I need a new belt

[Jared]

I had more trouble finding a belt I liked than I did a holster but... Jim at JRC made one that I absolutely love. I'm about in the mood to order two more.

[Wyatterrp]

Bummed I missed this thread until today. I ordered the Crossbreed Founders Series Exec belt and a classic Exec. series gun belt. The classic black belt is excellent. High quality craftsmanship etc. the Founders series belt? Not so much.

I wore it once in a pair of shorts and once in a pair of jeans. It weeped an oil substance all around the band of my shorts. I have never had a belt do this. Worse, in dealing with customer svc., I was left wondering if this level of customer service was a joke. It wasn't. CBH couldn't be bothered to respond.

They insisted it had not happened previously. I doubt that now. Over several weeks there was no response unless I sent follow on emails. The only response was more requests to send them more pictures (which I had done).

There was no service recovery. I have since worn the belt and there has been only a fairly small amount of weeping onto a pair of jeans and another pair of shorts. I submitted a review on the CBH website roughly a week ago (there is only one other review) and to date it has not been posted. Hhhmmm. Shenanigans. CBH has lost a customer.


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[scott]

I really like my Hank's belts. Especially the bullhide one I got 5 or so years ago. I think they've since discontinued that one, but just get whatever the heaviest weight leather is and you'll be good to go for a long while, and they're in the 50-100 dollar range, with frequent sales. Last one I got was 35 bucks or so.

[Rich@CCC]

I don't know if anyone else posted this earlier but...

I've had a BullBelt for about 10 years and it's still going strong. I paid $20.00 for mine when they were first starting out and still doing the gun shows themselves.

http://www.bullbelt.com/#speakers

Mine is the stitched bull hide belt. They can be found well below MSRP if you look around.

[willie]

Any saddle shops in your area? These folks can make what you desire.

[Gun Mutt]

Years ago, I stumbled onto Simply Rugged's "Real Man's Belt" made of a single ply of uber thick leather and it's by far and away my favorite leather belt...and I've owned Milt Sparks, Kramer and Wild Bill's belts over the last few decades.

[Super J]

the 5.11 leather belt is really good for a $40 belt. Also the colors they offer closely match alot of my very nice and expensive holsters. It's also thin, and doesn't look like a gun belt. I've got some holsters which just can't take a double thickness belt.

While I have very nice belt/holster sets, I typically use a 5.11 belt for IWB carry (1911)

I have not had good luck with 5.11 leather belts. The first belt had defective hardware used to secure the buckle to the belt. The second 5.11 belt that I have was comfortable and good looking, however after wearing it on and off for over a month or so, the buckle made a deep dent in to the leather and the belt started to fray and look awful at that spot. I will post a pic if I can find it at home.

[Redhat]

A&G Custom Gunleather. Been wearing one for about the last 5 years.

[LittleLebowski]

Not sure what the buckle is made out of on my First Spear belt, but it sails through the X-ray machine, no problems.

[Crawls]

A&G Custom Gunleather. Been wearing one for about the last 5 years.

I have one of A&G's horse hide belts. It been going strong for 6 years now and looks like it has many more in it.