Anyone Use Heavy Skirting For Belts?

[ShortBBL]

I'm curious if anyone uses a heavy skirting leather for belts? I was thinking of trying a 10-12 oz quality Skirting.

Feedback would be appreciated!

Thanks

[busted]

I'm curious if anyone uses a heavy skirting leather for belts? I was thinking of trying a 10-12 oz quality Skirting.

Feedback would be appreciated!

Thanks

I use double shoulders or sides of 9 or 10 oz. split to the specific thickness. 12oz is to hard to fold over a buckle. Skirting is acceptable English bridle is good too. I do not use latigo.

Hope this helped.

[Shooter McGavin]

If you go with thick leather you can skive down the buckle fold over portion.

[tonyc1]

It's easier if you use a Half buckle instead of a Full buckle also!

Tony.

[BondoBobCustomSaddles]

Shorty, I am a saddle maker, and almost all I have around is 10 oz and up. When I make a belt, first off I skive the leather to the desired thickness, keep in mind that all of my belts are doubled and stitched so actually both sides are skived to approximately 6 oz. then glued and stitched, after I have tooled and finger carved on them. Also, in the area of the buckle and the "tongue" area where the belt holes are I also skive down a little more to allow for folding and for the tongue to pass through the buckle properly.

Hope that helps!

Bob

[Mijo]

I use double shoulders or sides of 9 or 10 oz. split to the specific thickness. 12oz is to hard to fold over a buckle. Skirting is acceptable English bridle is good too. I do not use latigo.

Hope this helped.

Busted, just wondering why you don't use latigo for belts. I make small dog harness and leads and I only order latigo or bridle leather, I've been thinking of making myself a belt with some of the black latigo leather that I have. I'd use the bridle leather but the only color I have right now is pink and I don't want a pink belt.

[BondoBobCustomSaddles]

Shorty, I am a saddle maker, and almost all I have around is 10 oz and up. When I make a belt, first off I skive the leather to the desired thickness, keep in mind that all of my belts are doubled and stitched so actually both sides are skived to approximately 6 oz. then glued and stitched, after I have tooled and finger carved on them. Also, in the area of the buckle and the "tongue" area where the belt holes are I also skive down a little more to allow for folding and for the tongue to pass through the buckle properly.

Hope that helps!

Bob

Found a pic (not very good,) but it demonstrates what I was talking about.

Bob

[busted]

Busted, just wondering why you don't use latigo for belts. I make small dog harness and leads and I only order latigo or bridle leather, I've been thinking of making myself a belt with some of the black latigo leather that I have. I'd use the bridle leather but the only color I have right now is pink and I don't want a pink belt.

I have used it for belts but I could not get a satisfactory finish on the edge. I was probably doing something wrong so I stopped using it.

[horsewreck]

I'm curious if anyone uses a heavy skirting leather for belts? I was thinking of trying a 10-12 oz quality Skirting.

Feedback would be appreciated!

Thanks

We have made quite a few belts using a single ply of heavy skirting. When I true up the backline on a side of skirting (we do a lot of stirrup leathers) I often have a strip wide and long enough for a heavy strap belt. These belts are very well recieved by our customers and we often sell them to guys who saw a friend of his wearing one. These belts are great for construction workers and folks who carry guns and other heavy stuff. I would caution if you cut a belt strip from a leather that does not have a firm temper, you had better double and stitch it to avoid stretching. On the single ply skirting belts we most often use a roller buckle and loop not a heel bar buckle. As far as the bend at the buckle goes, we thin it a tad right in the area to be bent and wet it a little and it works fine. I have made some strap belts as heavy as 15oz. ... Jeff