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| Green grass and high tides  |
if you get a milt sparks you will never have that issue. Theirs belts are top notch  "Practice like you want to play in the game" | |||
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The material used for most belts are cut in a straight line, your waist is not a straight line but, it's curved. Belts where the material is curved before being stitched together will sit better on the hips and not have the crinked-scoop appearance. | |||
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Itchy was taken |
Another upvote for beltman. I've had 2 for over a year, they hold shape very well. _________________ This space left intentionally blank. | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
Perhaps drop The Beltman a line, explain/show him the problem, and see what he has to say? "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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| Ammoholic |
+1000. Not saying they are the only choice, there is another beltmaker that gets great reviews who I haven't yet tried. I do work the heck out of my belts, some might say I abuse my work belt, and they just keep rocking on. | |||
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Altitude Minimum |
ORC, I have 2 Milt Sparks belts, and my wife 1, and they are indeed fine belts. | |||
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Some thoughts. Part 1. When a person sits or bends over, their pants try to pull down in the back. This is made worse by: - looser fit at waist - tighter fit through butt, crotch, or thighs - stiffer fabric - fewer belt loops (when worn with belt) How do your pants fit at the waist? Will the waistband hold them up without a belt (doesn’t count if the waistband is loose and the pants are held up by being tighter on your upper butt)? How roomy are they through the butt/thighs? My WAG is that your pants are relatively loose at the waist and/or relatively snug in the seat, probably a fairly stiff fabric, probably have five belt loops rather than seven, and you spend a good amount of time sitting or bending down. This combination would mean the middle belt loop in the back gets pulled down hard a lot and put a lot more stress on your belt where you are seeing the deformation. You do landscaping work, right? A lot of inexpensive jeans and work pants are cut where when the fit right everywhere else, the waist is too big (because it makes it easier and less expensive to cut the fabric panels and sew the pants together). Part 2. Leather stretches and breaks in. Thinner, softer, and/or cheaper leather does this more and faster. Getting leather wet also makes this happen a lot faster. Back to landscaping, if you go work one place and sweat through your belt and then hop in your truck for a drive to another place, that’s the worst possible scenario - the belt is wet so the leather is even softer, you sit, which kinks it when the back belt loop pulls it down, then you lean back into the seat and really iron in the kink. A heavy enough belt made out of good leather will still stand up to that kind of treatment, at least for a lot longer, but if that’s what’s happening with your belts, you might be better off just using synthetic belts for work (either heavy nylon webbing or fake leather like Maxpedition Liger) and saving the leather belts for casual wear. TLDR: I suspect either your pants don’t fit quite right or you’re wearing thin leather belts in situations they just aren’t going to stand up to or both. | |||
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It must be a body mechanics thing. This happened when I was a sub-100 pound lanky/tall kid in high school and it happens today. | |||
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| W07VH5 |
It’s been a long time fight for me to find pants that actually fit my body. I can’t usually find anything off-the-rack. Work pants are usually bought a size larger because the length is close and then held up with a belt. I’m a 31-32 waist but wear a 34. Without a belt they will fall off. 31 waist usually comes in a 29-30 length and I need a 34. 34 lengths usually come in 38-40 waist size. | |||
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| Why don’t you fix your little problem and light this candle  |
I gave up on leather of any kind (after spending some good $$ on belts) and switched to a wilderness belt (nylon). I have been wearing them for 20 years and the only reason I am on my third belt is because I have lost 100lbs and they are too big now. My 3rd one I have had about 10 years.
This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Joshua Painter Played by Senator Fred Thompson | |||
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I've been wearing a belt made by R Grizzle for more than 10 years and it doesn't look like that. It has a very slight bend in the same area as the picture 6guns posted. | |||
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I refuse to buy pants with fewer than 7 belt loops. They just wear better. How many do yours have? Endeavor to persevere. | |||
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Unflappable Enginerd |
Having used belts from both Beltman and Armour, I actually give a slight edge to the Armour, but either is very high quality. None of my belts have that huge divot in the back, they will curve to your shape some, but not like that. Probably because I mostly wear Duluth Trading Firhose Flex pants, which have a rather wide, ~4" wide rear "loop". __________________________________ NRA Benefactor I lost all my weapons in a boating, umm, accident. http://www.aufamily.com/forums/ | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
Quit pulling up your pants into your ass crack and it will stop that bending. I think over time most belts unless they're stiff enough give in and mold themselves to where they're getting pressure. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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| Smarter than the average bear |
I’ve never had a belt do that. I have gotten the general curve others have mentioned, and at one point I made a practice of reversing my belt direction occasionally to minimize that curve. I have a belt from Saddleback Leather, about ten years old, which I wear daily, and it literally looks new. 100 year warranty from Saddleback. | |||
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I’ve used a 511 1 1/2” trainer belt for over a decade, it has a stiff plastic inner section that prevents that. It’s very durable. The only issue is that after some time the Velcro gives out on one side or the other. I use it for everyday use and it supports holsters and guns of all weights https://www.511tactical.com/tr...-belt-1-12-wide.html "Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor.” Robert A. Heinlein “You may beat me, but you will never win.” sigmonkey-2020 “A single round of buckshot to the torso almost always results in an immediate change of behavior.” Chris Baker | |||
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| W07VH5 |
I found two other belts that both have the same warping over the rear belt loop area. One is too small, must be Marky’s. The other is too big for me, must be from when I was 235. | |||
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Check out www.bullhidebelts.com/ they have belts with a steel core. I have several, they don't loose their shape for years. Also good quality _____________________________ "It does not require many words to speak the truth.".....Chief Joseph https://pbase.com/shellyva/image/171613535 | |||
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| "The deals you miss don’t hurt you”-B.D. Raney Sr. |
This. I have bought work pants at Tractor Supply because they were super cheap. Good material, very tough. But only 5 loops. They “fit” terribly and sagged horribly, especially with a pistol on my waist line. I had two more loops added in the back and it mitigated nearly all of the sagging. For what it’s worth I am: 6’1” 210lbs (about 25 lbs heavy for my frame) Little bit of a gut. 34” waistline. | |||
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Big Foot Belts Going on two years...steel core...wonderful belt Don't. drink & drive, don't even putt. | |||
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