reversible belt

[cjartist]

Very Nice.  I kinda like the splash of black provided by the keeper on the brown side.  I guess it all depends on what your customer wants.

[Halitech]

7 hours ago, Windrider30 said:

Stunning and I may steal this idea lol but personally I would make two keepers as you said one brown one black for either side the keepers wont get in the way to much I do not think!

the keeper floats so he could store whichever one he;s not using at the time

10 minutes ago, cjartist said:

Very Nice.  I kinda like the splash of black provided by the keeper on the brown side.  I guess it all depends on what your customer wants.

I kinda like it too but it is up to the customer

[Matt S]

It's not as pretty as yours but here is the belt I made myself a couple years ago.  The snaps worked well, I'd be happy to sell a similar belt and put my name on it. Chicago screws would be excessively fiddly and slow imo. Of course I don't carry any weight on this belt so if it's intended to hold up a Bowie knife, a Coonan 357 and a six-pack as well as a pair of trousers I think the snaps might have trouble.

[RockyAussie]

Just curious is that 8 snaps to reverse or what Matt S. Regards Brian

[Stetson912]

Aww I got to your question too late. They look awesome though. 

I did have an idea, maybe it'll help someone wanting to do the same thing? 

What if you took a belt blank of whatever thickness and sandwiched it between the two sides of the belt. You would keep the middle one longer than the other two to be the part to hold the buckle. You could dye each side of that little piece the opposite color and fasten it however you like. Would that work?

I think what you did is just fine and works great. This is just what came to mind when I saw your question. Food for thought 

[Matt S]

7 hours ago, RockyAussie said:

Just curious is that 8 snaps to reverse or what Matt S. Regards Brian

No just four. The black layer is a few inches longer than the brown (difficult to see with my photography) and has the tongue slot. I'll upload a video tonight when I get some time.

[RockyAussie]

Ah Ha, Now I get it. Good idea.

[RockyAussie]

8 hours ago, Stetson912 said:

Aww I got to your question too late. They look awesome though. 

I did have an idea, maybe it'll help someone wanting to do the same thing? 

What if you took a belt blank of whatever thickness and sandwiched it between the two sides of the belt. You would keep the middle one longer than the other two to be the part to hold the buckle. You could dye each side of that little piece the opposite color and fasten it however you like. Would that work?

I think what you did is just fine and works great. This is just what came to mind when I saw your question. Food for thought 

Interesting idea but I think just a couple of inches in and tapered off would do due to expense.Could be quite difficult with snaps though I think.

[Stetson912]

True, you would also have an unfinished side of the buckle tab that may be undesirable. And possibly an awkward step on the front where the layers come together. I didn't think about those things lol

[YinTx]

On 6/4/2017 at 10:09 PM, Halitech said:

I may make a second keeper to match the brown

How about a two sided keeper? Just dye the flip side brown..  Alternatively, just use a metal keeper like MattS.  Regardless, I like the belt, well done!

YinTx