Full Grain Leather Belt Reddit

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Full grain leather belt reddit.

Make sure you buy a full grain vegetable tanned leather blank. It s the full hide not sanded or corrected or weakened in any way. If necessary use leather cleaner. Lay the belt down on a towel and apply leather conditioner.

I ve been using concealed carry belts for years. Although the two. Cleaning the belt will remove essential oils so conditioner must be used afterwards or the leather will dry out. But again someone selling full grain leather won t market it as genuine leather because they know the huge difference.

I have one i ve worn it a bit and it s pretty good. Once the hair is removed during processing the natural grain pattern is visible. Nice thick full grain and a lot cheaper than many of the premium belt brands. Note though that these belts run large so buy your pant size as opposed to pant size 2.

Those are not full grain leather and in fact one of the worst quality belts i ve ever seen. So to recap full grain leather is the best because it hasn t been altered. Full grain leather is made from the whole hide of the animal whether it is cow leather kangaroo or any other animal. You can see whether the grain of the leather looks natural or artificial.

You can feel whether the leather feels plasticky or not which tbh could give a false negative if it s a full grain leather which then treated with a thick finishing coat. Do not get the fully finished belt blanks from tandy the ones that are already dyed brown or black. Or it s possible x 100 and a belt labelled as genuine leather could be equivalent to top grain or full grain full grain is used to refer to either leather which has had the hair and flesh removed but otherwise contains the full thickness of hide. It will come with snaps to hold the buckle on so all we ll need to do is trim the end to size fit it for a hole and preserve the leather.

If dirty clean the belt with a soft rag and very little warm water. This is the actual full grain leather belt strip. The hide of an animal is strongest and most durable just below the hair. Full grain leather is also genuine leather by definition.

Help reddit app reddit. You can get a metal belt keep a leather one or get a buckle that doesn t need a keep. Don t get anything else. If you don t mind spending more i ve heard good things about allen edmonds leather belts but those are closer to 100.

The little leather loop. Optional belt keep of matching width 1. Men s wearhouse has full grain leather belts for 20. I chose the 1 5 inch belt which is pretty standard for men s belts but they also have thinner and thicker options.

Use any buckle you want. 1 point 3 years ago.