width for mens belts

[wizard of tragacanth]

In the U.S. Capri's are tight fitting ladies pants that stop just below the knee. However, I have seen some men wearing them lately...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capri_pants

[RockyAussie]

10 hours ago, TLP said:

Are there standard widths for mens belts?

 

In my experience you would best look at your local buckle suppliers range. Here in Australia 30mm has a very wide range for dress belts which can often be a clip on style and sometimes reversible. 38mm(1 1/2") is very common but more for the casual jeans type wear. 32mm (1 1/4") is the next most common width range and can go suit dress or casual and I do a lot in 35mm but that size range is a lot less available.

[Matt S]

9 hours ago, wizard of tragacanth said:

In the U.S. Capri's are tight fitting ladies pants that stop just below the knee. However, I have seen some men wearing them lately...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capri_pants

Yeah I don't understand that whole "not shorts, just trousers that aren't long enough" thing. Call me old fashioned, but I wear trousers that touch the top of my boots. And if it's hot enough for shorts, or I'm doing something involving lots of water or mud, shorts means "short" i.e just long enough to not get arrested. The sort of shorts that wouldn't look out of place on a chap patrolling the southern African bush wearing just them, some webbing and a G3.

Oh right, belts. I recommend 1.5" for most jeans and chinos, narrower for smarter trousers and wider for cargos/combats. Stock belts are 1" and 1.5" wide, but I've done them as narrow as 0.5" for commissions. 1" or 0.75" were popular before the 1970s for men's slacks -- think high waisted Oxford bags, or Joe Friday boring a criminal into submission.

 

[SaddleBags]

Inch and a half for a gun belt???  Wonder what they're carrying.  The western rigs that I make (call them cowboy style if you like) are either 2.5 or 3", depending on what goes in the holster, and of course what the customer asks for. 

[wizard of tragacanth]

10 hours ago, SaddleBags said:

Inch and a half for a gun belt???  Wonder what they're carrying.  The western rigs that I make (call them cowboy style if you like) are either 2.5 or 3", depending on what goes in the holster, and of course what the customer asks for. 

I actually forget how many people still holster a pair of 6 irons these days! I have never been involved in Cowboy Action Shooting, nor have I ever been to such an event. All of my firearm's experience is from a Concealed Weapons, Self Defense perspective. 

The belts that I was referring to are made for Concealed Weapons, so they kinda look like a normal 1.5"  belt but they are thick, sometimes as much as 1/4". They are usually only holding up one gun, and maybe one or two, loaded magazines. 

My 9mm handgun, loaded with a 15 round magazine, weighs somewhere around 2.5 lbs.

[wizard of tragacanth]

14 hours ago, Matt S said:

Yeah I don't understand that whole "not shorts, just trousers that aren't long enough" thing. Call me old fashioned, but I wear trousers that touch the top of my boots. And if it's hot enough for shorts, or I'm doing something involving lots of water or mud, shorts means "short" i.e just long enough to not get arrested. The sort of shorts that wouldn't look out of place on a chap patrolling the southern African bush wearing just them, some webbing and a G3.

I totally agree with your clothing choice, Matt. I was actually making fun of the younger guys that wear this Capri style recently. It looks very effeminate to me after seeing it for years as a ladies pant. Guess I should've used a Smiley Face on that comment.

Now you have to educate me and tell me what a G3 is. Around here it is a new model of pistol 

nick

[MikeRock]

HK G3, nice assault rifle. 

[wizard of tragacanth]

N - I - C - E !!!

[SaddleBags]

My bad, Wizard,  I really hadn't considered a dress belt that will handle a weapon as a gun belt.  Guess that's just the cowboy in me.  Other that the language barrier, I guess we're on the same page.

[wizard of tragacanth]

No worries SaddleBags. Just the difference between Western 6-Irons and City Slicker Concealed Carry. We only know what we are familiar with... or something like that.

nick