Factory belt finished edge on commercially made belt.

[WMages]

This morning, I brought in a colleague's belt for a repair. It is a Kore "Full Grain" Leather belt with a suede liner and is fitted with some type of a ratchet latch/buckle. It only needed restitched around the last few inches which I did straight away. I noticed that where the belt runs through the buckle, the edge had worn just enough you could see the layer edges so I hit it with dye, let that dry and then followed with Gum T for about three coats burninshing to my limited ability. I noticed the edges (belt is four or five years old) looked perfectly pristine almost like they are formed with epoxy or something yet not cracking or wear seen except where it passed through the buckle. My edging looked ok but would never compare to that factory edge. Is there some process where the maker molds those edges. They've sure held up well but are too difficult for me to duplicate.  I'm not so much asking how to duplicated it as I am what in tarnation does the maker do to make that gloss slick (after all these years) edge hold up and look so good? TIA.

[Dwight]

After you have done every thing else to the belt . . . except deliver it . . . lay it on it's side . . . use a dauber . . . and lay on several coats of thinned Resolene . . . (50/50 with water) . . . if you flex the belt a bit . . . 1/2 hour after each coat . . . it won't seriously crack . . . and looks really good for a long time.

May God bless,

Dwight