Belts

[truckie561]

Is this the sort of thing you are looking for?

Gotta have one in black and brown....where do you get those and how much??!!

[Nighthawk]

Gotta have one in black and brown....where do you get those and how much??!!

Well, if you like belts with knotwork, the company I work for makes these:

http://www.renleather.com/index.php?...&cPath=122_126



And when I say "company" what I mean is that there are 4 of us making the merch in a cramped little factory about the size of a large townhouse. I handle most of the belts, so the odds are that, if you order one, I'll be the person making your belt.

[Tobus]

I've never worn a "waist plate buckle" belt, as I understand they're really for "dressy" occasions and I've never gone further up that scale than tweed jacket & waistcoat, sans belt.

I suppose it really depends on the belt and buckle as to how 'dressy' it is. If wearing a waistcoat, I agree that a belt is not needed (and would just cause undue bulk under the waistcoat anyway). But for those of us in warmer climates who can't wear waistcoats or jackets most of the year, wearing a kilt sans belt looks a bit 'naked' (to me, anyway). The belt really does help with visual proportions.

So I prefer to wear a kilt belt in the 2-1/2" to 2-3/4" width range, with a waistplate that doesn't look like a dressy model (i.e. non-shiny, and non-square). This is actually my go-to belt for casual daywear:



A buckle that fits that size belt, but with a tongue-bar (or whatever you prefer to call it) like Steve showed above works great too. I've seen some plain rectangular brass models that work very well, although I can't recall who makes them. They're usually sold with a standard kilt belt with an embossed Celtic knot style pattern.

[Dale Seago]

Tobus, I do like the looks of that!

[creagdhubh]

McRostie of Glasgow make superb, high-quality kilt belts entirely out of supple bridle leather, in a variety of browns and in black leather. They also make simple daywear sporrans and sporran straps our of the same, beautiful leather. This is my 'go to' place for sporran straps and simple daywear sporrans.

www.mcrostie.co.uk

Cheers,

[Zardoz]

for casual, I run a "Celtic Knot" belt like the ones at the bottom of this page; http://www.gaelicclothing.com/kiltbelts.htm