Expert: Shasta McLaughlin - 12/5/2008

Question
I also have been trying to make belt buckles and have used www.hhcenterprises.  They are good but very limited .  I have tried Axelrod crafts etc.  It is very hard to find metal components to embellish buckles. I would like more like this site. Thanks Chris

Answer
I tried the site you suggested and got an error message.  However I found a site http://www.hhhenterprises.com/index.php that has belt buckles etc. and wondered if that was what you meant?

I did a search for belt making and sorted out a few sites I hoped would help they are below:

http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/Pin_Buckle.html -pin buckles mostly made in China

http://mysite.verizon.net/oldschoolleather/makeleatherbelt.htm -this one is great for instructions, supplies, and links to tools etc. for leather belts.

http://www.sbearstradingpost.com/Belts.html#link-belt -This site has many leather belt making supplies.

http://www.ehow.com/how_15431_make-leather-belt.html -Leather belt making instructions

http://www.ehow.com/how_15439_make-braided-leather.html -How to make a leather braided belt

http://www.nrhunt.com/making_belt_1.php -This site is more about how this gentleman makes his belts than about how to make them yourself but contains some good information and pictures of how he does it.

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Arts-Crafts-Business-2598/want-own-belt-buckles.htm -This is another AllExpertsAnswers question regarding belts from 2006

http://www.expertvillage.com/video/58572_belt-buckle-design-tips.htm -contains video of custom belt buckle making instructions

http://www.zelikovitz.com/index.php?cPath=19_85 -Supplies for both leather belts and buckles

http://www.zelikovitz.com/index.php -lots of supplies

I answered another question about belts not to long ago so I've copied and pasted that answer below.

I did a search on belt parts and came up with this website:
http://www.hhhenterprises.com/index.php?cPath=31

Belt Buckle bases turned up this site:
http://www.custombeltbuckles.ca/Products/Cbb_Team_Beltbuckles_blank.htm

This place in Italy has many different types although I wasn't sure if there were any that would work for you:
http://www.anteosrl.com/v1/catalogo-en.php?page=48

This one in Taiwan has many interesting possibilities:
http://www.buckles.com.tw/dap1.html

These sites in Hong Kong has some possibilities:
http://www.superbmetal.com/index.htm
http://www.ttbutton.com/web/p.aspx?categoryname=Metal Buckles

This site had many finished belt buckles but I thought they had some interesting although expensive buckles that might work:
http://www.robdiamond.net/category/westernflavabuckles/

Good luck in your belt making adventure,

Shasta McLaughlin
The Extravaganza Craft Productions