Men s wearhouse has full grain leather belts for 20.
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4 points 3 years ago.
You can get a metal belt keep a leather one or get a buckle that doesn t need a keep.
It will come with snaps to hold the buckle on so all we ll need to do is trim the end to size fit it for a hole and preserve the leather.
Get one from a vintage store or online.
Lay the belt down on a towel and apply leather conditioner.
Once the hair is removed during processing the natural grain pattern is visible.
Cleaning the belt will remove essential oils so conditioner must be used afterwards or the leather will dry out.
Make sure you buy a full grain vegetable tanned leather blank.
You can see whether the grain of the leather looks natural or artificial.
Or it s possible x 100 and a belt labelled as genuine leather could be equivalent to top grain or full grain full grain is used to refer to either leather which has had the hair and flesh removed but otherwise contains the full thickness of hide.
Those are not full grain leather and in fact one of the worst quality belts i ve ever seen.
The width of the buckle and the belt blank need to be the same.
Note though that these belts run large so buy your pant size as opposed to pant size 2.
You can feel whether the leather feels plasticky or not which tbh could give a false negative if it s a full grain leather which then treated with a thick finishing coat.
I have one i ve worn it a bit and it s pretty good.
Nice thick full grain and a lot cheaper than many of the premium belt brands.
Do not get the fully finished belt blanks from tandy the ones that are already dyed brown or black.
Don t get anything else.
1 point 3 years ago.
The hide of an animal is strongest and most durable just below the hair.
So to recap full grain leather is the best because it hasn t been altered.
Optional belt keep of matching width 1.
I chose the 1 5 inch belt which is pretty standard for men s belts but they also have thinner and thicker options.
If dirty clean the belt with a soft rag and very little warm water.
Full grain leather is also genuine leather by definition.
This is the actual full grain leather belt strip.
Although the two.
Full grain leather is made from the whole hide of the animal whether it is cow leather kangaroo or any other animal.
It s the full hide not sanded or corrected or weakened in any way.
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If necessary use leather cleaner.
The little leather loop.
Use any buckle you want.
If you don t mind spending more i ve heard good things about allen edmonds leather belts but those are closer to 100.