Members Dwight Posted March 9, 2016 Members Report Posted March 9, 2016 The buckle needs to be included. Here's why it matters - the three belts are all the same length of leather, but different sizes due to the buckle. ... bucklesize2.gif "Like"........... I just pushed the like button for this post, . . . thanks JLS........... May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Members PAMuzzle Posted March 10, 2016 Author Members Report Posted March 10, 2016 Thanks to all. Understand now why buckle is included. Thanks JLS for the graphic. Quote
Members Dwight Posted March 10, 2016 Members Report Posted March 10, 2016 Actually, . . . I guess this whole discussion just may hang on one question: do you provide a buckle with the belt you are selling? Yes, . . . I always do. That is the way stores sell em, . . . that is the way they are sold by just about everyone I know about on the net, . . . so that is the way I do it. That is also the way I know when I make a 44 1/2 inch belt, . . . it is a 44 1/2 inch belt from the inside of the buckle lip to the center hole. But that's just my way, . . . OMMV. May God bless, Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Members TinkerTailor Posted March 10, 2016 Members Report Posted March 10, 2016 Both should be measured. The total length of the existing belt from the bucklebar to the most used hole AND the distance between the bars on the current buckle. This way you can subtract the length of the buckle of the from the total length to get the leather length, regardless of which buckle you use in the end. Quote "If nobody shares what they know, we will eventually all know nothing." "There is no adventure in letting fear and common sense be your guide"
Members YinTx Posted March 10, 2016 Members Report Posted March 10, 2016 And then there's the other dimension: the width. Had a recent customer want a 1.5" belt width, I asked twice to make sure, yeppers, he wanted that 1.5" width. So I spent time and effort to hand stitch it all nice, delivered it, punched the hole onsite custom to the customer's request. Called back 1 week later to see how it was working out... lo and behold, he can't get it to fit any of his other pants. Turns out he's wearing dress slacks all the time, and 1.5" just wont pass through the loops! So he hasn't used it at all. The buckle didn't make any difference at all in that instance! Might be making that one over again, but 1.25" instead. YinTx Quote YinTx https://www.instagram.com/lanasia_2017/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLK6HvLWuZTzjt3MbR0Yhcj_WIQIvchezo
Members PAMuzzle Posted March 11, 2016 Author Members Report Posted March 11, 2016 YUP... Hence the question!! Quote
Members club49 Posted March 18, 2016 Members Report Posted March 18, 2016 It would be cheaper to buy him a pair of jeans. Jim Quote
Members Red Cent Posted March 30, 2016 Members Report Posted March 30, 2016 Buckle a belt. What two points determine the size? Quote https://www.facebook.com/redcentcustomleather?ref=bookmarks http://www.redcentcustomleather.com/
Contributing Member JLSleather Posted March 31, 2016 Contributing Member Report Posted March 31, 2016 (edited) Officially, the two points would be 1) where the tongue meets the buckle, and 2) the hole you want to use, on the INSIDE of teh belt (the outside will not measure the same). I see the graphic is missing.. maybe this will help until if returns Note that the leather is the SAME length in each belt, but the buckle changes teh "size". Edited March 31, 2016 by JLSleather Quote "Observation is 9/10 of the law." IF what you do is something that ANYBODY can do, then don't be surprised when ANYBODY does.
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