Belts

[fre-co]

No denim… but here is my @Duke Mantee belt in situ. Thanks again!

[Duke Mantee]

Denim not required!

[srudy]

Another beautiful @Duke Mantee creation….

[Thanks_M8]

^^^^ taking inspiration until I can make belts again!

[Duke Mantee]

51 minutes ago, srudy said:

Another beautiful @Duke Mantee creation….

Thank you 

[Duke Mantee]

… and a another version of @srudy belt … this one has a different buckle and a few extra spots to fill in the additional length …

 

[Duke Mantee]

John B with his 3rd belt … 

 

This is the one that’s hand painted … well hand everything I guess 

Edited February 21, 2022 by Duke Mantee

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Sweater and belt...both made in Scotland 

[Duke Mantee]

And a ‘name’ belt on about the nicest burgundy leather you’ll ever see

 

[Thanks_M8]

^with a great Buckle!

[Duke Mantee]

20 minutes ago, Thanks_M8 said:

^with a great Buckle!

Customer’s choice 

[Duke Mantee]

Couple of belts for @Broark - a nice simple strap in Walpier Buttero Rocky in Satchel Tan which is hopefully going to match in with some fancy footwear, and after many weeks of badgering a studded thing in Wickett & Craig Russet Harness (which will age spectacularly) with genuine Lapis Lazuli gemstones … because sapphire was just a step too far 

 

[mpukas]

Love both of those. @Duke Mantee your work is getting better and better with each one. 

[Duke Mantee]

16 minutes ago, mpukas said:

Love both of those. @Duke Mantee your work is getting better and better with each one. 

Thank you

[Broark]

Thanks again Duke, I’m looking forward to wearing them!

[Duke Mantee]

13 minutes ago, Broark said:

Thanks again Duke, I’m looking forward to wearing them!

Thank YOU buddy 

[Dr_Heech]

May have to sort out a belt for me at some point after all @Duke Mantee. Don't know why l'm saying this now but it was something to do with the belt matching the footwear comment that got me thinking. Anyway, busy busy got the boy coming over soon for the weekend, know your busy too (with the new belt bizz but also with the fam) but will pm you later bud.

[Dr_Heech]

@Duke Mantee

Colour comparison (pic via ebay)

 

[Duke Mantee]

2 hours ago, Dr_Heech said:

@Duke Mantee

Colour comparison (pic via ebay)

 

That’s great Doc - cheers

[Duke Mantee]

For @Talan … and hoping for an end to the madness in Ukraine

J&FJ Baker oak bark tanned bridle leather (some 5 and a bit millimetres thick) with a Japanese sand cast brass buckle and solid brass rivets

[Duke Mantee]

A Sedgwick bridle leather (about the 3mm thickness which straddles the formal/casual divide quite nicely) fitted out with a lovely hand forged solid brass buckle set for shadesofindig0 on IG

Sedgwick are a very traditional tannery and their bridle leather is still hand finished. It has slightly glossy finish and usually comes with the wax ‘bloom’ you might have seen giving the leathers a whitish coating. I’ve massaged that in and applied a couple more coats of Sedgwick’s own conditioner to preserve the finish and finished the edges in beeswax after a couple of passes of Tokonole gum.

This is one if the great leathers - top rank with only a few peers - and you can keep it in the condition you see here quite easily, but it also bends and creases to produce a beautiful aged look that many ‘denim heads’ want

 

Edited March 3, 2022 by Duke Mantee

[chicote]

Wow, that hardware is lovely, looks really nice with a simple belt as you’ve done. Great work!

[Duke Mantee]

1 hour ago, chicote said:

Wow, that hardware is lovely, looks really nice with a simple belt as you’ve done. Great work!

Thanks buddy 

[LazyS]

@Duke Mantee

Edited March 7, 2022 by LazyS

[Duke Mantee]

I’m glad it finally arrived - thanks for your patience buddy

[Duke Mantee]

… and another for @srudy - a ‘plain’ belt with a secret … but I’ll let the owner share that (if they so desire)

But a monster solid brass buckle of some 6-7oz on near 11oz Sedgwick bridle (I cut it from the ‘thick’ end) - so about 4-4.5mm thick. Immortal.

 

Edited March 8, 2022 by Duke Mantee

[beautiful_FrEaK]

Where do you gett al those buckles from? That one is really a monster...coould be used as a weapon

[Duke Mantee]

7 hours ago, beautiful_FrEaK said:

Where do you gett al those buckles from? That one is really a monster...coould be used as a weapon

Military sources  - but I’d need to kill you if I told you

… actually it might be effective if I threw it at Putin’s head …

Edited March 8, 2022 by Duke Mantee

[mpukas]

That belt + buckle is... not sure what wor(s) to use... 

[MJF9]

Top work @Duke Mantee and what a beast of a buckle to match the leather... @srudy looking forward to seeing that beauty on jeans

And, if you're taking requests Duke, there are a few more global heads it would be useful for!