Quote Originally Posted by Bigkahuna View Post
I have seen wire embroidered belts listed as dirk belts and I was wondering why a separate belt would be worn when the waist belt could serve the same purpose. Is this something reserved for Levee Dress or some other special occasion??
Are the wire embroidered belts worn by officers of Highland regiments? If so, in that case that IS the waist belt and the dirk would be fastened to this belt with a frog.

Check these belts out here so we might know if we are talking about the same thing:
http://www.highlandbrigade.com/products/index.asp

Go under " byTypes" to the "Waist Belt Clasps and waist belts" link.