Lets have a look at a "Genuine Leather" belt???

[dikman]

Too many donuts!

[fredk]

In the last week I've seen some people that size, at least!

[Northmount]

That would have been a little long for my grandfather.  Years ago he asked me for a simple belt - 48" waist.  Made the overall length 64".  It just met, tip to buckle.  That was the only long blank I had, so he was out of luck.  That's when I learned to get real measurements for belts.

 

[toxo]

We all know that a £15 belt or a £20 bag is as far removed from "real" leather as it's possible to get but most of Joe public don't know that. The only way to change things is legislation which is highly unlikely and even if there was such legislation how would you police it?

[mishakhan]

On 9/22/2024 at 2:48 PM, TonyV said:

"genuine leather" can be anything from the very thinnest split they can manage, bonded to whatever fabric and plastic they can buy the cheapest (your brother's belt), to leather scraps and sanding dust ground up and glued together to make it, sort of like particle board is to wood.  As long as it has some portion of leather, they can call it "genuine, solid, or "real" leather are deceptive terms used to market trash..  Even "top grain" can be deceiving.  The "full grain" term is a bit more honest, but not always.  The industry needs a tune-up.

i have experienced that whenever I buy a belt