Evolution of Leather Goods: Before and After Pictures

[diewhitegirls]

i'm sure it'll turn out fine if not better than mine, i already had to cut mine cuz i ordered the wrong size..i still don't understand belt sizing at all

With lgc, they say to measure the belt that you currently wear from the end of the buckle to the hole that you wear it at. I'm a 29 waist, but I ordered a 34 belt. o_0 Whatever, they know what they're talking about.

[poly800rock]

i did EXACTLY the same as you did...I ordered a 34 belt!!! Every store belt i have is a 34 and I wear it on the 2nd to last hole, but this tanner belt is HUGE...

[diewhitegirls]

Crap, I hope mine doesn't come to me all huge-like. Well, worst comes to worse, I can have it trimmed. No stitching makes life easy.

[mlproject]

very nice posts everyone. checking out those leather goods connection wallets now although i tend to carry as low profile of a wallet as possible.

[superBobo]

I got the lt oak LGC connection wallet aswell, and really like it. Don´t really think that its that huge, but it helps having jeans with rather big pockets.... Ive been thinking about getting one in black/dark brown aswell, but it might be a bit OD.

[diewhitegirls]

I got the lt oak LGC connection wallet aswell, and really like it. Don´t really think that its that huge, but it helps having jeans with rather big pockets.... Ive been thinking about getting one in black/dark brown aswell, but it might be a bit OD.

Finally, my insane Imperial pockets go to a good use!

[ang_kangkong]

truestorytravis— sorry no one's answered, maybe if you posted pics?

I'd actually like to see some evo pics of the wallet you got from coldrice.

[truestorytravis]

i'll find a camera and post. might be a bit, though.

[poly800rock]

So after a bit of debating, i finally plunked down for a tanner belt a few weeks ago, it took about a week or two for them to get it out to me, but it was well worth it. I idiotically order a 34 belt which is 4 sizes bigger than my jeans size, but it was good as I just bought a bunch of leather making/sizing supplies, so i ended up cutting the buckle end, replacing the snaps with chicago screws, and replacing the buckle. The buckle tanner gave me, 2 of them, are VERY fucking nice, i think he said it was nickel plated and that might have turned some people off, but they are very heavy and very solid. I had this roller buckle lying around and switch off with the tanner roller buckle every once in a while.

I've had it less than 2 weeks, had to cut the top part, hammer it down, and punch out some holes for the screws.

I had a huge dilema in choosing this belt. Also up in the running were the 45rpm belt and also the leather goods connection belt and in the end, it was between the tanner belt and the LGC belt. The only reason I bought the tanner belt was because the belt was made by a superfuture member, and I'm happy to support in house business.....I'm happy with my decision..

I haven't oiled it or tanned it (except the part that wraps around the buckle to soften it up) at all. I only put obeuf's on it once to protect it, but everything else is wear...wow.

[xcoldricex]

soooo anyone have both obenaufs and pecards? i need to buy one or the other asap.

[Ott]

belt looks fantastic poly. I want one now!!

[poly800rock]

soooo anyone have both obenaufs and pecards? i need to buy one or the other asap.

obenaufs has a sale where you get 2 GIGANTIC tubs of their leather protector for $18 insted of a small one for $12..

[khaltire]

Ive been using mine for about a month, its almost still raw colored, I wear it every day. I also suntanned it for like 5-6 hours.. how can yours look like that?

Must be the obenaufs you put on it, cause it looks very dark.. or did you only put that on near the screws?

Weird, I never got a leather loop, I got some lame metal one that keeps falling off so I took it off

[poly800rock]

i specifically requested a leather loop..The top near the buckle was oiled to soften, that was the only oiling done....onenauf's didn't change the color at all when it was applied...

[eastcoastrider27]

First off, wow, the buckle on that Tanner belt looks awesome. I prefer a double roller buckle, but the texture on the roll bar looks amazing!

Second, how the hell did your belt change color so quickly?!

[poly800rock]

i really have no idea how it changes so quickly. the obenauf's didn't change the color of the leather at all, the oil i put to soften where I cut and folded it did change it a bit as seen it is brown compared to the rest of it. I have no idea how everyone keeps their stuff so neat and clean? My wallet is trashed, my belt is starting to get trashed, I don't do anything other than wake up, go to the library, party and go home...

[eastcoastrider27]

Well now I'm more interested in this library that has parties you speak of.

[eldave04]

I emailed red moon about the stain on my walllet, and they basically said to keep on keeping on, and eventually you may not be able to see it.

Here is the email:

Sorry to tell you that indigo stains cannot be removed.

Spreading the surface with oil (for leather) might help

to make some stains unremarkable. Do not spread too

much oil on it. It makes it worse.

And another thing is to keep useing the wallet.

In this case, natural change of color of leather makes

some stains unremarkable. It may take several years.

If anyone else has this problem, you can also have the back piece changed out for 7350 yen.

Also look at this pic of a 6 year wallet they sent me:

Pretty amazing.

[khaltire]

Weird, I dont baby my belt or anything, I just wear it... dont know what else I could do... is your belt exposed to light all the time?

Mines usually covered by my shirts so that could explain it

[chantheman]

i just got this wallet a couple weeks ago.

keep in mind i know nothing about wallets it was just my roommates puppy chewed up my old of that i had for 10 years so i needed a new one. I picked this one up from polo. i dont know what if anything is going to happen to this over time but i guess well find out. it seems pretty stiff right now but thats expected.

any comments would be appreciated.

also the last picture here shows what looks like scuffing on the inside where the credit cards are. Is this normal? i dont know what can be causing this since its just the leather on leather? can this be removed? i try and rub it out as some of it is dust, but it doesnt all come out.

[poly800rock]

you have a lot of credit cards....

[chantheman]

haha actually i only have one credit card and an ATM debit card the rest are either gift cards/insurance cards/costco card/blockbuster card. credit cards are dangerous, cant have more than one of those.

[__3xL]

Was browsing bored and I thought that these jackets' sleeve combs were darn sexy ..

[poly800rock]

keeping with my deconstructing theme, i bought a quick release belt from http://www.dubarryboots.com/product/39 and cut the buckle off. I can't afford the pricetag of the Engineered Garments one and the durburry one is a great quality one. I ordered a size too big in the belt so I was just going to cut it off and reuse the belt, but I fucked up and ended up cutting the belt where i needed it, so I ended up just throwing it out (the belt quality is VERY good for the durburry one, and i kind of regret fucking it up, but whatever)

I ordered a blank untanned belt and a bridle leather belt blank from http://www.eleatherworks.com/search.php?mode=search&page=1 and thus began the cutting and punching. VERY VERY easy...

enjoy.

[__3xL]

^^ is that truly untanned ? Looks like the saddle tan finish to me ..

Maybe you wanted this instead > http://www.eleatherworks.com/home.php?cat=296

[poly800rock]

i put some neatsfoot oil on it this afternoon...

[LIVENUDEGIRLS]

Very nice poly.

[stuntastic]

Wow, that buckle is nice. Not a bad price either...

I need to start wearing my leather goods...

DDML, if you read this, hows your medicine pouch doing?

[denimdestroyedmylife]

^ hahaha------pouch is retired, holmes. with colder weather, i don't really need it. jacket pockets and such. meh.

poly nice work, man. that belt looks sharp. not to nitpick, but i think you should center the buckle when you wear it, i'd slide the keeper on the other side of the loop and have the buckle right over the waist button.

[poly800rock]

^ hahaha------pouch is retired, holmes. with colder weather, i don't really need it. jacket pockets and such. meh.

poly nice work, man. that belt looks sharp. not to nitpick, but i think you should center the buckle when you wear it, i'd slide the keeper on the other side of the loop and have the buckle right over the waist button.

good point, i've really been wonderng why the fit on it was off....i'm trying it now.