Who makes the best belt buckles for Luke/Obi-wan/Han belts?

mortifactor

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• Apr 30, 2016

• #1

Hey guys, I had a quick search but it was hard to find specific information. I'm gonna make a couple of "star wars style" belts just to display my sabers hanging off of, with the eventual aim of doing a decent Luke ESB replica. Before anything, I need to work from the size of the buckle. Who makes accurate style buckles? Cheers.

 

Sym-Cha

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• Apr 30, 2016

• #2

Todds Costumes makes the kits for Han Solo's holster belt : http://www.toddscostumes.com/costumes/han-solo-holster-rig-diy-hardware-kit/ alas currently out of stock :wacko

Chaim

 

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Ridire Firean

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• Apr 30, 2016

• #3

I'm not sure how 'accurate' they are, but I got my belt buckle and belt leather, dye, and hardware for my Luke ANH rig from Tandy Leather...

https://www.tandyleather.com/en/product/rectangle-buckle-blank-1-1-2-38-mm-to-1-3-4-4-4-cm

 

James Kenobi 1138

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• Apr 30, 2016

• #4

Ben Kenobi and Luke ANH are just Tandy buckle blanks.

 

mortifactor

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• Apr 30, 2016

• #5

Yes!!! All the information I wanted. Thanks guys.

 

JaxAndTheMoon

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• Apr 30, 2016

• #6

I got a Tandy one to use for my ROTJ belt as well, but I had to shape it myself with a dremel. Wasn't too bad, the metal is relatively soft

 

mortifactor

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• Apr 30, 2016

• #7

Am I right in thinking the belts were 2inches thick? they look that way to me.

 

JaxAndTheMoon

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• Apr 30, 2016

• #8

mortifactor said:

Am I right in thinking the belts were 2inches thick? they look that way to me.

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Yes, at least that's what I use and it looks right to me.

Here's that same Tandy belt buckle with a 2 inch leather belt that I made for my ROTJ for size comparison

 

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Ridire Firean

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• Apr 30, 2016

• #9

Yep, mine too!

Belt... https://www.tandyleather.com/en/product/natural-cowhide-leather-strips

Dye... https://www.tandyleather.com/en/product/fiebing-s-leather-dye

or... https://www.tandyleather.com/en/product/eco-flo-leather-dye

Finish... https://www.tandyleather.com/en/product/eco-flo-satin-shene

Hardware... https://www.tandyleather.com/en/product/chicago-screws

One thing to note, Luke's belt should have the buckle attached on the right side, pulling across your body to the left to fasten it. I made that part of mine backwards, oops! It's crazy that it didn't occur to me until recently while studying promo pics of Luke for ANH.

 

mortifactor

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• May 1, 2016

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JaxAndTheMoon said:

Yes, at least that's what I use and it looks right to me.

Here's that same Tandy belt buckle with a 2 inch leather belt that I made for my ROTJ for size comparison

http://i781.photobucket.com/albums/yy98/JaxAndTheMoon/DSC_0047_zpshgj5otyh.jpg

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I've been checking out how people make fleet trooper belts, did you have to remove the loop from the back of the 2 inch and replace it with the altered loop of the 1 1/2 inch to accommodate the angled corners?