Give me some belt ideas

[Omega Leather Works]

1" works good for some ladies belts and also say a skinny dress belt but for an everyday jeans type belt 1.25" seems about right.

Dress belts too, at least mine, but I ain't gonna make none of that.

 

[harronek]

Well I made a quick belt today to put the Buckle Gary gave me onto .
Gary those buckles are a great idea , do they make them smaller , because I can see a few other applications for them if they do ?

Here's a couple of pics of my attempt today , I totally messed up the dye , but I don't really care as this will be a work belt anyway .
I purposely didn't sew the buckle on because I want to make a better belt for it and so wanted to be able to take it off without destroying the belt , so used Chicago screws .
I know its been said before but man its hard to take a pic of yourself wearing a belt






Ken

 

[Gary W. Graley]

Nice Ken, pretty keen looking !!

I only find they make two sizes, the 1 1/2" and a 1 1/4" size buckle and keeper

Buckles

Item# 00400-CB-11/2
Chrome over Brass 1 1/2" Buckle

Item# 00400-CB-11/4
Chrome over Brass 1 1/4" Buckle

Item# 00400-SB-11/2
Brass 1 1/2" Buckle

Item# 00400-SB-11/4
Brass 1 1/4" Buckle

Keepers

Item# 00410-CB-11/2
Chrome over Brass 1 1/2" Keeper

Item# 00410-CB-11/4
Chrome over Brass 1 1/4" Keeper

Item# 00410-SB-11/2
Brass 1 1/2" Keeper

Item# 00410-SB-11/4
Brass 1 1/4" Keeper

G2

 

[harronek]

Just thought I'd update this and say I've only just started wearing this belt at work over he last week or two ( my old work belt finally died ) and this buckle design is a real winner , thanks again Gary :thumbup:

Ken

 

[Chris Meyer]

Ken,
I recently made a belt with one of those buckles. The buckle works great. But it looks like you keep doing the same thing I do, try to tighten it like a regular buckle and leave a scrape down the middle of the belt.

 

[mt_hangglider]

I've made two belts in my short leather working career, the first was a ~16oz total (leather thickness) weight gunbelt in full face shark:

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The second a veg tan with fancy or gunslinger stitching.

Getting ready to do a third and it will be a belt made from Cape Buffalo. Will post a photo when finished.

 

[Horsewright]

Howdy Ken. Good deal on the belt. Those are great buckles but they will leave that crease if ya try to use em like a regular buckle. Once ya get the hang of em nothing better. Solid quality too.