Iron Heart Belts

[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

[jacoavlu]

@Beatle:

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

nah, just got it second hand. come to think of it, I'm not sure I could do this to a belt if I tried, at least while wearing the belt… it'd probably take lots of flexibility

funny, it shows almost no wear elsewhere, wonder if it's a bit of a flaw

I don't think it's a tough fix though

[babyknight]

I followed the advice on here to put a coating of Obenauf's Leather Oil on the IHB-02 in Natural and I have to say it has worked really well.  The belt is about a week old but the oil has already darkened it a bit nicely.  Will try to take some pics in daylight.

Also a fun little road trip to Cabela's out in Hamburg, Pennsylvania to buy the Obenauf's… much more fun than buying it online because of seeing all the guns (and the bizarrely creepy stuffed animals) all over the store!

[Jestre]

Never thought I'd see Hamburg, PA mentioned here.  Its like 20 minutes from me

[babyknight]

ha no way!  So many guns in that store, never seen anything like it.

[Clop]

hoping the medium fits, had a 36 sugarcane belt for a few years now where i had to fit the last hole. hope this fits better after a bit of a stretch.

[Omega Man]

I think you need a L, but let us know how the medium fits.

[Seul]

I'm a 32 and wear an L on the middle hole…

[Clop]

Thanks for the suggestions, ended up going with the large since I'm a 32 too. Hopefully it won't stretch much over the years.

[Seul]

It doesn't stretch much/ at all… Have had my black IHB-01 for close to a year now, in rotation with my tan IHB-02...

[babyknight]

Agree, this quality of leather shouldn't stretch really.