Belt etiquette?

**Bugbear** · 11th December 07, 10:32 AM

I just like those two prong work belts from Home depot and Lowes for casual. I find that the nickle plated rectangular buckles go better for dressing up, but tend to be too shiny to people looking at you.

**Don Patrick** · 11th December 07, 11:41 AM

Originally Posted by Ted Crocker

I just like those two prong work belts from Home depot and Lowes for casual. I find that the nickle plated rectangular buckles go better for formal, but tend to be too shiny to people looking at you.

I concur. The belts from Home Depot are actually quite nice - especially at $10 each. Though their finish is limited to a natural finish. I'm in the process of dying mine black now. More work than I had planned on - couldn't get a leather shop to do it.

**Bugbear** · 11th December 07, 11:55 AM

I picked up an nice brown oil tan work belt for about twenty at Lowes, AWP brand, and I like it much much more than the other kilt belts with the rectangular hook buckles. I would even go for one of those black woven pvc belts, but I don't do formal so much. Good luck dyeing your belt, I hope it comes out exactly as you want.

Originally Posted by Don Patrick

I concur. The belts from Home Depot are actually quite nice - especially at $10 each. Though their finish is limited to a natural finish. I'm in the process of dying mine black now. More work than I had planned on - couldn't get a leather shop to do it.

**Don Patrick** · 11th December 07, 12:06 PM

Originally Posted by Ted Crocker

I picked up an nice brown oil tan work belt for about twenty at Lowes, AWP brand, and I like it much much more than the other kilt belts with the rectangular hook buckles. I would even go for one of those black woven pvc belts, but I don't do formal so much. Good luck dyeing your belt, I hope it comes out exactly as you want.

So far so good. I'm on my third dye layer and third rubbing. It is still looking good.

**sharpdressedscot** · 11th December 07, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by Don Patrick

I concur. The belts from Home Depot are actually quite nice - especially at $10 each. Though their finish is limited to a natural finish. I'm in the process of dying mine black now. More work than I had planned on - couldn't get a leather shop to do it.

Can you post a pic or a link of the belt? I can't find it on their website.

**Nick the DSM** · 11th December 07, 04:56 PM

yeah 10 bucks, i wanna buy one.

**Monkey@Arms** · 11th December 07, 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by sharpdressedscot

Can you post a pic or a link of the belt? I can't find it on their website.

You can see one in this thread. They are very light tan in color, and from what I've read most people who buy one put in quite a bit of effort in coloring it.

Best regards,

Jake

**muirkirkca** · 11th December 07, 05:38 PM

I have a black English saddle leather two prong 2 1/4 belt which I wear inside the loops. Bought from Kirkpatrick Leather in Toronto for $45. They have a less expensive model for $35.

For those who may be interested there is a site in Thunder Bay, Canada that sells some unique Scottish items - tams, bonnets, sporrans etc. Name is penny's.ca.

Thunder Bay is at the west end of Lake Superior. Their prices appear very good.

**canawler** · 11th December 07, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by sharpdressedscot

Can you post a pic or a link of the belt? I can't find it on their website.

Here is the 3" belt mentioned earlier. I found one with brass colored buckles to wear with brown accessories and I just purchased a second with a chrome buckle and dyed it black.
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...5-L&lpage=none

For my casual kilts, I picked up this 2" belt, mentioned earlier and dyed it black.
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...cStoreNum=8125

I didn't have any problems with the dying. I just used black leather dye from a shoe store and followed up with neutral shoe polish. I tried slicking the edges of the 3" black belt and this also worked well.