Belts
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Just some leather-oil, colorless, or something like saddlebalm. Or beeswax.
Note. This will immediatelly darken the belt.
I have reingrease, natural and black, and saddlebalm to take care of my boots, leather jackets etc. For natural belt I'd use saddlebalm. ( I don't have beeswax at the moment)
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obenauf's leather, Red Wink Mink Oil or red Wing Boot Oil work very well for a patina.
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On buckles I would search 1940's to 60's champion rodeo belt buckles, they are usually hand made and gold gilt and pretty special, otherwise I'd go for a basic retangle type buckle seen on J24 Buco biker jackets - all on ebay vintage mens accessories - hope this helps. Simonc
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all of my belts/buckles come from thrift stores, flea markets, antique/junk shops. i look through old belts and try to find old brass buckles and stuff like that.
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Great source. I've been looking for that exact buckle for some time, but hadn't tried eBay. I've got some 13-15 oz. cowhide I'm going to use for a new belt. Pics to follow…
Asp
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Well, they're not garrison style, but Tanner Goods sells some nice and simple buckles, you could try there. If you are willing to go (much) higher in price, First Arrows sells some really lovely buckles, including a garrison style one. Finally, I bought one from metalogical on Etsy. If you have something particular in mind, Etsy is a good place to find interesting stuff, and you can sometimes get the sellers to custom make you a piece.
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@mvb:
couple of buckles:
http://clothing.shop.ebay.com/Belt-Buckles-/86647/i.html?_catref=1&_fln=1&_ssn=x-kaijin-x&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282Sumi's a stand out guy, excellent Ebayer….
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@mvb:
couple of buckles:
http://clothing.shop.ebay.com/Belt-Buckles-/86647/i.html?_catref=1&_fln=1&_ssn=x-kaijin-x&_trksid=p3286.c0.m282JUST ORDered one of these babies, cant wait for it to arrive
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maltess, I merged your topic "where to find/ buy belt buckles into the already created "Belts" thread. Please start at the beginning of the thread as some of you questions might be answered already. Please use the search function to avoid creating duplicate topic thread. If you have any questions, please feel free to PM me. Cheers
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Dam im liking that thick selvage!
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You're right, injunjack, I scored that buckle and got a quick reply from Sumi. It was just what I'd been looking for in the US, but no one had it (believe me, I searched all the manufacturers in the online Thomas Guide). If it's what I expect, I intend to buy more. I'll be using some 13-15 oz. russet cowhide and copper rivets. A simple but supremely HD jeans belt. I'll post some pics when I get the prototype done. I'm also prototyping a 3 1/2 by 7 inch simple but HD wallet (LH or RH) that will make your butt cheek bulletproof–complete with a Scottish Rampant Lion embossed on the outside. Four layers of heavy cowhide, hand stitched with Southern Whitetail tendon, with an inside Challenge Coin pocket.
Asp.
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How do you distress a buckle? could yoy please explain the process? I have a buckle I would like to do the same
Best regards
@jonnyv:
Not sure if anyones mentiond LGC ?
www.leathergoodsconnection.com
Makes great leather belts to measure, bridle or harness leather.
heres a pic of 3 ive ordered from him
top belt in pic:
Black Harness leather belt with buckle #10 (solid brass) Buckle distressed by me.
Medium Brown bridle leather belt with buckle #4 (solid brass) Buckle distressed by me.
Tan harness leather belt with buckle from Gap womans belt.
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Buckle on top belt started out looking like this:
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I'd oil/wax it before use.
That'll keep most of the indigo coming from jeans off the belt.Hi, I got a natural tan belt, I did not pay attention to this advice and started to use the belt without the oil/wax. I was told that is better to wait a bit to deveop some patina. Now I have a few dark blue stains coming from the jeans, is there anyway to remove this before I aply the wax?
best regards
