Belts

[Cold Summer]

It looks really nice. Mike, you must have enough belts to outfit an entire apartment complex. Cows surely live in mortal fear of you.

[mikecch]

^ haha, maybe not an entire building. My current collection, pieced together, might be a bit more than one side of hide?

Not that many, but definitely not peta approved.

[mikecch]

Just arrived, the final prototype of the "Military belt" project with Equus Leather before the project belts get made.

The hand-stitch has been upgraded, some spacing aspects adjusted, and the pin is the finalised version:

Still taking orders for a short while before the leather from Baker's is delivered (PM me for details)

For the rant, see here.

Edited January 22, 2012 by mikecch

[abstraktgeformt]

Hard to follow Mike with his top notch belt, but here is my humble belt:

From this

(pic from the ebay seller)

to this

(my pics, 1 month of wear, treated with olive oil three times)

[Foxy2]

got bored and did take a few picture of my pherrow's belt - my current favorite...

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Have belt for at least 2-3 years. worn quite a bit during that time.

treated with mustang paste once, not that it was needed.

[beautiful_FrEaK]

My Terry Dear belt from Mike's first project

On denim

And the leather starts to crack a bit...might should have oiled it more often to keep it pliable?

[duggabax]

@abstraktgeformt: olive oil? sounds interesting, I've never heard of using that to condition leather. where did you hear about doing that?

[mikecch]

My Terry Dear belt from Mike's first project

And the leather starts to crack a bit...might should have oiled it more often to keep it pliable?

Nice evo on the leather mate!

I can recommend feeding the leather once every 30 days of effective wear, it being a rather raw (and thus drier) leather compared to the traditional bridle & harness leathers that Baker makes.

It's a good idea to give it a couple of layers of conditioner before use, if anybody has just purchased a new one.

[riff]

Hollow's leather natural chromexcel belt - beautiful work by nicolas

[Robroy]

^

Dang riff, your scratching me where I itch. I have one order from Nicholas, should be here in two weeks, hope mine looks that nice.

Edited February 2, 2012 by Robroy

[rubyblue]

My Equus leather project belt arrived last thursday. Thx to Mikecch!

Better pix are on their way...

[mikecch]

^ Nice! The grain growth on yours is particularly strong

Should make for really interesting textural evo. down the track.

[lAo_Bo1]

Got myself another harness leather belt, by unlucky.

The leather is a 16 oz Triple C harness, a pure vegetable tannage from Chahin that's been stuffed with oils but manages to retain the "natural" colour.

Pics taken after one coating of Sedgwick's leather feed:

Elk tendon:

How would I go about getting one of these?

[mikecch]

Drop Scott a line here.

[Cold Summer]

Finally got my Equus Military Belt today! Just finished applying some of the leather feed they included with it. It's really beautiful. It does kind of bug me that the brass buckle obviously doesn't match the steel hardware on my wallet/chain/etc., but it'll probably look fine once everything ages a bit. It's about as thick as my OGL belt but not quite as wide (1.5" instead of 1.75") so it's a great fit. I'll take pics later.

[BrownMetallic]

did you opt out on "high polish"? if you did patina will come faster. UK brass is golden_ kinda look [it] at this point, but it'll be fab in time.

[Satrya]

riff-> how much does it cost you? looking great by the way

[jim_n]

still waiting on my military belt, didn't know we had the option of a high polish or not. assuming I'll get the polished one?

[mikecch]

Default is unpolished for the buckle...it will age more quickly and naturally this way.

[jim_n]

thanks for clearing that up mike, im cool with that. my package just has to get out of customs :/

edit: got mine today. it's the polished buckle would have preferred the default, oh well its still a lovely belt.

Edited February 8, 2012 by jim_n

[skyler]

I'm looking at getting the same belt mike posted.

The watch I wear on a daily basis is stainless. Would the belt look better with the brass buckle or stainless?

Edited February 8, 2012 by skyler

[mikecch]

thanks for clearing that up mike, im cool with that. my package just has to get out of customs :/

edit: got mine today. it's the polished buckle would have preferred the default, oh well its still a lovely belt.

The default one is still quite shiny to begin with (default is featured on my belt and the earlier prototype.)

If you didn't asked for it to be polished than it is unlikely Charlie would have done it for you

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I'm looking at getting the same belt mike posted.

The watch I wear on a daily basis is stainless. Would the belt look better with the brass buckle or stainless?

Which belt are you referring to skyler?

The Military belt (project belt with Equus) only comes with the brass double-pin garrison.

An update of some of my belts made with harness leather, all from different tanneries:

Some of the older ones have a funny shape because the leather has moulded with wear...

Edited February 8, 2012 by mikecch

[skyler]

the second one. i'm getting scott to make me one and can't make up my mind on the buckle. i originally told him stainless because i thought it'd work better with my watch. i just really like the way brass looks as it ages.

[jim_n]

The default one is still quite shiny to begin with (default is featured on my belt and the earlier prototype.)

If you didn't asked for it to be polished than it is unlikely Charlie would have done it for you

(•‿•)

hehe I must be confused, thought unpolished would look similar to the one beautiful_freak posted. anyways this belt is about to blow the loops off my new roys. thing is a beast, so thick at the buckle. Still its surprisingly soft compared to the russet bridle belt, which is very stiff.

Edited February 9, 2012 by jim_n

[BrownMetallic]

actually, the buckle maker finish-polish it before send it to Charlie. Charlie then, as normal default, high-polish it before attaching to the belt_ if you want high gloss, just let him know.

[lefty]

Unlucky + 3 months and one treatment of Obenauf's leather oil /new Equus

Thanks again to Mike for putting this project together, and apologies for the blatant theft of the design on the Unlucky belt.

[zendeen]

Voyej Chain Belt

3 month

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/8625/33330298.jpg

a little covering to avoid a little rusty

Lovin it!

[mikecch]

Unlucky + 3 months and one treatment of Obenauf's leather oil /new Equus

Thanks again to Mike for putting this project together, and apologies for the blatant theft of the design on the Unlucky belt.

Looking good!

Which leather did you get for the sword-tip belt? W&C skirting?

Edited February 10, 2012 by mikecch

[Brian Yu]

Does the weight of the leather directly correlate with how thick it is? For example, could a 14oz leather be really thin and dense?

[lefty]

Looking good! Which leather did you get for the sword-tip belt? W&C skirting?

Yep. I asked for the Mike special.