1. ʻO ka
kauluapono e laumania a pālahalaha, a ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia nā kīnā e like me nā māwae, ʻoi loa, overburning, a pēlā aku.
2. It is strictly forbidden to use cast iron or cast steel kauluas. The buckle body can be forged with killed steel, and the shaft pin can be machined after forging from bar material.
3. ʻO ka
kaulua ʻaʻole pono e wili a wili ʻia paha e hoʻoponopono. Ma hope o ka paʻa mau ʻana o ke kino buckle a me nā mākia lāʻau, ʻaʻole ʻae ʻia kahi hoʻoponopono.
4. Ke hoʻohana, e nānā i ke kino o ka buckle a me ka hoʻopaʻa, a pale i ka ʻaihue koʻikoʻi, hoʻololi a me nā māwae luhi.
5. Ke hoʻohana ʻia, ʻaʻole pono e hoʻokau i ke ākea ākea a me ka pine o ka lāʻau e hoʻokomo ʻia me kahi pin palekana.
6. Ma hope o ka hōʻiliʻili pololei ʻana o ka pine ʻau, ʻaʻole pono e hoʻēmi nui ʻia ka laulā o ke kino buckle, a maikaʻi ka pilina o ka wili.
7. Ka hoʻohana ʻana okauluasʻaʻole ʻoi aku ma mua o ka ukana palekana i ʻōlelo ʻia.