Gun Belt 1 1/2 inch Metal Keeper

IndyWannaBee · Post by **IndyWannaBee** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 6:28 pm

Anyone know where these can be purchased by themselves? Silver metal belt keeper for Indy's holster belt.

Tandy Leather sells complete sets (buckle, keeper, and belt tip) but they are all adorned with cowboy regalia, flowers, and other non Indy like markings.

Any help with this would be great! Thanks!

Magnum Jones · Post by **Magnum Jones** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:01 pm

I think todds may sell just the keeper or buckle if you call and ask.

http://www.toddscostumes.com/indy/leath ... n_belt.htm

WeeMadHamish · Post by **WeeMadHamish** » Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:01 pm

Indeed. I recently bought a set from him to make my own gun belt.

Shtick · Post by **Shtick** » Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:26 am

Thrift store salvage.

I found a $1 belt that was horrible, but it had a metal keeper. Well worth the purchase. And it was plenty distressed. You never know what you may find out there.

PyramidBlaster · Post by **PyramidBlaster** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:51 am

As for me, I'm just lucky I found one of these buggers on an old belt...

I found a place online that makes belts and other leathercraft---in the UK. They show a solid brass-cast belt keeper as an option, and it looks to be really SA. I don't know, however, if they'd sell them outright...but it's worth a shot.

Here's the link, they're at the very bottom of the page...

http://www.greencraft.me.uk/Products/index.html?

Indiana · Post by **Indiana** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 5:15 pm

Are Todd's buckles and keepers solid or plate?

GreenCraft · Post by **GreenCraft** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 1:48 pm

PyramidBlaster wrote:As for me, I'm just lucky I found one of these buggers on an old belt...

I found a place online that makes belts and other leathercraft---in the UK. They show a solid brass-cast belt keeper as an option, and it looks to be really SA. I don't know, however, if they'd sell them outright...but it's worth a shot.

Here's the link, they're at the very bottom of the page...

http://www.greencraft.me.uk/Products/index.html?

Thanks for the link, you may well have noticed by my username that it's my website that you linked to. I had wondered who it was so decided to find out.

Any questions you have about anything on my site feel free to ask. Also any help that I can give with reference to distressing leather or leathercare please just drop me a line and I'll help in any way I can.

I can tell you that the belt buckle itself is similar to one of the Britannia Buckles , that it will have been made as either old silver or nickel plate (another option is west end buckles) and then worn in, the first captive belt loop looks to be cast, these would be a little difficult to get hold of in either nickel plate or old silver (you can get nickel plated brass I just checked with the queens saddlery).

The belt itself will have been made from 8ounce or greater thickness leather which will be approx 1.5 inches deep. It looks to be either Oil tanned or Veg tanned. My thought will be along the lines of brown Veg tanned and then oiled (possibly mink oil) which will darken the leather and protect it as well as making it slightly more supple.

I have seen a number of copies that they use chicago screws with a large cap (12mm) to hold the buckle and keeper in place, there is no evidence of this on the ones that I have seen in the films, if anyone has any pictures of one like this I would be interested to see them. If chicago screws are not being used then they will almost definitely have used linen thread with a thickness (grade) of 18/3 or possibly 18/4.

This is not a commercial post, I am just interested in what you guys are doing and as I say as a leatherworker any help I can give you are most welcome, all the best,

Leon

ichnob · Post by **ichnob** » Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:49 pm

That's pretty awesome of you to show up. Welcome and enjoy your stay!

GreenCraft · Post by **GreenCraft** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 5:41 am

ichnob wrote:That's pretty awesome of you to show up. Welcome and enjoy your stay!

Thanks