Iron Heart Belts
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Err on the larger side. G, has mentioned this, but any belt that used Chicago screws, like these here IH's, is easily made smaller by any halfway decent leather worker. Just cut some leather off,add a hole or four and reattached the fold. Just make sure you measure twice and cut once…
Call me awkward but I don't really want to have to go to all that trouble for an already expensive belt. No idea where i'd find a leather worker round these parts let alone a decent one?! I'm not an unusual size and would have thought I could have found an 'off the peg' belt easily enough. Common fellas…what size for a W34 634S-B wearer?!
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So you're pretty close to the tightest hole? Maybe an L would be cool after all then. I don't want to be on the tightest hole of a large belt. I'm losing weight at the moment and don't want to have to hunt for a leather worker over here to adjust a belt that's too big…not exactly blown away by ANY of the craftsmen/plumbers/dry cleaners etc etc i've had contact with as yet?! Hmmm...this is more complicated than i'd imagined
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bertoni you're probably a Large. I wear a 31W in the S-B, with a true waist closer to 32" and had the L I picked up shortened a little.
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A shoe cobbler can shorten it for you as well.
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the brown and gold brotherhood just happen to unload their truck at me (thanks G.), so Bertoni here you go 34W 634S with an L IHB-02
Looking good Rocket! Oh crap….can the bank account take another frontal assault? L it is for me. Thanks a lot for sharing that Rocket...much appreciated. By the way...got the Yuketen boots through today....amazing! Will try and post pics once I have the time...poorly child at home...brief moment of respite!
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I'd go L. I am wearing waist 33 IH-666S with an L IHB-01, at the mo and I am on 2nd hole of 7 (that is 5 more holes for beer gut expansion)
Thanks G. Will do. Looks stunning! Do you think the stock of Ls will last till next month? Counting the pennies after a rather abusive month (Melton AND Yuketens)…a coke habit would probably be cheaper?! No plans to rehabilitate myself of this habit of mine just yet
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Is it not covered in indigo stains from the 634S? Was thinking of treating it to protect it from the stains. Any idea how to remove them and clean the belt once they're there? Looking forward to getting it over here anyway. I see you've been bitten by the IH bug Rocket. Me too…want a shirt next...where will it all end
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I don't mind stains, there are mostly right now on the inside anyway and for me this only adds to the character and is part of the fun…
I have ordered a tan calf credit card holder that will be cool to watch after some weeks in my back pocket, guess this will turn out pretty blue pretty fast...
For the cleaning, Beatle might be the better one to ask, usual leather cleaning should be fine.
and yes
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The IHB-02 I recently picked up (second hand) has developed some fraying along the edge of the belt on both the upper and lower sides, and this leads to a fair amount of (brown) coloring coming off on my pants. Not such a big deal on the jeans, but quite annoying on khakis.
Figuring I gotta take it to a proper leatherworker, but not too many of those around these days, we have a few shoe repair places here but that's about it.
Any tips on potential self-doable remedies, that don't involve advanced leatherworking skills? I'm sure it requires some wax, but I'd guess some buffing and potentially power tools are involved and I'm thinking it'll need attention of an expert.
Anyone else experienced this with their IH belt?
