IHB-07 - Heavy Duty "Tochigi" Leather Belt with Brass Garrison Buckle

[Giles]

It could, yes…...

[GC]

ooooh! Thanks Giles, I've been after a rough out belt for a while. Ta muchness!

[Giles]

It's not very rough on the reverse…..

[the246guy]

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?

[Giles]

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:

[GC]

@Giles:

It's not very rough on the reverse…..

Thanks @Giles, I really appreciate your honesty. I also since realised the IH branding on the semi rough face would also be reversed, i.e upside down.  :-\

[the246guy]

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!

[Giles]

Yes, that is what I mean….

You also need a screwdriver a way of making the hole, we use a leather punch...

[Giles]

@GC:

I also since realised the IH branding on the semi rough face would also be reversed, i.e upside down.  :-\

Depends whether you insert the belt clockwise or anti-clockwise through the belt loops….

[GC]

Genuis! A mark of dedication right there! You've solved it, and a future mod I'd like to trial.

[the246guy]

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?

[Giles]

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…

[the246guy]

Wonderful! That is what I want! I will put my hands on one!

[Stuart.T]

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.

[Giles]

Nope.  We have just initiated a large restock of loads.

Having said that, I could Frankenstein an XL IHB-06 into an XL IHB-07 for you easily…....

Buy an IHB-06 and put a note in the order that G will convert to IHB-07

[Stuart.T]

@Giles sorry, missed your reply. Thanks, that would be great. I'll keep the crew posted.

[Graham]

RESTOCK

[Graham]

RESTOCK

[hoppy_IPA]

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.

[BD81]

Nice belt…. its close to the top of my list also