Belts

[engine]

J&FJ Baker dark stain oak bark stirrup leather.

[engine]

J&FJ Baker London oak bark bridle leather.

J&E Sedgwick Dark Havana bridle leather.

[engine]

J&FJ Baker Australian Nut oak bark bridle leather

[brainmonster]

“Limelight” brand Made In Japan with Tochigi leather belt. Only $20.

 

I think sugar cane belts are slightly better finished but can’t beat these for $20. Finish is a little “thin” and I think it may fray a bit, the leather is a little dry. 

[SmokeStackLightning]

This thing is ridiculous in all the right ways. Not everyone's cup of tea but I think this belt is so cool. HTC with Self Edge. Stingray inlays, leather feels nice. Kind of like wearing a thinner belt after years of wearing thicker ones. 

 

 

[Iron Horse]

On 4/1/2018 at 1:23 AM, SmokeStackLightning said:

 Kind of like wearing a thinner belt after years of wearing thicker ones. 

I have to agree with this.

[itsbenhere]

That’s nice that yours is brown on the inside... mine was black on inside and made gross marks marks on my patches. 

[keybladehero]

Equus Leather handmade in the UK

Edited April 8, 2018 by keybladehero
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[tchengaa]

hi guys, i need some styling advice in regards to the color tone of leather belt and leather shoes/boots.

Is it ok to wear a dark brown belt with a pair of light brown shoes (e.g. alden indy 405)? will it look awkward?

Thank you very much for your help ~

[engine]

My belt, worn for about three years and exactly the same new bespoke belt.

And one more photo of my belts – a wonderful demonstration of how beautiful the patina of the oak bark bridle leather looks.

[MJF9]

On 09/04/2018 at 9:12 AM, tchengaa said:

hi guys, i need some styling advice in regards to the color tone of leather belt and leather shoes/boots.

Is it ok to wear a dark brown belt with a pair of light brown shoes (e.g. alden indy 405)? will it look awkward?

Thank you very much for your help ~

Good question mate! I think it looks better to keep the colour of belt and shoes/boots the same. However, I was reading around and, for casual wear, there is a view that there's more flexibility. I'd say this is only flexibility within shades of brown though as brown/black belt/shoes or vice versa doesn't look quite right imo. I think for casual, the leather type can also vary and look good as a contrast e.g. leather belt with rough out shoes.

Contradicting my preference above, I've been wearing a darker tan belt with lighter boondockers (see recent WAYWT post). I think it's possible to get away with it but I'm not sure it's the best so I'm mulling over belt options myself.

Apart from our kind of obsessives, I'm not sure anyone out there notices with casual wear!!  It boils down to what you think it looks like.

Why not post a pic? See what the sufu group have to say.

[Geeman]

As above would anyone without a obsessive intrest in denim / menswear notice...

For me any brown shade of belt with any brown shoe black belt with a black shoe.

[MJF9]

Variables and choices...
Lighter tan boots (which will darken over time)
3 leather belts of different colour leather, texture, buckle metal and buckle style (Tender, Honest Thomas, IH); 1 basic canvas belt
Applied to Jeans, chinos, army pants
Let's not go there with wallet chains or types of denim or rough out belts
With jeans - all work but I personally prefer lighter tan
With chinos - Tender by virtue of the buckle, though a less thick belt would be a worthy consideration
With army green - the canvas beater
And they thought that splitting the atom was complicated!!! 
And I bet I have missed a good few criteria in my analysis!!! 

Edited July 15, 2018 by MJF9

[JDelage]

What are good alternatives to Equus for a 1.5" wide, high quality strap (on which to put a buckle)? My default is to go to Equus, but I'm open to looking around...

 

Thx

[dada mafiosi]

Just received my Samurai W001 , size 38, from http://okayamadenim.com 

FC1108 pair is 3 months old. 

Thanks b_Freak for your input and contribution for the community

Edited September 1, 2019 by dada mafiosi

[dada mafiosi]

Top to bottom:

1. Samurai W001 , size 38 

2. Johnston & Murphy , size 38 (45 inch)

3. Timberland , D Buckle belt (33.7 inch)

 

Edited October 19, 2018 by dada mafiosi

[engine]

New belts made of beautiful oak bark leather from J&FJ Baker.

[JDelage]

Nice buckles too on those!

[engine]

Some new belts, all are hand aged and looks very vintage and rough.

Baker's bridle leather

Sedgwick bridle leather

Baker's distressed bridle leather

[engine]

Some new belts. All made of English leathers, bridle and stirrup.

J.&F.J. Baker bridle Dark Stain.

J.&F.J. Baker stirrup Dark Stain.

Roughout and distressed bridle J&E Sedgwick.

Roughout and distressed bridle J.&F.J. Baker.

[Geeman]

The roughout belt looks great. Link to it?

[engine]

19 hours ago, Geeman said:

The roughout belt looks great. Link to it?

Thanks, all these belts are made by me.

[fre-co]

19 hours ago, engine said:

Thanks, all these belts are made by me.

How do I get a belt from you?

[engine]

On 4/6/2019 at 3:28 PM, fre-co said:

How do I get a belt from you?

Has messaged you.

[fre-co]

No pictures but my belt from @engine arrived. Super quality, perfect craftsmanship and friendly easy communication.  Thanks again Dude

[engine]

@fre-co

Thank you very much for your feedback mate!

[Petez]

 

This is my belt from:

https://www.handmadeleatherbelts.co.uk

Quality is excellent.

This was 1 year old

I looking at Equus,

Who has opinions about comparing quality between them?

 

I am also comparing between leather Baker and Sedgwick

 

[lance]

Hey Petez, I own 2 wallets from Charlie at Equus Leather made from Haas Barenia and can attest to his devotion to superb workmanship and quality materials. He is also a pleasure to deal with. Checkout the Equus thread at styleforum.net where you can read the accolades from his many devoted and satisfied customers who rate both Sedgwick and Baker leathers extensively. Good Luck

[Iron Horse]

Vasco cowhide teacore garrison belt:

[engine]

A pair of distressed roughout belts. Made from roughout oak bark tanned leather (J&FJ Baker) and finished with a hand burnished stonewashed solid brass fasteners.

 

Edited May 14, 2019 by engine