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13th April 10, 03:11 PM
#1
Kilt belt and Buckle
Being a "Gentleman of Substance", I often find it very hard to locate belts that fit, let alone one large enough to qualify as a kilt belt... So I thought I would put one together. I bought a 3" wide strip of leather from Tandy Leather, shaped, dyed and sealed it, then added a buckle I put together in my shop. I could have saved a few hours labour with an inexpensive re-enactment style buckle, but where's the fun in that? There's not much choice in 3 1/2" wide buckles either!
The buckle is made from sheet brass stock I had lying around, and decorated with strips of 1/2" stainless steel that is riveted on using hollow steel rivets. The decorative pattern of Celtic knot concho and rivets repeats 4 times around the belt, appearing at approx. 3 o'clock, 5, 7 and 9 o'clock positions when the belt is worn. (The tartan I have used to photograph the belt is my daughter's dancing kilt, so pictures of me wearing the kilt belt will have to wait at least another week until my kilt is finished... )
~Steve
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13th April 10, 04:24 PM
#2
Very nicely done, and truly a belt that you can be proud of!
...but now, you need to make a brass cantled sporran to go with it. 
 Originally Posted by piperdbh
...then the store manager would try to throw us out, and when RR and tyger and various others tried to stare him down with The Look he'd accuse us of voodoo or something and we'd wind up in the clink or on Dr. Phil.
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13th April 10, 04:34 PM
#3
The workmanship looks like you've done things like this before! Very nice!
The rivets in the stainless steel saltire resemble the stars in the conferderate flag. I'm guessing some of the Southern States members on XMTS will appreciate this too.
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13th April 10, 04:49 PM
#4
Originally Posted by azwildcat96
The rivets in the stainless steel saltire resemble the stars in the conferderate flag. I'm guessing some of the Southern States members on XMTS will appreciate this too.
I was thinking the same thing. 
Originally Posted by piperdbh
...then the store manager would try to throw us out, and when RR and tyger and various others tried to stare him down with The Look he'd accuse us of voodoo or something and we'd wind up in the clink or on Dr. Phil.
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13th April 10, 05:29 PM
#5
Originally Posted by Ryan Ross
I was thinking the same thing.
Yep, my first thought was "his flag has 4 too many stars" 
Very nice work on the belt and bucke!
Order of the Dandelion, The Houston Area Kilt Society, Bald Rabble in Kilts, Kilted Texas Rabble Rousers, The Flatcap Confederation, Kilted Playtron Group.
"If you’re going to talk the talk, you’ve got to walk the walk"
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13th April 10, 06:16 PM
#6
Being Canadian, I naturally did not think about the "Southern Cross" when I was designing the buckle. I was going for symmetry and an industrial look, hence the steel rivets.
My wife and I have made custom jewelry in the recent past- she tends to wire wrapping and chain maille, and I do some brazing and delicate soldering in silver and brass. Lately I have been putting together some of the tools she needs to try different projects, notably a 20 ton bench-top press for pressing designs into silver and copper sheet metal.
The sporran will be another thread... I didn't go with a brass cantle, but I should have some pictures up later tonight!
~Steve
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