A soft leather with the same color as shoe leather, is cut exactly into two thin parts. It is stretched and extended. In the part of the leather used for a global shape, a hole is made. From that hole, a piece of leather is pull out and tied at the side. Left of the leather hole, make 2 holes. In the right hole, make 2 holes. The leather attachment goes into the big hole and comes out the small holes and is tied. Then, it should be inserted into the leather hole to the forehead of a stepchild. Both leather holes are done like this with about 1.5cm of the attached leather put into the place for this leather. To the ends of both leathers, a hole is made. From each end, leather is inserted and crossed the other. They are stuck by sokui (paste made of glutinous rice) and the ends are cut by the head part of a sotoba.
韈の革の同色ならん革を、二分計に細く切つて、強くのして、かた穴の頭に穴をあけて、穴の中より革を引出して（革の先を結ぶべし）、かた穴の左の方に穴二つ、右の方に穴二をあけて、穴より入て小穴より出引て、はこの方を結で、かた穴の中（ままこひたひのそばなり）へさし入べし（両方如（レ）此）、取革といふ五分許の革を取、革の座敷に入とをして、両方の革のはたに穴をあけて、一方をさし入侍れば、革かいさまになるを、続飯にてつけて、さきをそとば頭に切也。