Leather belts.

[jeremiah]

Dave,
Your belt is ready.

 

[Officer Dibley]

Excellent J. Thank you !!

 

[jeremiah]

Working on a second belt here.
this one is 1 1/2”
Little different buckle.
You can compare the edges. Rough below to smooth and finished above in Dave’s belt.

 

[jeremiah]

That one there is Burts.
His belt will be Black. This leather takes dye unlike normal veg tanned natural. Harness leather is stuffed with tallows and waxes after the tanning process (usually in a drum) and this gives it the durability, elemental resistance and protection needed in equestrian applications while still allowing for the flex you would lose if straight veg tanned were exposed to so much.

because of this the dye sinks in areas more so than others and gives it a nice weathered look while still looking good.
makes for a great belt.

 

[Grant]

While down in San Maguel de Allende, Mexico I found this silversmith making hand tooled sterling silver buckles. She made this for me and attached an old garrison belt I had.

 

[jeremiah]

That’s pretty sweet Grant.
Your garrison belt has a similar color and look to this harness leather when it’s stained with a dark brown like this one I did for a customer.

https://imgur.com/a/9pJ6VYp

 

[Kanaro]

By the way, I can tell those who are looking for where you can buy great things made of genuine leather. A store where there are cool handcrafted leather wallets really helped me. I really hope that I was able to help someone, the prices there are low, and the quality is at the highest level.

 

[jeremiah]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/what-is-genuine-leather-2016-1?amp

 

[jeremiah]

While I would never try and knock another leather worker I will say that I can buy a hide of “crazy horse” leather for under $100.
now let’s say one can get 20 or so wallets made using that one hide at $40 a pop.
the hide I buy for the harness leather belts runs between $350 to $400 for the hide. I might be able to get 15 good belts from that hide all depending upon how wide they all are. Good belts can only be cut from the back and closer to the belly the leather gets too stretchy so lots of waste on a hide utilized for belts.
See the difference?

 

[Officer Dibley]

By the way, I can tell those who are looking for where you can buy great things made of genuine leather. A store where there are cool handcrafted leather wallets really helped me. I really hope that I was able to help someone, the prices there are low, and the quality is at the highest level.

“Interesting” first post. ........ are you peddling because of a connection?

 

[mulceber]

“Interesting” first post. ........ are you peddling because of a connection?

I suspect a bot.

 

[Lord Flashheart]

I may have missed it but it would be good to know what buckle options you offer? Thanks

 

[jeremiah]

Hey guys.
buckles I offer what you would like. Some options are shown in above pics.
What I have begun doing is ordering the buckle the customer wants when I get the belt order. I have in the past bought buckles in bulk that currently are not a very good match with the heavier leathers I use now.
So much easier with amazon too.

that said. I will be moving over the next few days and will have a few weeks where I’ll be in limbo as it were. I’ll get back here when I can get to making a few more belts.

 

[Officer Dibley]

Dave,
Your belt is ready.
View attachment 31106

Has arrived andit is as good as the above photo shows it. Will post the odd pic as it gets used. Cheers J

Nice to see no-one else has tried to advertise other vendors in this thread - it’s Jeremiah’s belts. If you want something other than his, go google search !

 

[B-Man2]

Always nice to throw business to a fellow VLJ member.!

 

[Officer Dibley]

Day 1.

 

[Micawber]

Very nice.

I didn't know you were the Invisible Man now Dave!

 

[Officer Dibley]

I’m not taking pics of the middle of my jeans whilst i am wearing them

 

[mulceber]

I’m not taking pics of the middle of my jeans whilst i am wearing them

Yeah, it’s occurred to me that’s probably why there are far fewer fit pics in this thread than in most others...

 

[Micawber]

I’m not taking pics of the middle of my jeans whilst i am wearing them

Good job too!!!