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    rocket
    Joined: 6 Jan 2011

    I'm with you….

    rocketrocksrox 🤙🏼🤙🏾

    It's all humbug, like everywhere
    R.I.P. Geo

    last edited by 31 Jul 2014, 11:49 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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      Anesthetist
      見習いボス
      Joined: 14 May 2011

      I have one of the blue buckled Tender belts and it is amazing. Not to say that I'm never tempted by the IH and Buco belts, but I can't bring myself to putting the Tender away. It has aged amazingly well and continues to do so. For sizing I have a 33" waist and I'm pretty sure mine is a 4. I'll check when I get off of work to be positive.

      IG: bluehandsslim

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        Carlmart
        Banned
        Joined: 15 Aug 2014

        width 4,5 cm (1,75 inches), thickness about 7mm

        last edited by 18 Aug 2014, 14:15 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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          mclaincausey
          見習いボス
          Joined: 12 Apr 2013

          I like stitched, layered belts. If an artisan knows that they're doing, stitching two layers together with grain direction reversed will ensure that the belt doesn't stretch much if at all. It's a sign of quality. It doesn't seem like it would take nearly as much effort or skill to make a single layer belt.

          Think it, be it.

          last edited by 18 Aug 2014, 15:57 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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            sabergirl
            見習いボス
            Joined: 4 Oct 2013

            You're right about the effort and skill, I think.  I still prefer the much more simple aesthetics of no stitching, though.

            last edited by 18 Aug 2014, 18:22 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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              Carlmart
              Banned
              Joined: 15 Aug 2014

              sure, no stitching, but the buckel should be fixed by stitching…a belt should underline the impression of the jeans, not more

              last edited by 18 Aug 2014, 19:27 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                mclaincausey
                見習いボス
                Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                I prefer Chicago screws so that I can switch out the buckle easily

                Think it, be it.

                last edited by 19 Aug 2014, 13:21 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                  Carlmart
                  Banned
                  Joined: 15 Aug 2014

                  Srews are the normally cheaper version. Sometimes I lost screws or I had to fix them with glue. I have from my best belts both versions. But the stitched version is the better ones, its a hard job to make this stitching with 7mm thickness.

                  last edited by 20 Aug 2014, 04:28 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                    Giles
                    IHUK Crew
                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                    Screws are may favourite option, dab a bit of nail varnish (yep, I always have some lying around) or Loctite to the male thread before tightening and you reduce the risk of loss.  And Chicago screws are pretty easy to get hold of if you do lose one….

                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                    last edited by 20 Aug 2014, 05:59 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                      Chris
                      Raw and Unwashed
                      Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                      Definitely, screws are better.  I have no intention of ever buying another belt where I can't change out the buckle.

                      last edited by 20 Aug 2014, 06:06 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                        Carlmart
                        Banned
                        Joined: 15 Aug 2014

                        Why change a buckle? There is a famous belt-maker in Germany, going also to Japan 🙂

                        last edited by 20 Aug 2014, 07:10 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                          Anesthetist
                          見習いボス
                          Joined: 14 May 2011

                          Texans love their buckles.

                          IG: bluehandsslim

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                            mclaincausey
                            見習いボス
                            Joined: 12 Apr 2013

                            Yee-haw…

                            I change my buckle on my western tooled belts quite frequently, though less so on some others. Either way, Chicago screws have never been an issue for me. There's not a lot of tension placed on them and no reason for them to give out.

                            Think it, be it.

                            last edited by 20 Aug 2014, 15:45 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                              Chris
                              Raw and Unwashed
                              Joined: 28 Jun 2010

                              @Anesthetist:

                              Texans love their buckles.

                              Even those of us who aren't real Texans.

                              last edited by 20 Aug 2014, 18:01 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                Carlmart
                                Banned
                                Joined: 15 Aug 2014

                                A strange culture, but today everything is possible 🙂

                                last edited by 21 Aug 2014, 07:13 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                  georgeel
                                  Joined: 27 Feb 2011

                                  this is a belt I made by myself

                                  IH-888S-142OD

                                  last edited by 1 Sept 2014, 14:48 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                    Giles
                                    IHUK Crew
                                    Joined: 22 Sept 2009

                                    What, with a pice of leather and a brass drain cover?

                                    It's lovely, but my, it must be MASSIVE…

                                    "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                                    last edited by 1 Sept 2014, 14:50 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                      georgeel
                                      Joined: 27 Feb 2011

                                      yes, something like that.  😉
                                      And no, it's not so big, is… wearable...

                                      IH-888S-142OD

                                      last edited by 1 Sept 2014, 14:59 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                        Empty
                                        Joined: 16 Aug 2014

                                        New BlackAcre belts:

                                        http://www.theblackacre.net/shop/garrison-belt-v4-aussie-nut-uk-bridle

                                        http://www.theblackacre.net/shop/garrison-belt-v41-wide

                                        I was gonna pull the trigger on the V4.1 but don't quite like the look and feel of 1.75" wide belts on myself.

                                        last edited by 10 Sept 2014, 07:35 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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                                          MWood
                                          Joined: 12 Jun 2012

                                          Im looking for a belt to match the Red Wing 9013 (Chestnut Featherstone) that is similar to the IHB-02.  Any ideas?

                                          last edited by 21 Sept 2014, 00:29 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
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