kilt belt...

[Woodsheal]

Todd,
If you're looking for a plain, heavy belt with an early style buckle, go to any of the 18th C. reenactor sutler-type dealers, such as:

www.jas-townsend.com/

[macwilkin]

Thanks, Woodsheal, for the tip about Jas. Townshed. I'm familiar with their company & products, & I'll see what they have to offer.

Cheers,

Todd

[Tiran]

That looks like about a 25-30$ purchase at the leather shop. 25 for the belt blank and a couple bucks for the buckle. Less than 5 minutes work, less than 20 minutes if you absolutly had to have the little groove along the edges. I am guessing it would be about the same at any Tandy leather shop.

What can I say, I dabble in a lot of things.

[Freelander Sporrano]

As our previous post says Todd you can make the belt very easily yourself.

Just use one you have as a model on with some rivits and a hammer you'll do well.

The cheapest way to "Break the edge" is to use a cloth with some warm water draw the leather though it grasping hard a few times and dry it off it gives a pleasing finish to the edge.

Go on have a go matey!!!

[Doc Hudson]

As our previous post says Todd you can make the belt very easily yourself.

Just use one you have as a model on with some rivits and a hammer you'll do well.

The cheapest way to "Break the edge" is to use a cloth with some warm water draw the leather though it grasping hard a few times and dry it off it gives a pleasing finish to the edge.

Go on have a go matey!!!

That will work, but I don't consider it the best way. I use a beveler to trim the sharp corners and then use a slicker wheel to smoothe the leather after dampening.

If you use cloth, burlap would probably be best.

Heck for $60.00 plus shipping, I'd make belt like the one in the photo!!!

[Freelander Sporrano]

That will work, but I don't consider it the best way. I use a beveler to trim the sharp corners and then use a slicker wheel to smoothe the leather after dampening.

If you use cloth, burlap would probably be best.

Heck for $60.00 plus shipping, I'd make belt like the one in the photo!!!

I reaalise it's the best way I was just explianing the way to do it without the usual tools.... Which are expensive here in Norway

[Doc Hudson]

Edge bevelers are not exactly cheap here, but they are not ruinously expensive either. Tandy sells seven different sizes of edge bevelers at prices rangeing from $10.00 to $13.00 USD and Circle Slicker Wheels for $2.49 USD. Shipping to Norway might be prohibitive, and there might be tarrifs to deal with, but you might want to check with Tandy Leather at: http://www.tandyleather.com/ .

It might be a reasonable source for leatherworking tools.

[dano9672]

Or if you don't need an unusually long belt Tandy/Leather factory sells 'belt blanks' in assorted widths. With a little dye, a snap, and a buckle it's a done deal.