$16 Kilt Belt

[Sherry]

Great idea, Phil. It turned out well.

[Sir Robert]

What I did was take the raw pink leather belt and used brown shoe polish which has some pigment in it thus giving me a lighter brown than you have. The color soaks in in differant rates in differant spots on the leather giving me a "distressed" look to my belt so that new it apears quite old.

If you want a smooth color use a leather dye and "Neutrial" shoe polish.

Another 3 inch wide belt is the military pistol belt, the old cotton ones can be dyed any color in the rainbow and the brass can be polished to a near chrome color. New pistol belts can be bought like that.

[mbhandy]

fantastic Idea and follow thru. I saw a real thin belt at Wally World (WalMart)
but they only have it in a size 34 I was told after the New Year They would be getting in some Larger belts 8-) but I wont hold my breath :rolleyes:

MrBill

[mbhandy]

Phil,

I did your trick and did a black dye and I will post it later. I also went to the feed and grain store in town and got a dark brown halter strap for my SWK brown day sporran cut it down with kitchen schears and it works great.

MrBill

[pdcorlis]

Dang! The Feed and Grain Store? Now there's a place I never thought about checking!

[Moosehead]

Regimental stable belts, thats the way to go. However, I'll probably grab me one of these belts as well. Looks darn nice.

[davedove]

Dang! The Feed and Grain Store? Now there's a place I never thought about checking!

Any place where they sell tack and harness is a good place to look. Where I grew up, that was often the feed store.

[Panache]

Phil,

I used the information on this thread to make a light tan thin womens belt from Target (clearance price $8) a nice dark brown sporran belt to go with my new Stillwater brown fur daywear sporran. For anybody interested, dying leather isn't too hard. Thanks Phil!

Cheers