Dress belt straps for engine turned buckle: top and bottom 1 1/8' straps from belts.com, middle is alligator.To round out the "Weekend Wardrobe" and the forthcoming "Wear to Work" posts are a collection of belt buckles and straps collected over time. While none of them date back to the Civil War, their vintage is noted in parenthesis.
Belts Clockwise from 12:00. - Engine Turned Slide: One of the best gifts I've ever received.
- Southern Outdoors: You may remember from THIS post (1986)
- Remington Derringer 1867 by Mattel: When my father got this as a 6th birthday gift it was a working cap-gun that actually shot plastic bullets. Collectors Item. (1959)
- Tall Ship: Worn during winter months while dreaming of being on the high seas of the Caribbean (1976)
- G. Dubya: In honor of my alma mater (1979)
- Soaring Eagle: Another inherited buckle, worn by my dad during his undergrad days at Tulane (Bergamont Brass Works)
- Mallards: Bronze L.L. Bean buckle received as a birthday present from AEV (1979)
And in the center:
- AMERICA: A token of gratitude by great friends for dog sitting their black lab.
Casual 1 1/2" belt straps: top - brown bison, bottom - black leather, middle - see below.And, while I don't have a belt buckle with my name on it, I do have a tan leather strap embossed with a Smoky Mountain landscape and my first name.
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