Gun Belt question...

[Dwight]

FWIW, . . . I make my belts by laying down the liner (having coated both with contact cement and allowed it to dry properly) with the glue up, . . . cover it with newspaper, . . . and starting at the buckle end, . . . lay the "outside" piece of leather onto the liner. I then roll them together with a wall paper seam roller and finish with a rolling pin on a hard counter surface.

It is then sewn around the edges, . . . holes punched, . . . dyed and finished, . . . and I have never had a complaint yet.

Mine regularly carries a full size, all steel 1911, all day, . . . no problems.

I have only had one pair of pants that had belt loop trouble, . . . a $10 pair of jeans from Wally World, . . . and they are just snug, . . . but they go through.

My $.02

May God bless,

Dwight

[Tac]

Dwight,

What weight leather are you using for belt and liner?

Thanks

-Tac

[ABC3]

I use 6/7 oz Bull & have just started to play with 7/8 Bull but will go back to 6/7 Bull. Plenty of support. No need for a stuffer/ Reinforcement IMO.

[Dwight]

My belt measures .260 to .280 if you take a mike and check it in different spots, . . . which makes it just over a quarter of an inch in thickness, . . . meaning it had to be 8/9 oz for both pieces. And it is basically a full 1 1/2" wide.

I am very happy with mine, . . . it has taken on "My" shape in the years I have worn it (it needed a good couple of weeks to "set" so to speak), . . . and I do not have any other belt I would rather wear, . . . with or without the 1911.

May God bless,

Dwight