!

[giolla.livejournal.com]

a cloth flap behind the seal would be a good idea, and if you're doing that you might as well extend it to provide backing behind the D-ring.
Also I hand in mind the hole being aligned vertically rather than horizontaly as that would gie the collar more support.
so the holes are like : rather than ..

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Ah! I understand when you mean about the holes. Now I can't envisage where you plan to put the D-ring or how the cloth backs it though...

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

OK, here's one possibility. Again, excuse crap artwork.



The big circles are the eyelets where the seal itself goes through. The bar between the rightmost eyelets is meant to represent the D-ring; you thread the seal through the D-ring rather than covering the D-ring with the seal. The rectangle at the bottom of the L-shape is a small slot cut in the leather. The little circles are pop-studs.

So, step one, close and seal the collar. Obviously the leftmost eyelets go to the back, rather than covering the D-ring. Then wrap the flap that's left around the whole thing: fold it around the back of the collar, then over the top, and across the front. Fasten the poppers together to close the whole thing.

Now the flap covers the whole gubbins, and looks perfectly innocent if a little strange. However, if you undo the pop studs, you can feed the D-ring through the slot, and close it again, to make a workable collar. Ta-daah!

My only worry is that the tamper-resistant seals on seton.co.uk don't seem to be adjustable length; I'd be happier if they worked like cable ties.

[lapis-lazuli.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I kinda meant to have the holes vertically aligned, but forgot to rotate after I drew them.