IHB-07 - Heavy Duty "Tochigi" Leather Belt with Brass Garrison Buckle
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Does the natural age and darken over the years? Is there any image of the natural version after it aged? Would this belt suit a Chinio? I recently got the IH-721 Chinos in Khaki and would need a belt to go with it.
One more question regarding the sizing, I have the IH-721 in tag size 32 which is 82.6 cm. I see that the Base of Buckle Prong to 1st Hole is 86.4 for the large. Would this mean that I should get the size Medium? With the medium, the length is 100 cm which I'm unsure if that would be enough?
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More or less the same leather….
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3612.msg506179#msg506179
Yes would suit Chinos...
I would get an L and shorten it to be perfect:
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Thanks for the quick reply! So you mean to say by getting size L and then shortening it, I can eventually move the base of the buckle to the first, second or the third holes to the size of my liking. That would be good!
I had a look at the video, the shortening looks easy but what about the tools? I only have the hammer with me!
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One quick question before I pull the trigger! Should I go for the natural or the brown? Will the natural darken over the years to brown? Will the brown darken over the years to a much darker brown?
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The natural will do this:
https://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3612.msg506179#msg506179
Brown'll probably get a bit darker with time…
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Wonderful! That is what I want! I will put my hands on one!
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Had there been a restock of xl in natural on 14th April? Been waiting for these to come back in and checked regularly. Need a new belt and this is the one I want to go for.
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@Giles sorry, missed your reply. Thanks, that would be great. I'll keep the crew posted.
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The Natural Veg. Tan leather, 1.5" width and heavy Brass buckle put this belt on my want list months ago. As a proud blue collar worker that gets dirty/nasty on the regular I couldn't wait to subject this thing to the worst I can throw at it.
After one week of wear initial impressions are good. Measuring the thickness with a micrometer yielded an average of 4.2mm as advertised. Pictured below for comparison is a Natural Veg. Tan belt from Tanner Goods, San Francisco. CA. Made in the USA, measures 1.25" wide and clocks in at 4.5mm thick. One can get very familiar with a belt after 700+ days of wear but you wouldnt guess that +0.3mm would be noticeable. Nonetheless, I couldn't help but think this Ironheart belt felt a bit flimsy which is what led me to breaking out the micrometer. For $200 coupled with the Ironheart brand I may have dove in a bit blindly but when compared to the Made In USA $100 belt I'm a bit let down.
I am left wondering if the detachable leather section mated to the buckle can also be switched to rough side out?
