Belts

[crumps brother]

Billy Kirk leather goods on Gilt Groupe next Tuesday @ noon, eastern time:

if you're not familiar w/ Gilt Groupe it's a members only site that sells stuff for up to 70% off retail price

if you're not a member you can use this invitation link:

http://www.gilt.com/invite/fbbrown2001

[superbeveridge]

thank you thank you thank you

[riff]

Unfortunately they don't sell to Canada

[crumps brother]

^proxy?

maybe i can help if i'm able to be at my computer that day

some sales sell out (the good stuff at least) really fast though...it's best to be on as soon as the sale starts

[ProfessorOak]

So do people buy a new belt for each pair of jeans they have? It seems that whenever I see pictures of people's collections, they have a different belt for each pair. Or do y'all transfer belts from pair to pair?

[daveo]

I transfer.

[superbeveridge]

Unfortunately they don't sell to Canada

really. i thought they did... bummer

[salaami]

yo cheep the evo on that tanner is dramatic. i gotta match u one with some pics of my own tandy joint in a month or two.

[triiiangle]

So do people buy a new belt for each pair of jeans they have? It seems that whenever I see pictures of people's collections, they have a different belt for each pair. Or do y'all transfer belts from pair to pair?

I transfer my Sugar Cane Garrison belt when I switch jeans.

[aaronxxx]

i wear the same belt every day. i've had it so long i've had to punch new holes in it.

[farmer]

Tanner nickel-plated buckle wear.

[aleopold]

^ what color did that belt start?

[salaami]

yo farmer, stop fucking playing games man, it's too early on a saturday for this bullshit. we demand more pics and info that belt is the maybe the most beautifuly ugly shit ive ever seen. if there was no such thing as grail belt status, there is now

[kiya]

Question.. Why do people oil and tan their brand new belts?

Isn't that the equivalent of starching your jeans to speed up wear?

[the Repeater]

On untreated leather it extends life. Wearing untreated, unfinished leather w/o oil is like an open wound.

[kiya]

I understand that but all commercial grade leather is lightly treated, untreated leather isn't leather, it's rotting skin.

Treatments range from vegetable tanning to rawhide treatment (where the leather is soaked in lime and stretched) to chromium tanning. In the end it's treated with something.

[daveo]

I don't do the tanning thing but I do apply some conditioner to keep it from cracking, etc.

[hollowsleather]

I understand that but all commercial grade leather is lightly treated

This is the ticket right here.

I never recommend an oiling right away unless the goal is darkening the leather.

Unless the leather gets soaked (then air dried) you don't need to oil most leather stuff more than once or twice a year to keep it happy.

[saintkeat]

This is the ticket right here.

I never recommend an oiling right away unless the goal is darkening the leather.

Unless the leather gets soaked (then air dried) you don't need to oil most leather stuff more than once or twice a year to keep it happy.

do they honestly need oiling at all? like some guidelines on when oiling would be required would be nice. i'm assuming everyone is talking abt mink oil here too.

[watchyrscrew]

I oil when the leather looks too dry/wrinkly, like it's about to crack.

[ThinFinn]

obbi good label leather belt - few months old, 2xoiled, tanned when ever there was sun (so maybe 2-3days so far)

belt loop turned to show original color!

[M.O.A]

preach on kiya.

I always tell people they should only condition their leather goods once they begin to dry out. Anything else is just unnecessary.

[Ins. Deck]

not sure if its been mentioned..

http://www.beltstars.com/ for all your belt needs. good quality, quick service.

lol at people paying >$50 for a belt.. come on now.

[thedoad]

I dont know Why I clicked on that in the first place. But I hope this is some elaborate trolling scheme you have devised.

I'll help though. If you want a good belt for cheap find some nice hardware and get a belt blank.

[Ins. Deck]

um what?.. just posting a link to help people out. who can be bothered making a belt?.. they can be bought cheap enough.

[Baeyer-Drewson]

^^^I'm tempted to neg rape you for neg raping my eyes with those hideous fucking belts.

Remove that link from this thread now. It's insulting to the rest of the belts in here.

[the_ming]

i dunno, i mean this belt is *money*, yo:

[aleopold]

Isn't there a thread about denim like this? "The Ugliest Jeans In the World" I believe. There's a good reason these are only $20 belts.. It's called supply and demand. Low quantity demanded = low price

sorry dude, but -rep

[ranonranonarat]

Isn't there a thread about denim like this? "The Ugliest Jeans In the World" I believe. There's a good reason these are only $20 belts.. It's called supply and demand. Low quantity demanded = low price

sorry dude, but -rep

those are $20!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!!

[Ins. Deck]

neg away geeks. i like the red/pink squares