2.5 Inch Brass Kilt Belt Buckles (Found!)

[Tenmiles]

They also have some kilt hose, including diced hose with feet (not just the hose tops), and nickle plated shoe buckles for those so inclined. So do poke around!

They have some really expensive diced hose, too!


Also, with regards to the shipping; I noticed that the shopping cart listed it as"Shipping: qty. 1 at 3 lbs = $15" (or something to that effect).
In an email conversation with David Brunelle (proprietor of the site, I guess), when I made an aside mention that I'd shudder to think that the buckle actually weighed anywhere close to three pounds; he said he'd refund me the difference if its actual shipping cost came out to be less.
That's the kind of polite proprietorship which makes a tentative new customer an instant fan.


I just wish they had pictures for all the items.... there are too many interesting-sounding items which have no picture yet.

[cj7ox]

Thanks for the links, Tenmiles!

[Tenmiles]

The proprietor and I have been exchanging some emails; they were currently out of the Garrison buckle, which I had ordered simply because the stated $15 shipping pushed the others just out of my current project budget.
However, he said the shipping will turn out to be only $5 after all, so he upgraded my order to the Dragoon buckle (which is what I'd really wanted), for which I couldn't be happier.

[Tenmiles]

And so the buckle finally arrived the other day, and I made a belt out of a strap of 2.5 inch wide buffalo leather(9 oz) and put the two together this morning.




























The shipping was a bit slow; the buckle itself (which is rather heavy) came in a tape-reinforced air mail envelope from Canada, but I have to say that I highly recommend Coughlin and Upton, and David Brunell (through the linked site in the original post), as a polite and personal business.

[Dughlas mor]

Verra nice! The buffalo leather looks like it makes a supple belt.

[Tenmiles]

Yeah, it's just right for my preference. Thick enough for ages of durability, but without the extensive break-in of bark-tanned tooling hide. Juuust a little bit of stretch and pull-up. Also, colorfast.
It's a lot like latigo, but a little softer. It's what I wish more latigo was like.