Lined and Raised Bridle Leather Belt

This belt is the flagship of our current belt range, and is made without compromise of either time or materials. We use two and a half times as much leather in the construction of this belt compared with our unlined belts and in common with all the rest of our products it is entirely hand stiched. An average sized belt will contain in the region of 1,000 stiches, so this is quite an undertaking! Because of the amount of work in each belt everyone will be totally unique.

Comparing this, a product we feel that is of a quality you will be hard pressed to find anywhere else, with a high street bought belt is like comparing a Kia with a classic Aston Martin, one mass produced by the thousand with components sourced from the lowest bidder, the other hand crafted luxury made by craftsmen from the best materials available.

We make this belts from three strips of first selection J.E Sedgwick Bridle leather . The lining is made from one strip, so you have the same quality leather on the inside as the outside, somthing all but unheard of outside the saddlery trade. The second strip is inside the belt, and is used to create the raised strip down the centre of the belt. The face of the belt is, as with the lining, best bridle leather, and is the third strip. We thin all three layers by the optimum amount, so the edges are approximatly 1 1/4 times the thickness of our unlined range and the centre is approx twice as thick as our standard range. These layers are held together by around 1000 stiches, each individually hand sewn and knotted for security using linen thread. All in all a very robust yet beautiful belt that will last for many years, age well, and will conform to the individual curves of your body as you wear it.

One of the many areas we pay special attention to is the construction of the keepers. The Lined and Raised belt comes with 2 keepers, one fixed by the buckle, as with all of our belts, and one running free to keep the  tail of the belt held neatly in place. The keepers are cut slightly thicker and wider than our standard keeper to compliment the overall design, and in addition, we case and block the keepers and subtly ornament the face to produce an elegant finished item reminisent of the best quality harness work of the 19th century.

By default we offer a choice of Nickel, Stainless Steel or Brass West End buckle. However we are very happy to use any buckle from our range, please just ask if you require somthing different.

We are able to make your belt either entirely from one of the colours listed below, or in any combination of face, lining and keeper colour that you choose. For example a black lining strip and keeper provides an elegant contrast to an Australian Nut face and compliments the burnished black edges.

Each belt is made to measure for you and will come with 7 holes, giving you 6 inches of adjustment. Please see our measuring guide to help ensure you select the correct size. As this belt is thicker than our unlined range we recomend you order 3" bigger than your trouser size, thus a 33" belt for a 30" trouser wearer.

Our colour range can be seen here, and further details of the craft underlying the making of your belt can be found here. If you'd like to have a look at some of the comments we have recieved from customers recently about this and other products take a look at our comments page here .