Its not that is hard. You just need the knowledge and the right tools. Apparently the place to look for guidance about setting small rivets (around 2 mm in diameter) is not in the leatherworking community. For this you need to look at jewelers. They are use to working with these small diameters.For some reason the only hammer most people recommend for setting a rivet is a ball peen hammer. I never really put much thought into it so assumed that this was the only hammer for the job. The problem with this hammer is that it can not get into tight places. This was a problem when I had to set the rivet on the portfolio. As you can se the hasp prevents the hammer to hit the rivet all the way around.
