Long Traditional Kilt Belt Needed

[Donnie]

I can get the leather for that size kilt belt. What I will need to know is what kind of buckle it is. Send a picture of the back.
Donnie

[Grizzly]

I can vouch for Donnie, the man is a genius and extremely good to deal with. I am the proud owner of one of his sporrans and his workmanship is superb.

[Tomak]

I second that. Donnie's work is top notch and he's great to work with.

[thehighlands4me]

Thanks Grizzly for your affirmation concerning Donnie. Great to know his reputation speaks well of his work. We have been emailing back and forth since Thursday. The problem is my indecision. As I was telling Donnie, in much to much detail. For your reading enjoyment, this is a portion of that much to long email.

Here's the situation for me. I am waiting on delivery of my 8 yard, 16 oz., Henderson Weathered traditional kilt from my supplier in Scotland. Estimated delivery date range is August 27th - September 13th. There is a kilt accessory package that the supplier offers that I'm considering purchasing with my kilt, it will ship from the US as opposed to Scotland. The accessory package includes several items; shirt, sporran, sporran suspenders, buckle, belt, flashes, hose, kilt pin. Not real confident with the quality of the items included, given that the accessory kit is like $100 in addition to my kilt purchase. Now also please understand that I'm a member of The Clan Henderson Society, (for whatever that's worth) and this vendor works with our clan extensively, thus I'm assuming gives us a better price point. We have our Highland Games coming up September 20th, 2014. A little over a month from now. So the question is, do I go with the accessory package and hope for the best, with the potential of being backed up against a deadline to get a belt from you if the one in the accessory package is not up to expectations?

[Grizzly]

If it helps at all, when I first started kllting, I had a standard kilt belt, like the one that is supplied with a kilt package, like you I am somewhat comfortable around the middle
and the standard kilt belt is fine ..... For a while, then you see what other people are wearing, you get more experienced and you think to yourself,my kit is bog standard, I want something better. Save yourself a few bucks and go with Donnie from the outset. I have other sporrans and belts which are now gathering dust in my drawer because quite simply once you buy something from a quality maker nothing else will do.