Members llucas Posted April 3, 2016 Members Report Posted April 3, 2016 (edited) I make gun belts for paddle holsters and concealed carry. They are 1/4" thick, made up of two 8/9 oz straps laminated with Barge cement. Some of my clients like the Western style buckle sets which include buckle, metal belt keeper, and metal belt tip fitted onto a tapered belt design. Problem: most of the belt tips are made for a single belt strap, not a double layer belt. Same problem with the belt keeper. I have been carving/skiving the leather tip and letting it into the belt tip. Scalloped edges on the belt tip offer another complication. This works, but introduces an inherent weakness into the tip of the belt. Does anyone have a source for metal belt tips that are made to accommodate +/- 16 oz of leather? I have looked everywhere; quizzed my current sources but have drawn a blank. It is a lot of work fitting a belt tip designed for a single strap onto a double layer belt. Here are two examples of what I have done to make this work: Edited April 3, 2016 by llucas Quote
Members OLDNSLOW Posted April 3, 2016 Members Report Posted April 3, 2016 That's about all you can do is size the leather down to where the tip of the leather will sip in, course if someone comes up with something better I would like to hear it as well, as I make some myself, but out of a single piece of 1/4 leather. Quote
Members Cumberland Highpower Posted Monday at 04:57 PM Members Report Posted Monday at 04:57 PM (edited) So I came across this old post and am looking for some similar input here in 2025. I've contracted a run of belts with these types of tips, but find them to be a bit of a pain. I've got 1" tips to attach. Is there a die or punch specifically made for these types of tips? After looking online at some photos of production belts, it seems I see a mix of some sort of custom fitting and belts simply fitted to a leather tip with an English point. The later appears to have some taper visible before entering the tip? I'd like to cut this particular run of belts on my Galli. If there is a pattern or readily available "punch" of some sort I could install or modify to cut it, would be great. Any thoughts or advice? This is the first batch of belts with tips I'll have made. Edited Monday at 04:58 PM by Cumberland Highpower Quote
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