I’m getting there. I decided after much deliberation to use tin snips on the ends of the spent shotgun cartridges and then fold over since my first attempt resulted in very sharp edged buttons. So…..I’ve cut off the plastic outer with scissors, knocked out the primer (which later forms the button centre) before drilling out …

Finally…..small progress… Using the proofs from the printers I have rustled up a sample book – yay! Leather bound, 96 pages, 29 photographs, 12 game recipes and a button closure made out of spent shotgun cartridges. I’m doing 75 copies of this first edition, each one hand bound.