Top grade leather belt blanks?

[Bryan]

Forgive the rookie question, but I didn't find what I was looking for in my search. Who offers the best belt blanks? Or do the best belt makers cut their own from top grade hides? I have some blanks from Tandy that are o-k but inconsistent in quality. I just don't want to sell someone a mediocre belt. The best products start with the best materials right? Any help would be appreciated.

[Mike Phelps]

Forgive the rookie question, but I didn't find what I was looking for in my search. Who offers the best belt blanks? Or do the best belt makers cut their own from top grade hides? I have some blanks from Tandy that are o-k but inconsistent in quality. I just don't want to sell someone a mediocre belt. The best products start with the best materials right? Any help would be appreciated.

Short of buying a double bend Zack White [find their link on banner at top] has the belt blanks of the several vendors I've tried.

[Bryan]

Short of buying a double bend Zack White [find their link on banner at top] has the belt blanks of the several vendors I've tried.

Thanks Mike, I'll check him out.

Edited January 23, 2010 by Bryan

[kevinhopkins]

Hi...Double butts are always good. We cut all of our blanks from hermann oak sides if that's of any interest to you. It's hard to find a better tooling belt in my opinion. But anymore, some of the double butts are very good too.

Kevin

[Bryan]

Hi...Double butts are always good. We cut all of our blanks from hermann oak sides if that's of any interest to you. It's hard to find a better tooling belt in my opinion. But anymore, some of the double butts are very good too.

Kevin

Thanks Kevin. What will be the difference between cutting from a side or a double butt? Will they stretch differently due to the direction of grain or anything like that?