Just purchased a no.79 in 38" and I can't wait to have it in hand. I had a Duluth Trading Co. Lifetime Belt that failed on me and they are giving me a hard time with the warranty so I looked around and learned about Bucklehurst. Thanks for continuing tradition making things they way they used to.
Like a lot of people who have watched Harry over the years on you-tube and promising myself that i would treat myself to one of his belts .I finally ordered one and i wasn't disappointed his attention to detail is second to none including the box and packaging The belt was a perfect fit all i can say to anyone considering buying a belt is don't wait like i did and go ahead and order one Craftspeople like Harry should be supported in their craft. You get what you pay for and this belt will last a lifetime Thanks Harry
Another vid maker calls the crap belt shown at the start of this vid as 'fashion trash'. An apt description. This chap rounding his belt edges is spot on (removing the corners with an edging tool), this is standard bridle making practice, same with punching oval adjusting holes. English Sedgwick leather this vid maker uses, lovely leather and a joy to work with. I use Sedgwick leather for safety items such as stirrups, girth point, girths and surcingles. I love working with Sedgwick. I have visited that oak bark tannery in Cobbeton in Devon, also lovely leather - J&FJ Baker tannery. From an Aussie saddlemaker. I hope this vid maker keeps up his informative videos.
your correct Harry, I live in Texas and all my life I bought them kind if belts and every time they wore out in the same fashion, I learned myself to make my own from quality veg leather, a solid leather type is the only way to go even if one has to go to Tandy and buy one already split and in veg
Wonderful video! Thanks for sharing! I appreciate the small details you put into your belt, especially the skiving (sp) when the leather attaches to the buckle. As I've shopped around for a good quality belt, there are a lot of people making belts out of good leather. But when I look at the pictures of the belt, especially on a person, the leather bludges heavily around the buckle. You can tell they just don't have much manufacturing or crafting experience. I will be going to check out your website and see if I can find a new belt!
I bought a good leather belt when i was fourteen and wore it almost every day it has finally given up the ghost after my 50th birthday it is well worth buying a good leather belt.....
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Parabéns que qualidade! Obrigado por compartilhar!
I got into leather crafts in about a year ago and I've made some belts using low-grade leather from Tandy Leather. but now I want to step up my game and I'm conflicted between purchasing a side from Wickett and Craig or Sedgwick
another great video, Harry. Thank you! Three questions: did you make your own loop sticks, and will you do a video on different kinds of quality leather, and a video on what leather from different parts of the animal are particularly good for?
John Dally Hi John.....I use leather blanks as loop sticks....I have used wooden ones but because I round all edges both sides for wearer comfort I find the blanks work just fine. I have popped a film up on leather quality....thanks for the suggestions I will see what I can do. Best regards Harry
Your belts look great Harry and you are a very easy watch. I'm sick and tired of spending 20 odd quid on belts that just disintegrate in months. Time to trade up for me, might as well start with one of yours. Forgive the daft question but what is your site called so I can order?
Hello Vi Vie, I I would not overly recommend my belts for someone looking for a soft belt, as they are all full grain thick leather made to last, and need to break in to an extent, but will reward you with years of service. For casual wear the oak bark ones are very good, they are thick and heavy duty. For more formal wear the slightly thinner and smooth surface of the Sedgwicks are best, and the plain bridle belts are going to be similar to the Sedgwicks, but softer.
Hi Harry, another great video, really appreciate them. I made my first belt last week using bridle butt! I wanted to ask, what are your thoughts on using unfinished, un-dyed veg-tan tooling leather for belts and stamping/carving/tooling them with a specific pattern followed by finishing them with dye/oil/antique/resolene?
@@harryrogers thanks. I had seen Russet Kip sides for tooling but I wasn't sure what the quality was like. Are sides of leather like this ok to use for belts/wallets?
Great video! I'm 39 years old and i purchased an genuine brown leather abercrombie & fitch belt with solid brass components made in usa back in 1997 for $50 dollars and i still use it to this day. I have never had a problem with leather cracking or anything like that but the other day the small leather piece that holds the belts access fell off ughh. The belt still works great but now the extra is flapping all around. My question is do you have any good advice on how to fix it? I still have the piece with the little metal piece that holds it together but one side tore a tiny bit. It seems it originally went under the belts stitching as well. Not sure how to crimp it back together if i can't see what i'm doing under the belt stitching? Any advice would help. This belt still has years of use left in it, definitely a quality made belt. Thanks!
You really cannot beat the quality of a good Oak Bark tanned belt, do you make your J&F Baker leather belts with the colour stitching and roller buckle ? I really cant see how ,with all the extra operations and machine equipment required, that the "processed leather is cheaper than real leather, every time you go through a process it require time and equipment, you would think that this inferior material would cost more to produce, I realise they stat with leather scraps, but it is still extra work. Chris B.
Hi my current range of oak bark belts are on my website...it regularly changes...I have done fancy stitching but I do this channel set below the surface and I prefer the firmness of the Sedgwicks leather for that...they are both lovely first rate leathers in different ways...and yes knock spots off any reconstituted rubbish that really should not be called leather! Regards Harry
@@harryrogers sir is there any way to contact with you? I'm really trying so hard to build up new premimum belts manufacturing in budget for budget sagemet.but in my country the tanneries people are dumb & people are here not used of international standards.
I've worn one of these belts for two years, and I think it's a great belt except that it sticks out quite a lot between the strap and buckle (it doesn't want to "lie flat"). I would still buy another one but on the web site it looks like they're sewn instead of rivetted; am I wrong?
Hello thanks very much for your feedback, and yes I have been doing quite a few with saddle stitched on buckles, do you prefer the saddlers rivets ones? I may do a few more of those in the New Year. All the best Harry
@@harryrogers I don't mind stitched or riveted, but the rivets on mine seem to have performed perfectly. Have you experimented with using both? I would be up for buying a £100+ belt. BTW I might send you a picture showing the part of mine that won't "lie down".
@@metallitech I might try some with blackened rivets, I think you could almost tow a truck with saddlers rivets! Is your belt an oak bark tanned belt, they are quite thick and take longer to bed in, but a little hand warmth might coax it in, you could feed it with something like Effax to soften it a bit, but it will go darker, and of course watch your clothes...I hope that helps.
@@harryrogers I have used saddle soap once, and I have been meaning to get some Lord Sheraton balsam. I think that the ultimate solution would be to have the holes going through at an angle instead of normal. But I know nothing about leatherwork.
Hi David...I do not own one so cannot in fairness comment, but when deciding if a belt is good I personally look to see if its vegetable tanned, full grain, full thickness bridle leather which is fairly rare these days.
@@SOCerberus94 Hi I will list some tomorrow or at the weekend including a 28 inch trouser size which will be reduced as it has a faint scratch...if you want me to send you a link once listed please send me a message to harrycycle@gmail.com thanks.
