Can't find a belt...

[Mattg]

I bough my belt from Dangerous Threads and it's great. It's 2 inches thick, and he custom made it for me. You can have any size made. Mine cost $25.

[AllenJ]

might want to look into making your own. Find a local leather shop and look for belt blanks. They usually come very long so you can cut it to your needs. I made one a year or so ago. Just buff leather and some black dye. It was really simple and much cheaper.

[An t-Ileach]

The problem is the leather - at 57" you're pushing the limit of the hides ('cos you have to add about another 3"-4" for the buckle turn), although you can get longer ones out of some butts. Width isn't so much of a problem, although many belts are conditioned by the available buckles.

Weaver Leather of Mount Hope, Ohio, does cut up hides into mail order straps for belts and some of them are pretty long. You could give them a call. If you've got somebody who could make up the strap into a belt, you'd be well away.

[Caradoc]

The problem is the leather - at 57" you're pushing the limit of the hides ('cos you have to add about another 3"-4" for the buckle turn), although you can get longer ones out of some butts. Width isn't so much of a problem, although many belts are conditioned by the available buckles.

An option would be to splice a few belt blanks together into a "Ranger-style" belt, where there are additional plaques of leather interspersed along the length, and the buckle turnover and belt tongue are not integral to the belt itself - they're stitched-on additions.

Like these: Ranger-style tool belt

[An t-Ileach]

One splices straps to make reins for driving harness. For a belt, one could make the splice into a feature (say, at centre back) - the stitching should look like a saltire encased in a rectangle, quite appropriate for wearing with the kilt, I'd say.

[Chris Webb]

The biggest belt I've seen is at Lowes ... 2 3/4 inch oil stained work belt. Makes a dandy kilt belt and can be cut to the proper length.

Kilt On.

Chris Webb

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

I bough my belt from Dangerous Threads and it's great. It's 2 inches thick, and he custom made it for me. You can have any size made. Mine cost $25.

Mattg, thanks for the link! I just bought one of his (or her) 2" brown belts. I have been lookin for a wider brown belt for some of my kilts and this should be perfect, and the right price!

[Mattg]

Mattg, thanks for the link! I just bought one of his (or her) 2" brown belts. I have been lookin for a wider brown belt for some of my kilts and this should be perfect, and the right price!

They're nice people too. I measured wrong the first time, and the belt was not the right size. So I called him and he said to send it back and he would send another free of charge, even though it was my fault!