Leather belt with solid brass hand forged buckle

This lovely belt is 38mm wide and comes with a solid brass buckle that was also made by hand at a forge in England.

Colour is "Show Brown".
All done by hand. Cut off the shoulder of a cowhide using a 145 year old Joseph Dixon Plough Gauge.
Edges are beveled and burnished.
Secured with solid brass Chicago Screws which allows the wearer to change buckles if desired.
Please note: This belt is custom made. We will need your measurement to build it.

Find out more about me here: https://felt.co.nz/blog/meet-the-maker/my-work-is-slow-leather-does-not-invite-speed-the-contemplative-craft-of-honey-bird-leathercraft/

Why vegetable tanned leather?

Prior to becoming a leatherworker, I was unaware that there were different ways to tan leather. In fact, 95% of the leather products on the market today are made from leather tanned using Chromium Sulfate. This is a rather “dirty” i.e. toxic way to go about it. I don’t want my children, or my customers, absorbing this “salt” into their bloodstreams by wearing my products. For this, and other reasons, I use veg-tanned leather exclusively.