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bertoni

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!

bertoni

@Giles:

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

Giles

And give it 2 years of crap and it'll look like this. Size L on my tagsize 33 (actual 34) indigo Devil's:

rocket

@Giles:

And give it 2 years of crap and it'll look like this. Size L on my tagsize 33 (actual 34) indigo Devil's:

prime example that signs of life are always good ones…

bertoni

Finally took the plunge. Went with an L Natural like you Rocket. You treated yours yet? How you finding it?

rocket

good choice Bertoni… no treating yet, just keeping it slow and easy and letting the leather get tears and wears....

bertoni

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

rocket

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

jacoavlu

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?

injunjack

you mean the edges are bleeding color? Might try this.

Take the belt and some tapwater in a cup and thickish cotton cloth. (I used a piece cut from old jeans)

modestly moist the edge with water with your fingertip, take the piece of cloth and rub the edge with it with rapid back and forth movements. Soon you'll see it to burnish. You're done.

jacoavlu

@injunjack:

you mean the edges are bleeding color? Might try this.

Take the belt and some tapwater in a cup and thickish cotton cloth. (I used a piece cut from old jeans)

modestly moist the edge with water with your fingertip, take the piece of cloth and rub the edge with it with rapid back and forth movements. Soon you'll see it to burnish. You're done.

bleeding, yes, because the edges are fraying. sorry for the crappy cell phone pic but does the job.

Omega Man

:o What did you or the person you bought this from do to the belt? That's some serious fray there. Bull-riding? Looks like it was strapped onto something loosely and hence the fray on both sides? Is the belt buckle on properly?

D97x7

It seems to be on mine as well, I thought it was just natural wear and tear.

jacoavlu

@Omega:

:o What did you or the person you bought this from do to the belt? That's some serious fray there. Bull-riding? Looks like it was strapped onto something loosely and hence the fray on both sides? Is the belt buckle on properly?

I just got it. I don't think it was misused or heavily used prior to me. The rest of the belt is in fine shape and shows little wear. The buckle is on properly.

I'm gonna drop it off at a cobbler tonight.

Seul

I think this is normal?.. Here's my IHB-02 (tan):

jacoavlu

I agree your belt is normal, Seul, but my belt is definitely not normal, I apologize for the poor quality photo, but the part of mine that's fraying doesn't look like yours does. The edge of your belt looks just like my heavy Tanner belt. The part that's fraying is only on the end with the holes.

Seul

After having studied your picture, I must agree, jacoavlu!.. I won't delete my post though - good comparison shot I reckon!..

that_was_easy

The edges on my IH natural/tan belt looks like Seul's, for anybody who cares about the anecdata.

injunjack

Treat the edges as I said…. They'll be like new if done right. And you won't loose anything trying it.

Looks like the belt has rubbed something, or something has rubbed the bewlt.

Beatle

jaco - what in God's name are you doing with ur belt ? Scrape the floor ? very weird

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